Ad Astra
Posted: June 8, 2011 Filed under: Student Work Leave a comment »Ad Astra, an animation by Lesley Ash
Music by Nathan Bliss
Description: This is a frame-by-frame animation created from handmade ink drawings and Adobe Photoshop. This was created while a student in an animation seminar at the University of Cincinnati. The narrative of the animation ties into my MFA thesis work, which is centered around dualistic themes of life and death, and fantasy and reality.
Artist info:
Lesley Ash
MFA University of Cincinnati, 2011
www.lashgallery.com
Mighty Antlers
Posted: May 26, 2011 Filed under: Student Work Leave a comment »Mighty Antlers directed by Sune Reinhardt.
Bachelor film project 2011 from The Animation Workshop.
Story:
A man drives his car furiously down a narrow road, surrounded by a vast forest. When he encounters a deer in the middle of the road he makes a villainous attempt to ram it. However this particular hit and run has jaw crushing, battering consequences.
This student project was completed in 8 months with a team of 3 CG artists and one animator.
The Animation Workshop, located in Viborg, Denmark, is one of the top animation schools in Europe. http://www.animwork.dk/en/
Also, here is a great behind the scenes video:
Mighty Antlers directed by Sune Reinhardt.
Bachelor film project 2011 from The Animation Workshop.
Rockwell Ties
Posted: May 24, 2011 Filed under: Student Work Leave a comment »Rockwell Ties, a motion comic by Matt Culbertson
Two rival brothers meet on a deserted street and battle with their contrasting musical styles.
This motion comic was created by Matt Culbertson as a first semester animation project in Digital Narrative I.
Matt is a BFA student at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
Big Footsteps
Posted: May 24, 2011 Filed under: Student Work Leave a comment »Big Footsteps (Chapter 3), a motion comic by Andy Benson
The tagline says it all:
“A disfigured secret-operative goes rogue during a mission on American soil and must battle his
remaining German pursuers to find a peaceful existence as the legendary Sasquatch.”
This alternative reality based motion comic was created by Andy Bensen as a first semester animation project in Digital Narrative I.
Andy Bensen is a BFA student at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
Sideways Home
Posted: May 21, 2011 Filed under: Student Work Leave a comment »Sideways Home by Jeff Scanlon
Even the simplest task can become difficult over time. Sideways Home is a story about a woman with a simple goal who has to travel through a not so simple world.
Jeff Scanlon, BFA University of Wisconsin-Stout
Rainy Theme Song
Posted: May 20, 2011 Filed under: Student Work Leave a comment »The Rainy Theme Song by Alex Clark.
i have a billion nieces and nephews. when i was deciding on a personal project, i wanted to
include them. i also love seattle and i love cartoons. combining all of that, i came up with the idea
for rainy: a blog written by a little girl who just moved to seattle. all of the content will be web-based
and will include short cartoons, photographed adventures, downloadable activities, and
eventually online games. i want to create a portal for families to have fun and get interested in
visiting seattle… ahem… my brothers and sisters.
Alex Clark, BFA University of Wisconsin-Stout
more about rainy…
http://alexbclark.com/rainy/
Space is the Place for the Human Race
Posted: May 19, 2011 Filed under: Student Work Leave a comment »Space is the Place for the Human Race by Neil Hopkins
Audio by Sakari Järvinen
Neil Hopkins is a student at TAMK-Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland. http://www.tamk.fi/en
http://tamk-artmedia.blogspot.com/
Plexus
Posted: May 18, 2011 Filed under: Student Work Leave a comment »Plexus by Jonathan Daniels
Music by Analogue Rex
The seed for this project started in fall of 2008 on a page of logo concepts, with an image of a severed arm with a tattoo making a muscle. At the beginning of senior project, I revisited this idea by drawing out what the arm would be if it was attached to a person. Since there could be no shoulders for the arm to attach to, I drew a simple concept drawing of a man with only bones for a torso. The project developed out of me working out how the man could have gotten into that state.
From this beginning, I began to explore my (apparently) recent fascination with amputation and dismemberment, and began creating concepts for the monster that my character would fight. At first, I was going to go for more of an insect-like creature, but then decided to go with a large pink serpent similar to one I had invented for a painting I finished in Painting II in spring of 2009. This was partially due to continuing themes I had explored before, and partly due to ease of animation, as many segmented body and legs would take much longer to animate.
As the project progressed, I began to explore more ideas relating to popular culture and mass media, linking the new iconography of the characters I had invented with established iconography (albeit distorted) from the world of advertising and corporate imagery. In addition, I included over 70 subliminal messages throughout the animation, both visual and auditory, flashing messages for single frames, and backmasking words into the music.
Jonathan Daniels, BFA University of Wisconsin-Stout 2010
The Silver Eye of Mari
Posted: May 17, 2011 Filed under: Student Work Leave a comment »The Silver Eye of Mari (intro), an animated film by Nicolas Gluesenkamp
This is the first installment of The Silver Eye of Mari that Nicolas created for his BFA senior project this spring at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
Vauj: A Kite Story
Posted: May 16, 2011 Filed under: Student Work Leave a comment »Vauj: A Kite Story, an animated film by Tou Yia Xiong
“Vauj” (pronounced “vow”) is a 2D animation about a Hmong boy reminiscing about flying kites with his father. He remembers how their kites danced in the wind and soared through the clear blue sky, as well as the moment that changed the course of his future.
Tou Yia Xiong (BFA University of Wisconsin-Stout) produced this wonderful animation for his senior project this spring.
