Figure Drawings / Artwork

This contains various figure drawings, quick studies and still artwork that helps show my artistic and animation-related skills.

This piece was created on Bristol with graphite and charcoal pencil.

Study of statue done in charcoal and pastel, using break down technique.

Life study in charcoal and graphite.

Study done in charcoal and pastel.

Study done in charcoal and pastel.

A study of the aboriginal artwork style of Australia. This piece was created with hand-mixed paints created from natural pigments and base in an effort to stay as true as possible to the creation process of actual aboriginal artwork.

An experimental effort of color and texture. Software Used: Photoshop

A piece inspired by the William Blake poem 'The Tiger'. Software Used: Photoshop, Illustrator

An exercise in applying color theory to abstract shapes. Colored pencil, watercolor.

Graphite and sketchpad.

Graphite and sketchpad.

Graphite and sketchpad.

Quick sketch. Graphite and sketchpad.

Quick sketch of figure. Graphite and sketchpad.

An illustration of my character, Starshadow. Pencil, ink, watercolor, markers.

Study in charcoal.

Study in pencil and graphite.

Study done in charcoal.

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Selected and screened at The Roseville Animation Festival (2012) and the Los Angeles International Underground Film Festival (2012)! This is a short animation made by myself and two other students at DePaul University. We were going for a "paper cutout" look for the style, but it was actually made in Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects and edited in Premiere. Our team was so small, we all had a hand in pretty much everything at one point or another, but we gave ourselves a little credit for the main tasks. Hope you enjoy it!

More Stop-Motion and 2D Animation Tests

A grouping of my better miscellaneous non-CG animation work.

VFX Samples Stoopid Buddy Stoodios

A selection of some of the best work I did for Stoopid Buddy Stoodios on their VFX team for their various shows and spots. Breakdown below. More un-aired samples are available upon request.

Opening Titles Motion Graphics / Effects

Motion graphic/visual effect ideas I came up with for a mock/fan-made opening title sequence for a movie version of a popular video game.

Stoopid Buddy Stop-motion Production Puppets

These are just some of the puppets that I have created for Stoopid Buddy Stoodios' various properties. In most cases, the costumes (if applicable) were made by the Costume Department and the sculpts were either pre-existing or made by Digital, unless noted otherwise.

"Grandpa" Stop Motion Short WIP

This is a short piece of raw video from "Grandpa" followed by some production shots. This project is currently in post.

Animation Parody Drawings for Robot Chicken CG Hallway

These are some custom animation parody drawings I did for a sketch in the Robot Chicken Season 9 finale. They are meant to be posters on the wall of a CG hallway I also created (viewable in my CG/3D Work portfolio page). Done completely in Photoshop.

3D Dynamics Experiments

This is a very short, loose collection of things done in Maya 3D Dynamics. The character model and animation in the first clothing shot were provided by The Spine and is courtesy of the NFBC. The basic truck, island and head model in the hair shot were obtained from TurboSquid.

"Grandpa" Stop-motion Short: Pre-production

This is some of the pre-production/development work I did on "Grandpa", my most recent short stop-motion work in progress.

"Narwhal Love" 2D Short

This is a short that was hand drawn by me in Flash. It will receive more refinement and eventually color work, but I like the “sketchiness” of it. No audio.