Finished Senior Project

 

My senior project is finally complete. I posted it to Youtube and included a brief overview of the story. Hit the jump to see more.

Adventurer

I realized I haven’t had much organic modeling or animating to show for my demo reel, so I decided to take a few extra hours to model and animate this character. He’s designed after some of my own artwork that I make on my free time. Hit the jump to see some more shots and an embedded video of the playblasts so far.

Belt Clutch For Final Scene

This week, in my senior project, I worked on building a belt clutch to be added to the final scene. I rigged it using IK handles, and expression-driven animation. Hit the jump to see a playblast of the clutch in action.

Referencing Images Into Final Scene

I’m making more progress on my senior project by referencing the machinery images I’ve created in separate scenes, into the final environment I already created.

Winter Break Work

Just to prove that I haven’t been dormant this winter break, I decided to post some pictures of my Senior Project in progress. I’ve pushed back my other side projects to make sure I dedicated some time into creating an incredibly immersive environment for my project.

Hit the jump to take a look at my work in progress.

Senior Studio Project

This post is here to detail and track my progress with my Senior Studio project which serves as a thesis for my senior year. My project is to create a steam driven orrery, which I will spend my second semester animating, and rendering in the form of a short film.

Hit the jump to see more information about my project.

Flourish Animations

One of my side projects I’ve been working on is the development of animated flourishes that I can use in my motion graphics projects. The flourishes are an attempt to familiarize myself with Illustrator and AfterEffects while creating preset animations that I can use for future projects.

Hit the jump for a video of the progress so far.

Classic Mediums

During my free time, I like to try and stay sharp with my classic mediums so my work on the computer can improve too. Before coming to college, I spent a year studying watercolor well known artist in my area named Jack Yelle. Jack works primarily in watercolors, and is very well known for his landscapes. He’s talented in many areas and has agency experience in doing concept and technical art for corporations.

This post is to highlight some of the work I’ve done on my own, and in class to illustrate my knowledge of design fundamentals. I sometimes work directly into Photoshop or Mudbox using my drawing tablet, so I feel that being good with a pen is equally as important as being good with a mouse.

Hit the jump to see my work.

Posters, Brochures, and T-Shirts

When I got my internship on campus, I actually wasn’t aware that it existed. While working to make publicity for the Greek Senate on campus, I produced the above poster, which some people saw and started talking about. Eventually, I was told about a student media internship on campus, and referred to the director of student activities on campus.

My first poster is above, but hit the jump to see some more of my work.

Campus Commercial Intern

I’m best known for my work as an intern for Alfred State’s closed loop television network. Advertising is free on campus, so the other interns and I tend to handle a large volume of advertisements that must have a turn over of an hour or less.

Hit the jump for a look at my work.