A selection of stop-motion animation I did at Laika from 2011 to 2019. We'll have to wait patiently before I can post my work in Laika's next film, Wildwood.
All footage is owned by LAIKA, used with permission. All elements beyond the stop-motion animation itself are by other artists.
A selection of my stop-motion animation on Robot Chicken, shot at Stoopid Buddy Stoodios. From seasons 6 and 7, and from the DC Comics Special. All elements besides the stop-motion animation itself are by other artists. All footage is owned by Adult Swim, used for portfolio purposes only.
How did I never notice this time lapse footage before now? This is from Robot Chicken Season 6. Velma falls from a building and breaks her back on a metal strut. Old-Man Whoever in the ghost costume throws up in his mask.
No wonder there is so little time lapse footage of me out there, it seems that I can't help but do product placement in everything I do (see what I'm snack on in the back left corner?).
This is from Robot Chicken: Season 6. I animated all of the street location scenes. Those include shots with the deer, homeless people and concerned man and woman.
*The elements stated above are the extent of my
contributions to this video clip. All rights reserved to Adult Swim and
Stoopid Buddy Stoodios.
There's lots of hype around the new Jurassic World trailer. Ironically, this Robot Chicken trailer has a lot more dinosaur screen time.
I animated all of the velociraptor shots, but not the human shot at the beginning. These were the first shots I did for Season 7 and it was a lot of fun! The puppets are foam molds from the old Jurassic Park (or Lost World) toys which I used to play with all the time in my childhood. I never thought I'd get payed to play with them as an adult!
*The elements stated above are the extent of my
contributions to this video clip. All rights reserved to Adult Swim and
Stoopid Buddy Stoodios.
It's been a long time since I cut a demo reel together, and I'm realizing now that I'm probably not going to cut one any time soon simply because it hasn't been necessary for me in years. However, much of my studio work, specifically on Robot Chicken, is streaming for free online already so I might as well post some links to the stuff I contributed to.
This sketch, A Grouchy Start, was entirely animated by myself. It's a rare treat to be the only person to animated an entire sketch simply due to scheduling practicality. Most sketches take place in multiple places, meaning multiple sets, so a single sketch will bounce around several stages and animators before it is finished. Since this sketch takes place entirely in one alley, it only touched one stage, mine!
Ricky Recycle Bin was an excellent puppet to play with, his larger than life attitude lent itself to broad acting choices, and being a Muppet-style character, meant lots of acting with the head. It had lots of input in the acting choices and really had fun when he looses his temper. For his last syllable of the word "understand" as he yells at the little girl, I animated him on singles to make it that much more crazy. As a result, this is one my favourite sketches. The Ricky puppet was broken in the spine and both shoulders by the end of the sketch! Oscar and his brother were fine by the end though, despite what happens to the brother in the sketch.
For an extra bit of trivia: the man wearing yellow that pushes Ricky over is modeled after the likeness of Animation Supervisor Alex Kamer.
This sketch turned out to be a favourite for viewers who have worked in a recyclable sorting facility, so this is dedicated to all you recycle heroes out there! Now the whole world can feel your pain!
*The elements stated above are the extent of my contributions to this video clip. All rights reserved to Adult Swim and Stoopid Buddy Stoodios.
Scrap Metal is now available to view in 3D exclusively only on Youtube! And its not that fancy-pants, polarized 3D crap you see now. No, this is Sheridan Scope - hard core, blue-and-red, 50's monster-flick 3D where the colours are all screwed up, but you don't mind in this case cause its all nostalgic and junk! So dig out those old 3D glasses you cut out of your cereal box 15 years ago and put them to good use!
*NOTE: After launching the video, click the 'change quality' icon, which is the little gear in the lower, right-hand corner and change the video to 720p for best resolution, then click the little 3D icon which will then appear just left of this icon. You get some 3D options, I'd suggest 'full colour'. For best results watch in full-screen and, if this embed gives you any trouble, just click the little YouTube icon in the lower-right corner to go straight to the YouTube page.
Just launched the new site for Scrap Metal since it was recently accepted into a couple festivals! There's not much there yet; news, pictures and videos will trickle in slowly as I scrape the bottom of the barrel that is my spare time to get it up and running.
Here is the set used for the interior scenes of the subway car. To save time this same set was built upon further and the base was removed for exterior shots of the subway car.
Done in October 2010 in my spare time. This is the last skit with Cyber-Bear because he broke after this, so he is retired now. I wanted to do a bit more at the end, but I noticed his arm was about to break so I kept it simple.
Done in February 2010 in my spare time. The laser is actually made bristol board and the smoke out of shredded foam, nothing was added in post-production except for sound.
Animated during the first session of the eveing stop motion sessions that me and Jen Bamford are currently coordinating together with Chris Walsh's blessings. I shot him against a make-shift green screen and edited the green out afterwards in photoshop, then adjusted the colours to suit the background, which was also painted in photoshop. I used After Effects for the camera move and shadow behind him. The sounds are from the Sheridan sound library and were assembled in Premier.
If you are curious, this is the original video shot against the grean screen (although I still had to use photoshop to beef the colour because it was so faded before. Chris's digital camera's are good, but they're still obviously not as good as professional cameras. You may notice there is some extra footage at the end, think of it as my own deleted scenes, lol. I thought it was a stronger peice with just the 1st half.
Built in my spare time out of readily available and inexpensive materials: armature wire, epoxy putty, shredded foam stuffing, salvaged denim, stick tack and acrylic paint.
Here is the skeleton inside if you're curious. Didn't have access to proper facilites when I did this so I made due with a digital camera and a light disk to rotate on.
My Second walk. As you can see I got better. I'm especially proud because I did this in the afternoon on no sleep from pulling an all-nighter.
First attempt at a walk.
2nd marked assignment in Stop-Motion.
Getting to know the puppet. Co-animated with Sandra Loke.
For this assignment, the cars had to follow this exact path, just miss each other on that exact frame and crash on that exact frame. I had to tailor my timing and performance to those specifications.
First day in Stop-Motion class. Co-animated alongside Sandra Loke. Just playing around.
