Haughty Unicorn

She ain't your little pony.

 2d animation, animation, flash animation, gif, horse, pony, unicorn

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Happy Mother's Day!

Here's a little animated e-card I made for my mom this mother's day. My friends can attest to just how much my mom and I do things and spend a lot of time together (hence the title Partners in Crime). In this simple video are just some of the special reasons that make her so great!

Funny story, my mom hardly uses Facebook (which is where I was gonna surprise her with this video), so I had to lure her by saying there was a private message from her sister abroad. I waited for her to log in on the desktop before posting the video from my laptop so it'll be the first thing on her feed, then waited in my room for her reaction. After some time, she finally came in and said she couldn't find her sister's message :)) Apparently she was so intent on finding that message that she missed my video haha! #fail

So I pretended to help her find this "message", went to her Facebook feed, played the video, then squeaked "Happy Mother's Day!" :))

Anyway, if you can relate to being partners in crime with your mom, then feel free to share this video with them! And happy mother's day to all moms out there :)

 2d animation, e-card, flash animation, mom, mother, mother's day

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Cupid's Serenade (it's up!)

Finally my thesis film is now online! Before anything else, I just want to give a huge thank you to everybody who have helped me out in this project, whether in big ways such as arranging music or singing for me, or in small ways like little messages of encouragement. When I chose to do a musical frame-by-frame flash animation for my thesis, I didn't really consider just how much of a challenge this would be especially since I didn't know how to make music (my biggest problem). All I wanted was motivation for me to practice frame-by-frame animation, and nothing motivates more than deadlines. Plus, I thought making characters dance and sing would be fun (which it still is). This project really pushed me out of my comfort zone in so many ways, and my constant mantra was that nothing worth doing ever comes easy. I still have no idea how I got through it all if not for the people around me and God's grace.

Sorry for the cheese! Haha! But here it is! The fruit of a year of tears, frustration, disappointment, small failures and successes. I hope you enjoy!



Check out the website for more on the project, some Cupid trivia , pre-production images and tidbits, and more! http://www.cupidsserenade.com 

UPDATE (May 13 2013): The film is temporarily password-protected for festival purposes. Wish me luck! :D

 2d animation, cupid, cupid's serenade, flash animation, musical, student film, thesis film

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Cupid's Serenade stills

Here are some stills from my thesis animation:

More images at cupidsserenade.com.

The short will be uploaded pretty soon too! Like the Facebook page or follow on Twitter to get updates :)



 2d animation, animation, cupid, cupid's serenade, cute, graduation film, musical, student film, thesis, thesis animation

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Adrift

Adrift
vector illustration

Played around with some vector illustration, textures, and depth of field for today. It's a polar bear floating along on his tiny sliver of ice through some sharp, craggy icebergs. Will he make it to shore before his ice melts?

close up

As I type this, I realize I've been drawing a lot of ice and water lately...it must be the sweltering weather subconsciously influencing my work.

 iceberg, illustration, polar bear, vector illustration

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Ready As I'll Ever Be

Gonna keep this post short. Tomorrow is my thesis defense! (GAH!!!) and I've still got a few things to prepare. But here are some of my collaterals for my upcoming thesis animation, Cupid's Serenade.

My poster, two types of CD jackets, and a CD sticker

A heart-shaped CD jacket to fit the topic of my animation. This is what I'll be submitting to my defense.

And a square-shaped CD Jacket (with CD sticker) for my other subject
(because the heart-shaped one's so expensive to print)

And my poster!

I've poured so much on this project and I really pray that things go really well tomorrow. Wish me luck!!!

 cd jacket, cupid, cupid's serenade, poster, short animation, thesis

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Ship of Dreams

Ship of Dreams
digital painting

I was inspired to paint a ship when I saw this timelapse art video of Samantha Kallis for Soul Pancake's Art Attack web series:

Aside from the beautiful painting, I think part of the reason why this video appeals so much to me is the irresistible music (It's called "Checking Things Off Of A To-Do List Early In The Morning" by Lullatone).

The Art Attack series is just what I needed to ease me out of my slight creative burnout.

And at the risk of sounding like an ad for Soul Pancake, here's a really funny (and art-related!) video from their other web series, "Live A Little" hosted by the super random Candace:

 art, digital painting, illustration, ship, sky, soul pancake, sunset, whales

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