AM/PM

Just finished this brief for uni, we were asked to take the title AM/PM and either create a title sequence for BBC4 or as I chose to create an interactive kiosk design.

I took this and adapted it to an installation based on the idea of space and time. I then decided to create the installation for the science museum as a way for kids to learn about the solar system, called "Solus". The installation puts you in the position of the planet, the interaction involves you walking on the floor interface and when you stand on the name of a planet it triggers the sun, represented by a wall of light, to be brighter or dimmer depending on which planet you have stepped on. Then at the same time the temperature of the room changes in accordance to the planet you are stood on

Then this is a video animation of how the floor interface changes when you step on a planet and trigger the interaction.

The Devil and Daniel Johnston Title Sequence

My title sequence for the documentary film The Devil and Daniel Johnston. I was influenced by the way Johnston he recorded his music onto cassette tapes, so I decided to put the titles onto cassette tapes. Next I was influenced by his artwork and how he drew on his cassette tapes, so I made small stop motion animations to go over the cassettes. Then I cut this will footage of Johnston, to give the viewer a clue as to who he was before watching the film.

The music is True love will find you in the end by Daniel Johnston.

Showreel

Showreel of my work from 2008-2010.

I'm Not An Artist

Yet another gif post.. obsessed..... maybe

Uploaded a gif to http://www.iamnotanartist.org/index.php , which is a brilliant website of gifs people have submitted, ranging from amazing to hilarious to a little weird. Mine's a gif of me and Amy morphing into each other.

http://www.iamnotanartist.org/gif.php?id=247 See it here

Final Alphabet Animation

Here's the final edit of my alphabet animation, I decided to leave it silent as it created the best atmosphere for the animation, giving it an eerie quality.

A Alphabet Animation

The beginnings of editing my alphabet in After Effects. I've masked off around the letter and then experimented with layering, feathering and adjusting the brightness and contrast to get this effect.

Full Alphabet Animation Test

Here is a quick edit of all the footage from my alphabet. It was created using a bowl of lemonade and then adding bicarbonate of soda to it to create the fizz effect over the letters.

Next step After Effects.

Alphabet Animation Tests

For our new project in which we have to create an animation of an alphabet using practical methods. I began by looking at this example of an animation using unexpected methods, they used a speaker and a mixture of cornstarch and water into which he dropped the letters and with the vibration of the speaker they were engulfed into the mixture.





I then started experimenting myself and I came across effervescent tablets, which reacted in the water to fizz and hide the letter

From this I experimented more, using 3D letters in a bowl of water which i held an effervescent tablet in to make it fizz over the letter and mask it.

However, this was very unpredictable so I decided to try using a bowl of lemonade and adding bicarbonate of soda to it to create the fizz effect over the letters. This worked a lot better and produced a more violent reaction.

Dog Judo

Dog Judo

Most hilarious animation ever by 12foot6. ( http://www.12foot6.com/index.html )

OLD gifT

obviously we'd yet to learn how to properly COMPRESS a gif.

gifTs

Playing with Numbers

 Second set of animations for our actionscript animation project. 

Playing with Numbers

Project to create an animation using flash actionscript and then making a poster from the animation. These are my first experiment using just one movie clip.

Asics Stop Motion Animation

DAK Stop Motion Animation

Intervelometer from Kunal Sen on Vimeo.

This is by Team DAK, it's called Intervelometer and won Best Picture at the 2nd Annual Trick 17 Stop Motion Animation Contest.
Their final animation is quite surreal, which is what I really like about it. Especially the section where a man is drawn on a clear sheet and is animated to run through the city. The concept is really simple, using an A4 piece of paper and constantly rotating it to make an image on both sides to appear as one, and is done really well and they have put a lot of thought in to the accompanying music, which adds to the surreal atmosphere.

Sweet Gifs

This is a really simple website, which is just pages of animated gifs. The backgrounds are tiled with the gifs and has a really simply design navigation in the top left, which doesn't detract from the gifs.
Some of them look a little rushed, but there are some really good ones if you look through the pages, especially this one on page 18.

The pages themselves would look really nice as backgrounds for websites, they'd create a bold first impression and would catch the viewers attention straight away.

More here-- http://www.sweetgifs.com/
Page 18-- http://www.sweetgifs.com/?pg=18

Morfai Animations

These are really interesting animations at http://morfai.blogspot.com/2008/11/selection.html

They are really simple animations using the lasso tool in photo shop to make selections in images to make it appear as if part of it is moving. I especially like this one of the swimmer, as the moving water works well and he has got the selections in the right place to make it seem realistic.

Special Guest Stop Motion

This is amazing-- http://www.specialguest.tv/ and click on the Special Guest link on the right hand navigation.

It's a stop motion animation by Special Guest using crochet to create the characters, it must have taken a long time to do but the result is really effective.

The start is the best part, as it's really simple and the sounds of the crochet give an eery atmosphere.