Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Mini Portfolio







Above are some examples of my work from previous semesters. Most of it is preparatory sketches along with two finished pieces from Bunny Carter's art 113b class, which dealt with illustrating two separate forest environments with different lighting, atmosphere, mood, etc. The video is my latest creation form animation class. Since most of my background training comes from doing complex renderings in traditional media, like the pen and acrylics shown here, I wanted to do something loose and reminiscent of the typical sketchbook style for this specific assignment; the ballpoint pen squiggles also helped stylize the story pretty uniquely. As much as I want to enhance my work with strong visuals and an atypical sense of aesthetic, whether it's animation or visual development, I want to back it up with commonplace rationality of storytelling and adequate sense of rhythm; most importantly, I want to communicate to my audience in a way that's simple and visually pleasing. Along with my current experimenting and practice with programs like Maya and Photoshop, I hope to create lots more compelling pieces that will embody all these things!