Dialogue

This project was meant to combine everything learned throughout the semester regarding the 12 principles of animation, as well as lip-syncing a dialogue.

Software utilized: Toon Boom Harmony

Puppet Test

In this exercise, we switch from frame-to-frame animation to puppeting, showing all the moving parts of a puppet by using key frames. For this project, I decided to use Wall-e as my puppet, drawing him from scratch and then animating through puppeting and rigging.

Software utilized: Toon Boom Harmony

Weight

The purpose of this exercise was to show the weight of an object, by showing how the character reacts when interacting with it.

Software utilized: Toon Boom Harmony

Headturn

The purpose of this project was to animate a head turn, taking into account all of the principles of animations studied.

Software utilized: Toon Boom Harmony

Pantomime (Intro to characters)

As a way to start animating characters, we were tasked with animating a flour sack doing a gesture and action of our choosing

Software utilized: Toon Boom Harmony

Overlapping Action and Follow Through

Utilizing the basic principles of animation, we were tasked to show how overlapping action and follow through are employed in animation, as it is done with the basic example of a pendulum on a platform.

Software used: Toon Boom Harmony

Bouncing Ball

This was my first project for Computer Animation, as part of my Visualization and Design Certificate. The main task was animating a bouncing ball, utilizing frame-by-frame animation through Toon Boom Harmony

Software used: Adobe Illustrator and Toon Boom Harmony

Social Media Animated Post

This was a post for the rush announcement for USF's Phi Chi Theta Business Fraternity chapter, where I hold the position of Marketing Chair

Software used: Adobe Illustrator for the design, and Adobe After Effects for the animation of each element.

2D Animation Basics Reel

Here I demonstrate:
1 – Basic Eases
2 – Continuous Loop
3 – Spatial Interpolation: Angular
4 – Bouncing Balls
5 – Pendulum
6 – Scale: Hard/Soft Accent
7 – Rectangle Expansion

5-Obstacle Course

This is a project I did for my Beginning Animation class as part of the Design and Visualization Certificate.

Everything on this obstacle course was designed by me utilizing Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator with the animation being done and exported on Adobe After Effects and Adobe Media Encoder

2.5D Quote Project

This was a project for a Beginning Animation course as part of my Design and Visualization Certificate.

We were to choose a quote we live by and animate it in 2.5D using at least 2 lights, a camera, and shadows, using Adobe After Effects.

Life in 5 Scenes

This was my final project for a Beginning Animation course as part of my Design and Visualization Certificate.

We had to recreate life in 5 scenes, in 2.5D animation with a main character and a walk cycle using Adobe After Effects for animating, and Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create all of the assets from scratch. I decided to tell my own life story!