August 2012 11 Second CLub Submission

During the month of August for some added fun I took part in the 11 Second Clubs competition.  I of course chose to do my piece with 2d animation.

The first thing to do was to listen to the sound and get an idea of what is being said. Why it's being said, and what else might be happening in the background. From that I started designing characters. A lot of characters.

The guy in the orange hat I saw riding a motorcycle while I was downtown and thought he looked like a cool design that I needed to draw.  So I wrote down his description then drew him later that night. So he's simply included for the fun of it. 

I then narrowed it down to the characters beneath. 

After character design I story boarded and animated. I hope you enjoy the final video. If you would like to vote you can do so on their website 11secondclub.com

Meet Candice

Here are character exploration, turnaround, and expression sheets for a new character named Candice.  I then wanted to have a better idea of her character and how she would move, so I created an animation of her having fun.

Any comments and opinions are welcome. 

Funny animated clip

Here's a short animation I created to work on shadows and an all around more professional looking animation.

Part of the final sequence to the film I've been working on

Well it's just about 100% done. I've finished my animating, now my brother is doing what he does best and is cutting out some of the fat and adding background sound and beginning and ending titles.
The project for those that don't know, (which I'm assuming is most) is an education film to teach kids with aspergers how to interpret facial expressions and body language.
I've learned a Ton on the project, but now it's done and it's onto the next one... Which I don't have, so I guess it's job hunting time again.
Happy Animating, and God Bless

Animation Practice

11 Second Club Animation

I did this as an assignment for my advanced animation class and Aprils 11 second club as well. I unfortunately wasn't able to get it into the competition in time so it is now just another animation that I've done.

Slain By the Spirit

Here is a simple animation that I did on a sunday afternoon. It took a couple hours, but I think it turned out well. It's part of my continued short animations to help grow my skills in hand drawn animation. Any critiques or comments are welcome

Happy Animating

Easter dress twirl

I was inspired to do this animation by a little girl that I saw while I was walking around a mall. She was dancing around in her dress and I thought she had such great character and motion that it would make for some great animation practice.

Simple Animation Practice

The above animation I out of inspiration by a blog that I came across a while ago; which I can no longer find. The idea is to do a simple 2d animation within an hour or so to work your skills and get better and better. This one being my first one, plus trying to do a lot of tricky perspective and camera movement took me maybe two hours. Overall I am pleased with it. It definitely hasn't been gone through with a fine tooth comb, but any suggestions or critiques are welcome!

Thanks, and happy animating