November 1st -- 2D Animation

"November 1st" is a short animation that I created. It follows a boy walking through his neighborhood until something catches his eye.

The boy's cycles were animated on pencil and paper. The character was inked and colored in Photoshop and Illustrator.

The backgrounds were images that consisted of houses, trees, and a street that were modeled in Maya, and a far background matte that was painted in Photoshop.

The foreground elements (pumpkin bag and candy) were created in Illustrator and Photoshop.

 All of the background and foreground elements were then composited in After Effects.

Sewage Worm

I sketched a worm-monster in a sewer and then scanned it into the computer. Using Photoshop, I painted in the colors and traced the outlines.

It Came From the Flower Pot!

A plant comes to life!

My first 2D hand-drawn animation.

Software:
-Pencil software (free and open-source); for drawing the character layers
-Sketchbook (Autodesk); for drawing the background layers

Hardware:
-Intuos4 tablet (Wacom)

My favorite part about the sequence was the running. I really liked playing with the plant's roots and posing them as legs. It was especially interesting to make him trip over the flower pot edge towards the end.

I also enjoyed the level of detail needed to draw the background.