ANIMATIONS

Welcome to my Animation Portfolio. The following animations were created for various classes I took at RPI including Fundamentals of Animation and Graphic Storytelling.

The videos are available in Quicktime format and on Youtube. Click on the links for each animation to see these formats.


Title Lego Cruiser
Assignment Create an animation using Stop Motion Animation techniques
Description

This animation was created by taking individual pictures of a lego set being assembled and animating them into a video. Sound effects and different camera angles were used.

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Title Occupations
Assignment Final project for Fundamentals of Animation - create a unique animation
Description

This animation is based on an interview between myself and a few of my Fraternity brothers. I created a few characters who appear to be saying what was said in the interview. These characters were hand drawn and animated to move their mouths with the words.

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Title Lego Wizard
Assignment Create an animation using Stop Motion Animation techniques
Description

This animation was created by taking individual pictures of a lego set being assembled and animating them into a video. Sound effects and a chase scene were also added.

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Title Iron Story
Assignment Create an Animatic for a movie, an Animatic being a type of storyboarding where various frames of the storyboard are shown with sound playing in the background.
Description

This animation is a mash-up of an Iron Man trailer and Toy Story. The original trailer is shown below and can be found here.

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Title The Meaning of a Line
Assignment Create an abstract animation
Description

This animation tries to show how a simple grey line can have a multitude of different meanings depending on what is presented around it. The animation was created through the use of rotoscoping, that is, drawing frame by frame on top of another video then removing the original video so only the drawings remain.

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Title Shape to Shape
Assignment Create an animation by hand drawing frames between two provided frames.
Description

This animation was hand drawn frame by frame. The start and end frames of the animation were provided and are shown below.

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