3D ANIMATION
Animation Demo Reel
Music: "Private Eye" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Full Sound FX/music credits HERE
Video made with Adobe Premiere Pro
"Disordered Dance-Off"
3D Animated Short
Malcolm confidently steps onstage, ready to take the audience by storm with his hip-hop moves. However, he is forced to change things up when his music suddenly starts changing to different genres.
This short was fully animated in Maya and rendered with Arnold 5. The poster design was created in Photoshop. Sound effects and music were added with After Effects.
Production Time: 4 Weeks
Software: Maya, Photoshop, After Effects
Renderer: Arnold 5
Rigs used: "Malcolm" by AnimSchool, "Norman" by Nelson Hurst
Background Assets: Turbosquid.com
Music/FX: full credits HERE
View: PlanningDoc_PDF
"Dumbfounded Dumbbell"
3D Animated Short
Norman struggles with lifting the tiny dumbbell at the gym--with hilarious results.
Reference footage was acted out and utilized to create this short. The dumbbells, wall, and floor were modeled in Maya, and the poster design and storyboard were made using Photoshop. Sound effects and music were added in After Effects. Rendered using Arnold 5 in Maya.
Production Time: 4 Weeks
Software: Maya, Photoshop, After Effects
Renderer: Arnold 5
Rig used: "Norman" by Nelson Hurst
Background Assets: Turbosquid.com
Music/FX: full credits HERE
View: PlanningDoc_PDF
"Stampeded By the Bell"
3D Parkour & Acting Short
Jasmine walks out of the lunchroom just as the bell rings for the next class to begin. As everyone rushes out of sight, a mess is left in the hallway, and Jasmine is forced to use her parkour skills to make it to class on time.
Reference footage was utilized to create this sequence. Simple posters in the background were designed by me in Photoshop. Sound effects and music added with After Effects. Not rendered.
Production Time: 3 Weeks
Software: Maya, Photoshop, After Effects
Rig used: "JasmineRose" by Ahmed Shalaby
Background Assets: Turbosquid.com, CG Trader
Music/FX: full credits HERE
"What's In the Box?"
3D Acting Short
Mery is busy decorating for Christmas when a present suddenly falls through the chimney with a distant "ho ho ho" coming from outside...
Sound effects and music added with After Effects. Not rendered.
Production Time: 3 Weeks
Software: Maya, After Effects
Rig used: "Mery" by Jose Manuel Garcia Alvarez
Background Assets: Turbosquid.com, CG Trader
Music/FX: full credits HERE
"An Interesting Interrogation"
3D Lip Sync - 11 Second Club Animation
Mery is nervously being interrogated by policewoman Bonnie...that is, she would be if she could find a place to sit down!
Project submitted as part of the 11 Second Club November 2019 Competition and was ranked in the top 75 submissions.
The entire animation was created in Maya, and dialogue added in After Effects. I also made the animatic storyboard using Toon Boom Harmony. Not rendered.
Production Time: 4 Weeks
Software: Maya, Toon Boom Harmony, After Effects
Rigs used: "Mery" by Jose Manuel Garcia Alvarez, "Bonnie 2" by Josh Sobel
Background Assets: Turbosquid.com, CG Trader
Dialogue: 11 Second Club November Comp. 2019
"A Familiar Smile"
3D Lip Sync
Old Malcolm and Young Malcolm are taking a rest from their jobs as gravediggers when things take an interesting turn.
Movie dialogue is repurposed into a new, unrelated story. Dialogue added with After Effects. Not rendered.
Production Time: 3 Weeks
Software: Maya, After Effects
Rig used: "Malcolm" by AnimSchool
Background Assets: Turbosquid.com, CG Trader
Dialogue: Gladiator, moviesoundclips.net
"Parkour Sequence"
3D Parkour Animation
Parkour animation with a focus on complex movement, weight, and timing. To make this animation, I utilized reference footage and drew pose breakdown sketches. Not rendered.
Production Time: 3 Weeks
Software: Maya, Photoshop
Rig used: "Ultimate Bony" by Ugur Ulvi Yetiskin
"Farmer Malcolm"
3D Idle & Attack Cycles
Farmer Malcolm is scared, as though zombies are after him. Cycles through his idle and attack cycles and returns to idle at the end. Not rendered.
Production Time: 2 Weeks
Software: Maya
Rig used: "Malcolm" by AnimSchool