Anthony's LAIKA Demo Reel

 

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. 

Anthony's Robot Chicken Demo Reel

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. 
 

Save the Wolves

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.

Velociraptor Practice

 

 

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.

A Grouchy Start

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.

Cyber-Bear's last animation

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.

Cyber-Bear training the puppy

Done February 2010 in my spare time. Not my best work, but still entertaining to watch I think.

Cyber-Bear vs. D-Battery

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.

Ransack transforming

Done Feb 2010 in my spare time. I've always wanted to make a transformer transform...so I did it! This toy is Deceptican Ransack, created by Hasbro.

Puppet vs Cyber-Bear

Cyber-Bear kicks @$$!

Did this in the even stop motion class I'm co-running right now. Just having some fun.

Cyber-Bear Composite test

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.

S*** Happens (Leica with Animation)

Done for 5th semester story, animation and layout class. (a lot of resolution is lost, but you get the idea)

S*** Happens (Animation only)

Done for 5th Semester Animation class. Correstponds with Layout and Story for the Action Analysis Assignment.

You lose a fair bit from the resolution, but what can you do?

In-class Stop-motion animations

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.

"This is Gunna be your neck" Pencil Test

Done in 4th semster animation at Sheridan. Objective was to animate a character with a beak to dialogue. Audio from Mad TV, used for educational purposes only.

"Grow Food Like Pizza" Pencil Test

Done for 4th Semester Animation. Objective was to make a character with a mussle act to dialogue. Audio from Wall-E. Used for educational purposes only

"My Little Pheasant" Line Test

Done for 4th Semester Animation. Objective is to animate a human character to diolougue. Audio clip is from Ren and Stimpy and was used for educational purposes only.

Mr. Burns Lip Synch

Done in 4th Semester Animation to learn how to animate a mouth to diologue. Audio from the Simpsons, used for educational purposes only.

A Mime's Death

Done in 2nd year Animation at Sheridan College. It is for the expression change assignment. The assignment is simply to show a character change expressions at least three times. I had a very ambitious idea, due to very tight time constraints I had to cut a couple corners, but overall I am very happy with this one.

Walk/Run Assignment, with sound!

Done in 2nd year animation. Sound added in 2nd year Sound Design