This is an animation I did for an introductory animation class. I’ve always thought that watches looked a bit like creatures, especially watches on a chain. To me, the clock face is a bit like the face of a creature, and the chain reminds me of a tail, so I tried to make the watch move like it is a creature with a tail.

This is an animation I made using cutout magazine pictures. I really wanted to make something about space, so I made this.

This is the final version of the little grey creature. In this version, I made it so that the character was performing one emotive and expressive action, rather than several different emotionally neutral movements. At first I considered making him angry or frustrated by the viewer’s presence, but realized that a negative reaction from the creature would make the viewer less likely to keep looking, so I decided to make him cute and friendly instead. The final product was a creature that awakes from a nap, is curious to see the viewer watching, but is comfortable enough being watched to go back to sleep.

This is a test animation I made for a creature that I used in one of my projects senior year. I originally intended for this piece to be interactive in the sense that the viewer would need to feel some kind of emotional need to take care of this creature. The video here shows the creature examining the viewer and chewing. I also tried to show the creature becoming less groomed and mangier, hoping that the viewer would want to groom the creature themselves. This is not the animation I ended up using for the project.

This is the first finished animation I produced using Maya. I wanted to create something that looked like a cartoon, and then focus on getting the motion to look as insect-like as possible.