2013 Reel

Spent a bit of time updating my reel this past week. Ever since I drew those running eye guys about two years ago I've been wanting to animate them, so it was really fun to just sit down and do it this week.

Nitrogenase and You

Here are some stills from a short film I recently worked on with Simon Wilches and Laura Cechanowicz. The video is a collaboration with Chemistry PhD Candy Hwang. It explains her research in Nitrogenase. I created all designs based off of storyboards from the talented Simon.

Sacas Media Stairs - Semi

The second animation I created for the Sacas media stairs while at TBS this summer:



This animation represents the prominence of cicadas (semi) throughout the streets of Tokyo during the summer. After leaving it's shell, cicadas join in flight and land in the city where their noises ring through the streets.
The very beginning of the animation is cut off, but the full original version will be uploaded soon.

Akasaka Sacas Media Stairs

My first animation for the Akasaka Sacas media stairs is now up! I created this in 2 weeks in the CG department at TBS (Tokyo Broadcast Systems). The animation is among a group of short films that loop in the staircase. Each stair contains a series of LEDs. I was given the theme of 'Natsu' (summer). I wanted to show the transition between the rainy season of early summer to the Hanabi (fireworks) that follow. It was a great honor to work on the project! My second animation, Semi (Cicada) will be finished next week and installed later in the Fall.

Shape Dance Wallpaper

Here are a couple of Hi-Res images for wallpaperin up the ole desktop.

Shape Dance (The Essential Voyage)

I finally finished a film I have been working on since last September! Shape Dance is a collaborative film with my classmate Amy Lee Ketchum, with music composed by A Magic Whistle. I worked on most of the film in the fall semester but spent a week here and there this past spring touching things up and adding new scenes. Now it's completely finished and I'm sending it off to the festival circuits.

Here are a few screen shots of new some of the new scenes I created in the past few weeks.

Tokyo!

This summer I will be going to Tokyo, Japan! I've created another blog: tokyo-mo.blogspot.com as a way to show friends and family what I am doing and to have a personal records of inspiring things that I see.

From June 10 - July 31 I will be interning at TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System). I'll be staying near the Yatsuya 3 Chome Metro stop in Shinjuku-ku and the internship is in Akasaka. For part of the summer I will be creating animated content for the TBS media stairs. The stairs are located right outside of the Akasaka Tokyo Metro stop. I can't wait! Here is an example of that is currently screening on the stairs:

Adobe First Frame

I was fortunate to be selected to direct the intro for USC's annual festival, Adobe First Frame. I created the animation using a combination of stop motion and digital animation. It was thrilling to finally see it on the big screen at the DGA this past Wednesday!

Plants and Time

An editing exercise using footage from the Internet Archive and the music of John Baker.

Pattern Play

An experiment in movement and patterns.