This was my senior thesis project at MCAD. I spent over 16 months working on it, in addition to my other projects, classes, and my internship at Make, LLC (which became my full time job right after school.) I finished the project just a few months ago, before my graduation in May of 2007. A lot of sweat, blood and love went into "Mortimer & Bracket", and I hope you enjoy their story!
G.I. Joe must defend his cardboard box from a killer robot Barbie. Madness and excessive violence ensue. This was the first stop-motion puppet animation I ever made.
A cave girl and her bizarre grandmother fend off a hungry raptor from eating the pile of drumsticks at their campsite. This was my second stop-motion puppet animation, a year and a half after "The Sentry".
An upper-class town of folks who obsess over and act like primates. "Monkeytown" was an exercise in design, stylized animation, and clear storyboarding of an existing script. It was the first-place winner in the student category of the 2006 Minnesota Siggraph (MET), and a semifinalist in the 2007 Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA).
This was the first 2D animated short that I ever did. It was before I took my first animation class, in February of 2004, during my first year of art school. It's a bit clunky, and you can see the Ren & Stimpy influence a bit too much, but hey, gotta start somewhere, right?
A stream-of-conscious animation I made for class where the objective was to synchronize imagery with an assigned audio clip. Basically, an excited woman and a dirtbag robot tease each other suggestively. This was a very early stab at using After Effects, keyframing drawn layers.
A logo bumper I made for MAKE incorporating the Sheriff character from our AICP Sponsor Intro.
Visuals and Sound Effects:
Andrew Chesworth
Music:
Steve Horner
Horner Music
