Palm Springs ShortFest 2010 Intro - Animation Reel

Last year, I animated on Andrew Chesworth's Palm Springs ShortFest Intro, produced at MAKE.

First, Andrew would do an initial rough pass of the shot, including some finished key drawings of the characters. I would animate the shot based on these roughs and specific direction from Andrew regarding the movement and acting choices he wanted to see.

This is a reel of the shots I animated. I included three progressions of each shot. The first showing Andrew's keys and rough animation, followed by my full animation, and finally the colored and shaded versions as they appear in the final short.



Here you can enjoy the full piece.




In addition to animating on the project, I also designed and drew background layouts for the scenes taking place in the Projector Room. The final drawings were then handed off to fellow cohort Ben Bury to be painted.

Best Buy Trade In

We made an in-store ad for Best Buy in 2009 at MAKE, under the direction of Andrew Chesworth. Here is a compilation of the shots I animated, showing my roughs, clean up, and the final color/shadow pass.


Here is the final spot:

Best Buy Trade In from makevisual on Vimeo.

Skippy Steals a Car

Here is a short experiment I did in 2009 combining a CG character with a live action background.
I modeled Skippy in Maya. Then I used a point tracking program to create a 3D camera from the footage I shot. Finally, I animated Skippy and the car with the 3D camera in Maya, and combined everything in After Effects.

Skippy Steals a Car from Justin Weber on Vimeo.

Toys R Us Spaceboy

I designed and animated this short end tag at MAKE in 2009. Watch it in HD!