Invisible Man

Our assignment in 3D was to create a Lego man and add texture.  When I looked up reference material I noticed that the Invisible Man has been in a lot of movies and even a few tv shows, so he doesn't have a set look.  With the lighting I tried to go for a dark and mysterious feel to evoke the feeling of the old black and white movie.  Unfortunately it appears too dark on several screens and too light on others.

Castle revisited

I had extra time and wanted to work on the model more, so here is the revised version.

Intro to 3D

Here are some shots from my 3d modeling class.  The first project was to create a simple castle.

The Great Escape

For the 2d final I decided to tell the story of a renegade flour sack escaping the oppressive confines of the kitchen.  Yeah, it's a very complex and thought provoking setup, you may want to watch it twice.

I realized soon after adding the dog's legs that they were messed up, but I wasn't able to fix it completely.  Here's one of my test animations from that process.

Flour Sack

The next assignment was to make a flour sack jump.  So I made a flour sack and I made it jump.  But what story about the life of a flour sack would be complete without suprise, scientists, explosions, horror, and fun?  So those were added in too. 
By the way, our teacher for this class was Cynthia Hogan (Overman). 

2D Animation

Now we can get to the fun stuff.  The first project for my 2D animation class at BYU was a ball drop.  We just had to make a ball bounce.  We only had a week or two to do each project, so it was a fun challenge.  Your whole week was devoted to creating 5 seconds of film; we really got to know the project in depth that way.  I loved that class.
This is an edited version of the video I put up earlier.  The teacher wanted me to randomize the fall of the parachute a bit and take out some squash and stretch on the ball.  I wodered what it would look like in pen so I tried that.  Let me know what you think compared to the original. 
A) Better
B) Worse
C) I Like Turtles