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Character design

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Environments

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Digital Paintings

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Character Designs: Evil Step-Sitter

These character designs are being developed as part of pre-production for an animated senior thesis film.

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Color exploration alongside paintings used for inspiration.

babyExplorations
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Color exploration alongside paintings used for inspiration.

Character Designs

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These original character designs have been modeled, textured, and fully rigged for animation.

Software Used: Autodesk Maya, ZBrush, Adobe Photoshop, Substance Painter

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Frames from finished animation.

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environments

The above environments & props were designed, modeled, and textured for use in animated projects.

Software Used: Autodesk Maya, ZBrush, Adobe Photoshop, Substance Painter

3D

The following environments & props were designed for animated projects.

Software Used: Adobe Photoshop

2D

Color Campground
Greyscale Campground
Tree Options 1
Tree Options 2
Beverage Mart Signage Exploration
Jimothy's Cooler
Beverage Mart

Value Lab

This project involved finding characters within abstract forms and elevating them to rendered value paintings.

Lasso Painting Crystal Cave
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These character designs were derived from Carl Jung's theory of archetypes and inspired by Regency-era England.

Archetypes

Storyboards

Rooted

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A curious mushroom falls in love with a radiant flower and helps her experience the world beyond her reach.

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A nervous, empty-nester mother decides to stay up all night teaching her daughter essential life skills.

Crash Course

Character Design
digitalPaintings
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Envronmnt
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