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Car Design Sketches

1/8/2024

 
Here are some car designs that I made in Krita.

Lip-Sync Exercise (The Mick)

7/3/2023

 
Here is a lip-sync character acting animation. The audio was taken from the 11SecondClub website, and is from the show series "The Mick." It's actually 12 seconds and took a while due to other work.

Animated Digital Painting

7/23/2022

 
This is another animated landscape. The still image can be found on the Gallery page.

Sketch Drawings of Marvel Characters

5/21/2022

 
I normally don't publicly display my drawings of other's intellectual properties. I was working on a drawing when the character Dr. Strange popped into my head. I thought, I wonder what he would look like in this style. Then I wondered about how Tony Stark would look in this style, then Steve Rogers, and so on. Here are the sketch headshots of some Marvel characters that I did one night.
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Guitarist GIF

2/1/2022

 
This is here for documentation purposes. This humanoid, colored animated GIF took about 7 hours and 15 minutes to make (2 hours, 54 minutes for sketching; 3 hours, 48 minutes for clean-up; 30 minutes for flat color; and 3 minutes to export into a GIF through Krita- rounded up to 7 hours, 30 minutes). It has a total of 12 drawings and 21 frames. It runs at 24 frames per second to make it less than one second per loop. 
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The Gecko with a Reed  Won First "Best Animation" Award

10/19/2021

 
My animated short, "The Gecko with a Reed" won its first award, "Best Animation" in the International Film Festival Manhattan of Autumn 2021. I am grateful that it was deemed impressive enough to be featured and awarded. Congrats to Fang Hsin Kai for their film "The Hole", as well as to all other participants in this film festival!
"The Gecko with a Reed" has been selected for three festivals as of now, and this is the first award from them.
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New 2021 Character Reel

9/1/2021

 
My character reel is now available to view on the Home page. This features character animation from late 2019 to mid 2021. The software featured is Toon Boom Harmony Essentials for animation, Krita for background art and character design, and HitFilm Express for compositing, motion graphics and editing.

Dragon Sketch Animation

8/23/2021

 
This is the sketch animation of a dragon.

Dragon Animation Keyframes

8/2/2021

 
These are keyframes to a dragon animation that I am working on.

Modern Day Tiger Missing Bus Video

6/30/2021

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This is an animation of a modern day tiger chasing after a bus. The frame-by-frame animation was made in Toon Boom Harmony.
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Animated Lyric Video

2/1/2021

 
I made an animated poster with lyrics to a song that I like.

A Filmmaker Dissects the Opening Cutscene of Final Fantasy VII Remake

12/14/2020

 
I like how Philip describes the cinematic direction and themes of this opening scene. The story of Final Fantasy 7 Remake is told in a suspenseful and mysterious way, like most Japanese animated films.

Animated Video: The Gecko with a Reed

12/1/2020

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I finally published a new animated short video titled "The Gecko with a Reed."
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A lone gecko passes through the rain forest with a snake on its trail.

This is an original story that was designed, storyboarded, animated, composited, audio-mixed and edited by me. The characters, objects and backgrounds were designed in Krita; the animation was made with Toon Boom Harmony; the video was composited and edited in HitFilm Express; and the audio was mixed in Audacity and Cakewalk.

This took me two years to make-- from the initial sketch storyboard that was done in late October of 2018-- while balancing freelancing, temporary and part-time jobs.  The idea for this short came from me considering the stories associated with the characters on one of my Facebook banners. After publishing "Convenience, " I thought to focus on smaller stories. This short managed to be a bit longer anyways.  The process was much smoother, though, since I laid out the important moments in the storyboard.

I would be nice if I can further develop The Gecko with a Reed into a game, but I will see what opportunities lie ahead.
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Storyboard for the Gecko and Snake

11/27/2020

 
The storyboard for the upcoming animation featuring a gecko and a snake is now on the Storyboards page. The animatic for the storyboard is also on its page.
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Snake Character Drawings

11/25/2020

 
These are construction drawings of a snake character for an upcoming animation of mine.
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