The Iroquois Creation Story combined 2D, 3D and live film footage in one space, but ultimately we ended up creating the majority of our characters in 3D. As we had not initially planned for many … Continue reading Iroquois Creation Story Rigs Demo
Exploring Ideas
Ever since the Character Mosaic Project has become a reality in my life, I’ve been exploring faces and concepts of how different features can be stylized for animation. This has led to my dusting off … Continue reading Exploring Ideas
Character Mosaic – Project Pitch
The Character Mosaic Project aims to increase representation of minorities and under served populations by making a number of ethnically accurate characters available online. The hope is to encourage animators and artists to produce more … Continue reading Character Mosaic – Project Pitch
The Character Mosaic Project
The Character Mosaic Project aims to make diverse characters more accessible thereby encouraging animators and filmmakers to make more ethnically inclusive stories. As these characters get refined, they will be made available to broader audiences … Continue reading The Character Mosaic Project
Iroquois Creation Story – Accolades
Well! It was a wild and crazy ride making this film, which combined 2D, 3D and live production shots. We worked with so many artists to successfully integrate all three mediums together and make a … Continue reading Iroquois Creation Story – Accolades
Dragons – Environments
For this story, I realized it was super important to figure out the colors of the world and the relative scales of each feature. So I decided to start building the world and setting up … Continue reading Dragons – Environments
CGMA Rigging Workshop
Super excited to have completed this intensive yet illuminating course with the CG Master Academy with Nico Sanghrajka! I’m so inspired I can’t wait to redesign my own rigging class to reflect the new information!
Dragons
I’ve been boarding this story about a magical little dragon who was adopted by a family of komodo dragons. Adolescence comes in a terrifying flash and all the players discover what family really means. Here, … Continue reading Dragons
Learning Lighting
Having never been a professional lighting artist, I am always conscious of the fact that being in academia tends to isolate artists from the rest of mainstream production. More than anything (except, perhaps Rigging), Lighting … Continue reading Learning Lighting
Iroquois Creation Story Character Update
Two of our main characters are built, textured, rigged and ready to animate! As the lead Technical Director and the Rigging artist on this, it’s getting really exciting seeing how they look! More updates of … Continue reading Iroquois Creation Story Character Update