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Animation Demo Reel December 2021

Compassion Fr






Credit:

THINH NGUYEN ,  VAN VU DAT NGUYEN , HUINONG LIU, OLIVER SIMKOVSKY, SHAYAN WALLACE, SIMONE DAVIS

“Compassion Fruit” is the second project I have the chance to lead. From pitching to rendering, the process is an exciting rollercoaster that I’ve learnt alot from.
 Since I have a better understand of the technical aspect since I first directed, I have a better vision of what is doable with 5 people and 1 quarter that we had to create a complete product. I tried to cordinate between my peer to the best of my ability to keep the pipeline running smoothly without too much compromising on the quality of the animation.

The pitch is simple and easy to understand. I think for such extreme time constrain, I have to make the story unfold in the simplest way without it being too boring. I arrives at a childlike concept with a good moral.

 



This pitch was chosen through a voting in class. My next step was to expand upon these panel into detail perspective and camera movement. I kept the stroke loose to save time so we can quickly move to production.


After the team finalize how this story gonna progress, we layout the panel in a timeline to see how long the final video will be. Mean while, I assigned idle team member on concept of the character. Based on the initial test, I decided to call them Red and Blue.





I learnt a whole lot through this experience and it spark another passion in me for the technical aspect of animation. I eventually see these elements as part of the animation creating process. To create a complete product, I strive to know every stage of the process. This make me an effective communicator for the team because I understand what go into creating a finish asset.

Dojo



This is the first animation class I take at SCAD. 




The animatic for my very first animation project at SCAD. funny how sketchy it look now








I have the oppotunity to work on Out of the Inwell as an additional animator. Here is the trailer for Out of the Inkwell if you are interested to check it out: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp_CCR0EN8g&ab_channel=OutO%27theInkwell
Animation foundation are one of the most important steps you can take to become a good animator. Taking the 12 principles apart to their basic components is great to understand what make them appealing.




This is a very old animation of bouncing I did at the beginning of my time at SCAD. It's fun to look back and see all of the errors, it prove how far you have gone.











I though I was pretty I was good when I did Indiana Jump during my first class of animation. Oh boy I was wrong, looking back, there is so much that is wrong.

Overall, animation foundation was a confusing time. I did not know if I want to continue with 3D animtion, or go with 2D animation instead. All the while, concept and visual development become one of the concentration that was available at SCAD.  However, as I look further, beyond these basic animations and my attempt to tell small stories with them, I see the posibility of medium. I’m glad that I stuck with what I saw in those days.












































A collection of looping gif I put together in class. It is a small fun adventure.

I was responsible to make looping animation for these cute characters made by Van Nguyen. Please click on the embeded part if you wish to see it. Thank you
I worked on Alone in the Night as an additional animator. Here are the link for the trailer: 
https://vimeo.com/554426706
The Boy is my senior Capstone project. I worked on this film on almost all of it aspect as a small team would. I will share more about it once the film is officially release since my involvement and my reel will spoil major part of this film. If you are excited as I am, you can check out part of it on my generalist reel!




           

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