Thesis update: New Monsters

Working on an update of my animatic and I’m happy to say that an old idea has worked its way back into the film – a sort of quick montage of unsuccessful candidates.  The new version of the animatic is coming soon, but in the meantime, here’s a sketch sheet of some new monster ideas:

Thesis update: Test scene in Flash

Last Spring I took a digital animation class and got to try out Flash for the first time. I have a few other assignments that I’ll be posting, but here’s a test scene for my thesis that I created as a final project for that course. I really like how Woofie, the dog, turned out. For Hazel, the main character, I think that the…

Thesis update: Storyboards & Animatic

So as you may remember, I’ve been working on a 2D Animation Master of Fine Arts degree through the Academy of Art University’s online program. As a final thesis project, we’re required to complete a short film. “The Search for the Monster of Lake Quannapowitt” will be a 2D, digitally hand-drawn animated short of less than 3 minutes about the candidate search to fill…