Brendan

My brother Brendan, rockin' out on his Fender Jaguar.

Monster

3-eyed monster (the scarf is my favorite part).

Dust Bunnies

A work in progress... I thought it'd be fun to combine 2D Flash art with photos.

RECAP: Providence Children's Film Festival

On Friday I ventured to Rhode Island to see "Sarah's Story", at the RISD Museum of art, for the 1st Annual Providence Children's Film Festival. I was so excited to get to see my film on the big screen, in front of a large audience of kids. My animation was shown in an hour and a half assortment of short films. I was so impressed by the variety of all the creative films shown. A few of my favorites included a stop-motion film about an adventurous garden hose, simply titled "Hose", and a musically inspired 'cut and paste' style animation called "Electric Car". It was truly an inspiring experience, and a festival I hope to be involved with again next year.

"Sarah's Story" is currently available to watch here:

Doodle Hits Big Screen at "Providence Children's Film Festival"

This fall I was inspired to finish a short animated film, I began working on last year. I spent a good portion of winter break enhancing and tweaking this film, and in December submitted it to the first annual "Providence Children's Film Festival".

When I learned of this festival, who's goal is to "bring high quality, independent and international children’s films, animation, and documentaries to Rhode Island, and to present them as shared theatrical experiences for the community", I knew this was a perfect fit for my film. My animated short, entitled "Sarah's Story", is about a about an imaginative young girl who's passion for books inspires her to write her own so she can share her adventures with others.



I recently found out my film has been accepted to the festival, where it will be shown on the big screen at the Cable Car Cinema, and/or the RISD Museum. The four day screening will take place over Presidents' Day Weekend (February 12-15), and promises to be an exciting family experience as there will be workshops and presentations, in addition to the big screen fun.

As a student, I feel very fortunate to be a part of this extraordinary event filled with talented professionals, and am so excited for my big-screen premiere!



Check back soon as I will post the screening schedule when I find out. In the meantime, to find out more about the festival visit: http://www.providencechildrensfilmfestival.org/

My Roommates

I decided it would be fun to draw cartoons of the guys who live on my floor... I think I captured all their personalities pretty well.

Chris with his hockey stick and iced coffee

Jeff wih his xbox, looking pretty intense.

Dave

Joey

Penguin Walk Cycle

Over the past few weeks I've been experimenting, animating things I haven't animated before. Inspired by this walk cycle of Opus of Penguin... I tried to animate my own penguin. Here is my first attempt (still pretty rough).

Happy 2010!!

After a long break in November and December due to final exams and the holidays, here is my first post in 2010. This dragon dude was inspired by the little dragon i have in the "oodles" header.

Flying Spaghetti Monster

I've recently come across this website (www.worth1000.com) where they have various artistic contests, and members vote on their favorites. I thought this was a cool concept, so decided to get in on the action. This is a doodle I made for an illustration contest. The guidelines were to create an all-powerful flying spaghetti monster.

If you'd like to get in on the voting go here:
http://illo.worth1000.com/contests/24101/i-r-flying-spaghetti-monster

PENGUIN!!

My favorite animal.