First Animation Videos

As stated in the title, the videos are my first animations. This semester I'm taking an animation and a storyboarding class, so I'm trying out some new ways of storytelling. The video "Hollarback Girl" is a song by Gwen Stefani I remember listening to back in middle school. It's a upbeat song and I thought it would be a very fun video to animate on Adobe After Effects. The video "Ducks Eat For Free" is a skit told by Mitch Hedberg and put I the images and audio together on imovie. I have a long way to go before I can even say that I am comfortable using the programs, but I have learned a lot and I look forward to improving my skills.

Elf Ellen

This oil painting was done for my mixed media class. It was a semester-long project and we were asked to paint one of our classmate and portray his/her characteristics. I painted my classmate (who is also my friend) Yang. Yang is sometimes referred to as "Ellen" by her other friends and I decided to portrayed her as an elf and incorporate elements of steam punk, because those are some of Yang's many interests.

Here are some detailed shots of the painting:

Processs:

from black&white to color

Oil Painting: Happy Family

This is a commissioned piece I finished yesterday. It was probably one of the fastest paintings I have ever done with oil paints. I'm not exactly sure on how long it took me to complete, but I believe it was approximately 10-15 hrs. In the future I will try harder to keep track of the time it takes for me to finish one piece. The photo of painting was taken by my client, who kindly sent it to me after I told him that I was unable to get a good photo of it because I was in hurry to deliver it to him.

1. rough sketch 2. color work in progress

Outdoor lighting

Attack of Space Queen Monster

Cover illustration inspired by Pulp Magazine done for my Illustration Heritage class. It is a story about a cavemen who gets teleported into outer space and encounters the space queen monster. He tries to steal her crown, but she attacks him and later falls in love with him.