Compositing work for live brief module with Shelterbox. In my group we decided to do stop-motion props and backgrounds 2d character animation. I was tasked with puting the different elements together. Here is one of the finished shots. 2D animation by Aris Kolaretakis and 2D painted backgrounds by Simona Cojocariu. Stop-motion house by Imogen Saunders and Neidin Rodgers.

I put together all these elements in After Effects. I started by importing them in and combining the backgrounds. Then I imported Aris's animation run cycle and scaled it down and moved it along the screen. Then I started lighting the character digitally to match the lighting in the scene. Finally I added shadows.

Our Mother the Extra-Terrestrial (pre-production work)

For my mock pitch for the pre-production module. My story is about ...

When an alien takes control of a family's mother, brother and sister need to work together to save their family and the world.

A mother of a simple suburban family struggles with her children’s fibs and extravagant tales as her husband leaves on an important business trip. The family’s problems become a whole lot bigger when the mother suddenly gets possessed by an evil alien from the planet Zog 234. It becomes the children’s (brother and Sister, Jerry and Marry) problem to try and prove to the town that this time they aren’t lying. The intelligent alien uses its powers to poison and eat the town members to gain strength planning to slowly birth more versions of itself and take over human bodies to continue its evil plan.  Jerry and Marry must team up to find the alien’s weakness to save their beloved mother before it’s too late. 

Bean Walk

My walking bean animation. Just practicing my character walks in my spare time.