ENVIRONMENTS FOR ANIMATION PROJECTS!

Posted on Oct 14, 2022 in UNCATEGORIZED

I’m so excited to share the work of my super talented students! This semester, I am teaching two sections of Environments for Animation, and one advanced level Animation course. I have a total of 33 students in my environments courses, and they all worked super hard on this project! They were tasked with creating an […]

MASTERS RECAP

MASTERS RECAP

Posted on Aug 10, 2022 in KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY, MASTERS DEGREE

I have been so busy with getting my Master’s Degree at Kennesaw State University, so I haven’t been updating this blog in a loooong while! I just finished uploading and updating my visual resume portion of this website to reflect the work I completed! Have a look – it’s at this link: KSU MASTERS. I’m […]

ROUGH AND CLEAN UP ANIMATION

ROUGH AND CLEAN UP ANIMATION

Posted on Dec 14, 2021 in KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY, MASTERS DEGREE

For our final two projects in Creative Problems in Animation (MA in Art & Design at Kennesaw State University), we were to do a rough 2D animation, followed by a clean up. For fun, I chose to do a little title teaser for my thesis project, CanAIRy. CanAIRy will be a 3D animated short film, […]

MILESTONE V

MILESTONE V

Posted on Dec 8, 2021 in KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY, MASTERS DEGREE

For our final project in Research for Commercial Creatives (MA in Art & Design at Kennesaw State University), we were to create a presentation outlining our proposed thesis project, our method of research, and complete a small project component related to the thesis project. The presentation was to be shown to university professionals outside of […]

ROTOSCOPING

ROTOSCOPING

Posted on Nov 15, 2021 in KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY, MASTERS DEGREE

For our third project in Creative Problems in Animation, we were to conduct a research study on a specific kind of animation style. I chose Rotoscoping, since I used the technique for the animated hands in my Experimental Animation project. I chose to do this presentation in a “YouTube” style.

EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION

EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION

Posted on Nov 3, 2021 in KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY, MASTERS DEGREE

For our second project in Creative Problems in Animation course (MA in Art & Design at Kennesaw State University) we were to create an experimental animation. I wanted to experiment with animating hands, as I think they can be so meaningful and expressive … and then I chose to explore the very painful experience of […]

AMANDA & DAVID’S FALL WEDDING

AMANDA & DAVID’S FALL WEDDING

Posted on Oct 31, 2021 in AWC FILMS, WEDDING FILMS

Amanda and David shared their wedding at a beautiful historical home that was owned by the bride’s grandfather. I love doing weddings at such sentimental locations! The weather was beautiful and the bride and groom adorable! This wedding was bittersweet, as it’s the last wedding we will do as AWC Films. We have decided to […]

CANAIRY MASTERS THESIS PROPOSAL

CANAIRY MASTERS THESIS PROPOSAL

Posted on Oct 26, 2021 in KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY, MASTERS DEGREE

For our Milestone IV project in Research for Commercial Creatives course (MA in Art & Design at Kennesaw State University), we were to create a proposal for our own personal pipeline to complete our Masters Thesis Project. To see more about CanAIRy, you can check out my World Building post at this link.

ANIMATION MAQUETTES

ANIMATION MAQUETTES

Posted on Sep 30, 2021 in KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY, MASTERS DEGREE

This was our third research project, or Milestone III, in Research for Commercial Creatives course (MA in Art & Design at Kennesaw State University). The goal was to research a specific part of an animation pipeline – a preproduction component specifically. At first I started to research character model sheets, but as I was looking […]

EDUCATION ANIMATION PIPELINES

EDUCATION ANIMATION PIPELINES

Posted on Sep 8, 2021 in KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY, MASTERS DEGREE

For our second research project in Research for Commercial Creatives course (MA in Art & Design at Kennesaw State University), we were to study an animation studio pipeline process and specifically interview someone within that pipeline. I chose to study the pipeline they use in university to prepare students for the real studio pipelines they […]