Jello Jingle

While honing my After Effects expression skills I threw this together using the Jello jingle from a decades-old radio show.

Lost in Space

I just dug out the archive of this piece I did a few years ago for a locally produced indie film. The footage of lake Michigan was provided to me. I did my digital magic and handed it back to the director who then edited it in with the rest of the film. There was about 30 seconds more than this but, seeing how it was mostly just the ship hovering over the water I decided to shorten it here.

Christmas Around the World Interstitial

This was one of 9 interstitials I created for the Christmas play "Christmas Around the World" at the Vineyard Christian Church of Evanston.  Had a blast, especially creating the blinking lights.  (Making it snow was fun, too!)

Merry Christmas 2007

I came up with this out of helping a friend with a family newsletter-video where he wanted a drawing his daughter drew to sing. I drew this little guy as a test to see what it would take then decided to use him as my Christmas greeting. A good exercise in lip-syncing.

FishTale

I finished out my academic career with this piece. I'm proud of what I accomplished here as it's a combination of character animation and special effects, namely the water distortion, water caustics, the light through the window, bubbles, and especially the cat's shadow.

I made extensive use of of After Effects to create the effects and put the various pieces together.

Hope you enjoy it.

This was a short animation I did for an animation production class back in the day: