December 6, 2009





Hmmm.. haven't posted in a while...

I saw New Moon with some friends and this is my summary of it, teehee :)

August 21, 2009

KAFI 2009



We won! First place and People's Choice at Kalamazoo Cartoon Challenge. We had three days to make an animation from start to finish. Sleep was minimal and the boys dorm was smelly (omg) but it was worth it to hang out with so many cool teams from across the country. Even if we didn't win I'd still love to compete again.

Team SHM:
Micha Sibert
Corey Tom
Candace Downey
Bryan Lind
and yours truly :)

April 23, 2009

Teach, WIP

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Latest test: Dialog and character interaction combo! Hi-yah!
Audio Clip: School of Rock
Total Frames: 230, hopefully.

March 12, 2009

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Latest Pass


Some improvement on test I'm working on. Had a mini breakthrough in 3D animation over the weekend. Nothing life changing but stuff just finally clicked and I had an "Ohh, I GET it..!" moment. I love those moments.

February 16, 2009





Ta-da! She's mostly done but there's still more stuff I'd like to add to her.


Lot of stuff happened these past few weeks. Applying for internships over the summer, updating portfolios, putting together a reel that WORKS (grr), possibly starting a new mini film project, regular class work, regular outside of class work, Coraline, and Valentine's day. Yay! Now onward and hopefully upward...

January 22, 2009

More old sketches of possible Dominance War III characters. Before the theme was announced a group of us were asked to sketch out some possibilities.



This character is a female vigilante from the late 1800's protecting people, especially women, from rapists and killers such as Jack the Ripper. She lost her arm and a leg in an accident and built prosthetic limbs to replace them. She can also attach custom made weapons to her body like a prosthetic limb, much like Cherry Darling in Planet Terror, except the weapons go on her arm instead of her leg. All of her equipment utilizes steam punk style technology.




After we drew these sketches the theme for the competition was announced. All characters had to be organic: plant, animal, undead, or combinations of but absolutely no modern technology at all i.e. robots, cyborgs, androids, etc. Powers were derived from magic had to be based on one or more of the natural elements, i.e. fire, water/ice, necromancy, etc. Needless to day my Victorian Vigilante didn't fit the requirements but I still like her.




Character concepts for Dominance War III. I hope to participate in future competitions, it's fun seeing all the different characters people create :)

January 2, 2009

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Revised and still tweeking.


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Grr! WIP

November 4, 2008

Here's Jony!






...and here's the real Jony. We met him in Canada at the Ottawa International Animation Film Festival.

Thar she blows!




These are some of the first mini weeklies from story class.