from rags to riches

here's a before and after look at my storyboard and the scene I finished so far. Just move the mouse over the frames to see what it looks like in the animation.

twentsewelle | sneak peak le fabricant

Here's a very, VERY first glimpse at the animation I am working on for the Twentse Welle. Consider it far from half way done and then divide that by fourteen, that's pretty much what the progress is all about right now.

chainreaction_01

The copper ball is a button :) this is an animation, just click on the copper ball...

tamtam in motion

We are supposed to create an animated logo for "tamtam", an international news agency and "numbers", which just might be anything, e.g. accountancy, theatre or whatever.

I am still busy with the numbers animation, but at least I can already show what I have got so far for the news agency. I kept it black and white for a couple of reasons; connection to the print media (and newspapers), tradition, a very subtle hint at the lead letters of a typesetter (in connection with the rotating blocks) to name a few.

type used is "courier new bold"

Isaac Newton would be proud...

Finally figured out how to use a realistic physics system.

Twentse Welle 1918-1945 II

These are the other Twentse Welle movies that Anika, Jan and I did. First of all it's our tourguide (we kinda called him Alfred, no big reason, just the first name that popped into our minds)



The second one is the dynamic moodboard we created in a couple of looong nights. We are trying to represent the farmers, the workers and the industrial bosses from 1918 until 1940 plus the phase of the second world war.



night.

twentse welle | mijn grootvader arriveert op waterloostation

Grandfather's probably dreaming the rail trip away while his little granddaughter cannot wait to meet him at waterloo station.

quick work, might still need some fine tuning. but when time's up, time's up.

three versions of jazzalude

i found a little time to put all my jazzalude attempts into one flash file. check it out!

ferns

still not really done. i've had severe problems yesterday when suddenly the program told me that each picture would take about 2 1/2 hours. I had to turn off some of the gimmicks like raytrace shadows and reflections plus one complete scene that had to be skipped due to software troubles (stopped rendering after about 200 frames -.-)

here's ferns. i wish i had more time :)

interdisciplinary | pencil sketches

MOTION GRAPHICS DESIGN

animation design | ferns







animation design | dialogue (old version)



GRAPHIC DESIGN & TECHNIQUES | CROSS MEDIA DESIGN

dynamic moodboard | leiber & stoller








dynamic moodboard | vivienne westwood's camouflage



ILLUSTRATION DESIGN

sketches for the nrc-assignment





VIDEO- & INTERACTIVE DESIGN

animation design | they take care of me









my lil' petting zoo

Leiber_und_Stoller | new version

I started all over on the Leiber&Stoller Moodboard. You can see the results



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more progress | Ferns

Progress | Ferns

Here a couple of stills of what I've got so far and a little sneak peak...

Ferns | pix

Startin' over on my Ferns...

dialogue

They take care of me

long long nights and massive practice brought me so far now... I am still working on part II, as soon as the complete animation is done, I'll start working on camera flybys and stuff like that. it ain't over yet.

progress | jazzalude

So far I've got eight background dancers. can you figure who is who?
For the final version I'll need about thirty of these, so put on yer red shoes ,dorothy.

preview | they take care of me

Concepts | Jazzalude

Jazzalude is a quite loungy loop. I divided the sound into two main parts, the first one (a jazz tune) is repeated three times, then the second one (a break with an explosionlike sound) comes on.

After working on an abstract solution (geometric forms and lights that interact to the loop) I tried to capture the atmosphere of "Jazzalude" a bit more.

When I hear that sound, I'm in a bar, a nice clean one with a lot of colorful, warm and heavy lights. People are drinking cocktails or champagne, dance and have a splendid night.

So, back to the sketchbook...







Then I started modeling glasses and bottles











after that, I needed a couple of bodyshots, get a vector outline, place them in scene an voilá...





up next: more dancing people, the camera needs tuning, the surroundings.

lots of work ahead, and the reverse gear just won't work.