Animatic

Production 1
temp sound is from Camera Obscura and Os Mutantes
tagline: A despondent man disovers a sense of wonder through a magical encounter with a raindrop.


Basic over-all paint-on-glass look

Flipbooks

These flipbooks were made during my second week at USC

Rainbow Spirals

I just came across this one from last summer

A Cat and KCAL 9

I spent all day today rescuing my cat, Tommy, from a 4 story telephone pole he'd been up on for 3 days. The ladder is the height of the roof.



KCAL VIDEO LINK

I had to go on the news and threaten to climb the pole myself in order to get the city to come out and help! Life is strange.

Prod 1 Character Design

new production 1 idea
character design examples:
First inspirations (chubby, red-headed Bill Gates, as my brother commented)

Its simplified version:

Another random one of many character designs...

Getting closer to the final version. Marker on glass with light oil-paint:

Prod 1 Backgrounds

paint-on-glass brainstorming

Brainstorming, First Prod 1 Ideas

Beginning to create landscape imagery led to the image of myself meditating and reflecting on the river rock event in Sedona. While meditating, the scene becomes surreal as water pours from under the cushion. As I look into the water, my face is reflected. This transitions into a dreamy memory of the river rocks. Later, my reflection morphs into the image of my father reflected in the window as I'm meditating again. I eventually canned this overall concept for being too complicated for a one minute piece. Here is some of the beginning of the scene: