3rd Semester Showreel

Here is a showreel i made consisting most of what i have done in my 3rd semester at The Animation Workshop.
Enjoy!

 

Midway exam - 2nd year

I just had my mid way exam and 3rd semester is officially over. The exam is a week long process were we had a scenario which we can give our own story which affects the acting choices.
This shot is about a guy who has watched too many action movies and decides to get fulfill his dream and become a burglar. Unfortunately there is an angry guard dog waiting for him in the house.
Now I can only wait for the censor to give his critique and see how well it went.
Enjoy!


Trailer Project online!

Our trailer project is finally online!
I did some of the animation and an animatic

And here is the final version in glorious colors! It was made by our team of animators; Marylou Mao, Johanna Hagström, Sofie Emilie Kaas-Larsen, myself and mostly by our computer graphic artists; Martin Baadsgaard, Michelle Erdmann, Morten Lund, Camilla Anderson  Enjoy!

Roberto Challenge: Super powers and dragons!

I don't post all of my Roberto Challenges on this blog but recently I have been able to produce stuff that surprised me and I am genuinely pleased with. These two challenges i finally managed to consider lighting and in these cases multiple lighting sources.

Superhero/villain:
We used a random superhero power generator for this challenge. Mine was - "Able to control electricity and turn in to gas" - Meet Captain Thundercloud"


Taming a dragon!
I never usually do dragons but I can see why people love to make these beasts. 


Pantomime shot with Alex Williams

This week we had Alex Williams guiding us through our pantomime assignment. He really emphasized on good planning" and creating a convincing shot that explains you intentions, which include making an environment as well (I imported mine from Turbosquid). I used the appealing 11 second rig in this shot, which was a new and refreshing experience.
I wanted to create something simple and fun, which I would be able to polish before deadline. It was great fun, and it's probably my most complete maya animation so far.  

Enjoy!


Roberto Challenge: The Birdeater


My latest Roberto Challenge with the theme : Birdeater. 

I was pretty happy with my 30 min and tried for fun to paint a bit more after the challenge. I was really surprised with the outcome and I will definitely try to experiment after the 30 min mark again. 

Comparison shot:

Final result standalone:

More challenges here: http://robertochallenge.tumblr.com/


Roberto Challenge: Geisha's and Hobot's

So the two last Roberto Challenges went pretty interesting: 

Theme: Robo Hobo - I had this design in mind when i made the theme and it was really fun, he turned out to be a pretty neat character. This guy could potentially be remade in a darker environment in a fitting background if i decided to have another go.  


Geisha gone wild:
Was surprised how well the composition went with this one  and how refined it looks for a 30 min painting in my level. This would be a neat sketch if i decide to go full digital painting for a portfolio. 

Action shot

Just after the trailer project we had Magnus Møller to help us out with an action shot. Since we only had 1 week, I decided to make it short but more polished in order to get the most out of it. I like the result and would later like to animate more from the beginning.

Warm up with Alex Williams

This week and the next, we work on the Pantomime shot and as a warm up we had to make a short reaction shot with Monty, a free rig by Raveen Rajadorai, and we only had 3-4 hours to do it. It's a good way to start up again with Maya and I am looking forward for the next big assignment!


Project Q - Design


3 very exciting days with creature design and anatomy with Sydney Pauda and Brynn Metheney! This is the result, drawn by Anne Birk, of our stampeding monster which Kasper Christensen will transform in to a realistic creature. Anne and I will  later be animating it in a realistic location. Very excited to play around with this guy! 


Xmas sketching

The holiday was nice and so much needed but i still managed to make some sketches, some for fun others for  brainstorming design for the coming quadruped vfx shot (Animate and design a 4 legged animal in a realistic environment) . Hope you all had a happy new year and a merry x-mas!