3D Animation Portfolio

"Ballerina Box"

I wanted to create a piece showing an inanimate object coming to life and traveling through space. I wanted to have her be younger, showing some inexperience in ballet. This was worked on within a 3 week period.

Created in Maya.

"Egg Fried Riot"

This is my first collaborative film. I worked with so many talented people, and I thoroughly learned the animation pipeline. In this project, I worked on storyboards, environment concepts, animation, lighting, and rendering. This film was created within a 10 week period.

Created using Maya and Arnold Renderer.

"Breaking News"

This is a 2 character sequence with dialogue. It's about a reporter trying to break into a house to get information off of someone. The second character is his camerawoman. This was made within a 3 week period.

Created using Maya.

"Dialogue Exercises"

Something about collaboration process, how long it took, etc.

"Snack for the Road"

I looked up a lot of references from at home bird cameras to get the more domestic feel to this piece. I had a lot of fun making sure you could tell the intention behind the bird. I loved adding little details such as the head turns, flaps of the wings, and the slight pick ups of the feet after the landing. This was made within a 1 week period

Created in Maya

"Bird Studies"

I wanted to really study how a smaller bird flies from all angles. My favorite parts in working on the piece was definitely studying the wing placements from the side view and the counter animation of the head movements. This was made within a 1.5 week period.

Created in Maya

"Horse Studies"

I wanted to study the way a horse walks, trots, and gallops. I looked extensively at reference to capture the weight, correct hoof positions, and timing in each cycle. Each of these were created in about a 1.5 week period.

Created in Maya

"Cat Study"

I wanted to really study a cat's walk, since I've grown up more as a dog person. I loved paying attention to paw placements, head movements, and doing subtle ear animation too. I wanted to start off with this to then animate a cat in action later down the line. This was made within a 1.5 week time period.

Created in Maya.

"The Feline Fall"

My goal was to get a complicated reference and challenge myself. I gave the camera a handheld illusion to feel more realistic. I had some struggles with the rig doing what the reference was capturing, but I persevered! This was created in a 2 week time period.

Created in Maya

"Dining with the Dead"

This is my first project using Unreal to create a film. I had a lot of creativity with this in getting rigs and animations from online catalogues and putting them together to create this. The premise is an undead cooking show. This was created within a 10 week period.

Created in Unreal and edited in Premiere Pro