Second Hand-In

Latest hand-in for university. 

Applied Timing, featuring stop-motion, Maya CGI and pivoted animation from ToonBoom. 

Bathroom Studio

Sometimes, a cartoon has to show his animator how its done!

Its been an odd semester. 2D Pivoted Animation? Easy. Two 3D animations? Easy! Stop-motion animation? "Where are all the rigs?"

We had to spend the first half of the semester building stop-motion puppets that we don't get marked on. So by the time we were ready to animate, the six animation rigs were being used by five other year-groups. Three years of stop-motion students, two years of animation students and anyone else besides. I tried sneaking in over Easter - no luck. I tried coming in extra early - nope. Tried booking a rig so I could be all snooty and go "NO! Is mine now." Noooope. The studio was locked that day. 

So what's an animator to do when he has no where to animate? Set up a small animation studio in his parent's bathroom, of course!

Yes, the toilet was off-limits for a whole day so I could get some animating done. There really aren't enough rigs at the university. Though, I think it would have been okay if we hadn't had to make the stop-motion puppets ourselves. That way we could have all finished before the stop-motion students needed them. Oh well, its done now. Not quite as well as it would have been done at the university, but hey, it wont be the last time I'll be animating from home and it most certainly isn't the first. I've been doing it since I was twelve, so why stop now? Huzzah for animating from home!

RICHERlandTV

I should probably mention that you can find me anywhere by searching for "RICHERlandTV", a tag I use for everything I've worked on. This will at least work for Vimeo, YouTube and Deviantart. Don't search for "Richerland" because they're an Asian packaging company who stole my name, which was very mean of them.

Feel So Pro

Ah feulz leik a profeshinul, innit. Ah gots mesen a copy o tha ToonBoom Animate Pro, mate. Its da nuts, man, da nuts.

That is an example of comedic irony, wherein a professional uses very informal dialogue and colloquialisms which contrast highly with his claims of professionalism. This is often used in many forms of comedy, including cartoons (sometimes even being a large part of the plot). It is interesting how the juxtapositions of characters like this can create a comedic atmosphere. For example, a little blonde girl with pig-tails and a dress swearing and picking her nose while a crowd of people who appear highly educated (perhaps wearing formal attire or even lab-coats) applaud her actions.

... I do have ToonBoom Pro though, and I do feel like a professional now.

Yey!

Now if only I had my own desktop compter to run it on...

Commissioned Work

A tanuki is an animal native to
Japan, where folklore talks
of its shapeshifting abilities.

I feel so proud. I just made some money creating a character sheet for someone. <3
I didn't ask for a specific payment, so they personally valued my work at... Well let's say it's a nice amount that feels like quite a compliment  considering I'm just starting out and it was a simple project!
Thank you anonymous customer! You've made my Easter!