Wish I had the time to ramble, but I have to make this quick in order to get back to working on the group film. The following is a concept art poster made for my fourth year film, as part of our third year story class to get us thinking about our thesis.

(Click for bigger view)

Also, here is a [very shoddy] story reel done for music class. Since we’re not marked on the usual continuity and story content, I had a field day just doing fun shots. Enjoy!

Princess and the Pea to “Fossils” by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns

Love and limes,
~Phoo!

I’ve also applied to a good deal of fantastic studios, and am extremely excited to hear back from them. (Hello if you’ve found your way to my blog for that reason!) My portfolio website, which is more bluntly organized than this one, can be found here:

http://animation.sheridanc.on.ca/portfolio/2011/stefaniv/

Expect a website layout rehaul for this blog as soon as it’s humanly possible. I’m really despising this one, but I can’t find any Wordpress templates I want to modify.

Love and limes,
~Phoo!

This is my 24 hr animation, from back in first semester of third year when Ashlyn ran Manimation Film Fest! I recently cleaned up and coloured, traditionally with ink, this. Here’s the final product. I hope it’s textural and unique.

I’ll have more for you guys soon! Including maybe a new layout! Question - should I get rid of the blog aspect and make this purely a portfolio site?  Or just simplify the organization of the website so it’s easier to navigate?

Love and limes,
~Phoo!

(It seems to have clipped off the last half second, so I’ll switch out this file later for a longer one)

Happy holidays everyone! I’ll be spending it working hard on new artwork, and putting together a portfolio for internship applications. Frightening!

Love and limes,
~Phoo!

Anyway! Artwork time.

More as things unfold!

Love and limes,
~Phoo!

Simple update this time. Third year of animation at Sheridan has begun, and we’re deep in the concept work phase of our third year group film! I won’t tell you anything about it, but I was too excited about this new piece that I just finished. So, instead, I’ll post it, and allow you to derive from it what you will. This will likely be the only thing you’ll see from it til it’s done, unless I feel particularly generous, ;D.

Tonal version

Colour version

Alternate colour version

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE click for full view. I can’t post the original file sizes but they look much better in widescreen, trust me.

Love and limes,
~Phoo!

This update was supposed to come last weekend. However, my new layout is still glitchy on some screens, and makes the content disappear to the bottom. I’m doing my best to fix this. Sorry if you’re currently reading it like that.

More bad news: my computer is in for repairs. He just.. won’t turn on. I’m really, really hoping everything is okay - I have Apple Care, so the replacement parts are at no cost to me, but the guy at the Genius Bar said if I had to pay for said parts, I’d be better off buying a new computer. Oh God, I hope all my files are okay..

Now, this summer, I have spent a great deal of time drawing. It was basically my only source of income; not the smartest of decisions, but I still did fairly well for myself.

First: Hiccups. If you still don’t know what Hiccups are, refer to any previous post, or the link on the left.

Phew. Another reason why I REALLY need access to my own computer files - I have about 10 more of these guys to go before the summre is out.

These are speedpaints, both commissions and the results of my own doodling:

These are miscellaneous summer commissions and drawings:

Summer fanart:

And lastly, just a select few sketches:

Goodness, I’ve drawn a lot. I hope these next few weeks doesn’t prove any different! Gotta stay fresh! Third year is going to be quite the challenge, so I’ll need every single skill I can muster up.

Love and limes,
~Phoo!

And more Hiccups, including my all time favourite, Sid! He’s the one with the long tongue.

We’re into the last month of school, so, of course, there are projects upon projects yet to be completed. Let’s hope we all stay afloat in this sea of a workload! Cheers.

Love and limes,
~Phoo!

Animation:

I have some complaints, and will come to fix this one in time, but overall, I’m pleased. I love the cat animation most, hilariously, as this was a human lip sync assignment. Sound is from The X-Files, quite obviously. 

 Storyboarding snippets:

Select sequences from my previously posted Leica Reel.

Most recent completed storyboarding assignment. I was given verse seven of a song sequence that involved the boards of half of my classmates, working on the same story. A precursor to next year, I suppose! It was an interesting experience, though it is probably notable that the story I was given to work with sort of cut itself off into a separate division already, and thus was a stand-alone piece from the entire leica experience.

Character Design:

Thematic character design assignment involving extensive research on the time period it involves. I chose to depict medieval times: the Epic Lesbionic Romantic Tale of Confusion and Lust, as I have so lovingly nicknamed it. We have begun to take these characters into the storyboarding stage, and will suckle this dry through a huge layout project as well as digital painting. So it’s a good thing I love my characters.. or there’d be much sadness.

Select scans from my caricaturing sketchbook, as well as character expression sheets derived from specific caricatures done in our observational sketchbooks. Mine happened to be animal themed: leopard print for the gal and zebra for the guy. Yayyyy. 

I think that’s it folks! See you after the next wave.

Love and limes,
~Phoo!

The above is mostly work done for the aforementioned Hiccups project. See previous blog entries if you’re unsure what this project is!

Thanks for stoppin’ by! I appreciate the comments, and visitors! It’s always fascinating to see on my visitor map where everyone is from, <3.

Love and limes,
~Phoo!