"The Bookworm" Thesis Character Models

The character models for "The Bookworm". These are pretty much created directly from the character designs.

Starting Bookworm basic model, created in ZBrush. Bag and glasses are separate pieces, of course.

Caterpillar in-progress. ZBrush goodness.

Full starting Caterpillar basic model. Rigging those little caterpillar legs should be interesting.

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I spent my summer studying both stop motion animation and character fabrication with Stoopid Buddy Stoodios in Burbank, CA!

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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.

Robot Chicken CG Hallway

This is a quick breakdown of a shot from the Robot Chicken Season 9 finale episode that I worked on. I did all the comp work, created the CG hallway in Blender and the parody 2D drawings in Photoshop (available on my 2D Work page) as well. No audio on this.

A quick experiment in pixilation. Special thanks to my live shoot teammates/actors Joshua Tewell and Robert Greasham!

"The Bookworm" Thesis Designs

These are some of the character/environment designs for my thesis short animation, working title "The Bookworm".

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This is a collection of my animatics and storyboards of stories I have written, with intent to develop. Royalty-free music from Opuzz and Freesound.org

"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.

"Narwhal Love" 2D Short

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Unreal Virtual Production Short

This is my Unreal Virtual Production Fellowship short. Completed in five short weeks, the Fellowship took me from a complete Unreal novice with almost no experience in the engine to completing a short film!