Meet the characters of my next adventure!

I am going to use these billboards to create an underwater fictitious setting. I'll simply make my background a gradient of green to resemble under the sea. I want the camera to simply move forward through Z-space and the treasure chest will be the surprise at the end of the movement. I still need to paint the treasure chest and I actually want to trace five more frames of the chest. Each one will be slightly more open than the last, so hopefully I can animate it to look like it is opening :) I am toying with the idea of making the setting deep under the ocean so that the space is black and the camera POV is perhaps a submarine with a light on it. So as the sub moves forward and the light explores the empty space, these creatures will come into frame and fly by. And then the sub will find a treasure chest!! I am playing with the idea still because I am not sure how easily I can make plankton and microorganism specks across the frame because without those reference points it won't look like the camera is moving forward through the darkness. Those are my plans, and I am excited!!

Winter Olympics 2010: A Fan's Footage

What is that I see? A moving snowman?? from Shayna Hill on Vimeo.

I am very happy with this project! The snowman was awesome fun to make and the lume matte did wonders. Obviously, I took my last project and I added shapes for the binoculars as well as a snowman. I used mostly shapes with this project, lots of precomps and parenting, and ease eases. I added a blur to my snowman to create some depth, but I actually changed my mind and took it off. With the construction paper look and (cool) lack of depth, I decided not to blur the snowman.

All in all, I love this revision of the 2010 Winter Olympics!

Winter Olympics 2010

Footage of the Winter Olympics 2010 from Shayna Hill on Vimeo.

Of course I used construction paper for all the assets because I must (love to) have my hands on my work. Call me old school, but I am more comfortable with organic, tangible materials. And I love the blend with digital work. It was a lot easier for me to create this way and I like the way it turned out.

This clip took me a while. I've been hanging out in the DML and using lab proctors' help. I am realizing that I understand the program in theory, but I am messing up in practice. This is due to my inexperience, obviously. So its better for me to hang out at school and have helpers near by.

I got the sound effects from UT's stock library. That resource is the bomb!

So this is my second After Effects project EVER, yay! :)

Let there be shadows!

Here is the redo! Added a shadow for the mouse and I fixed his tail!

First After Effects Project Ever!

Mr. Spider from Shayna Hill on Vimeo.

Wow, this is silly, I know. I am definitely in the process of getting use to After Effects. This sorta makes me blush, but you know what? This is where I am in my learning, and I cannot change that. As I work more with the interface and explore the program, the quality of work will improve. Hopefully, sooner than later. 

After effects, *shakes fist*

Redo?

Is this revision better? :-/

Where are we going?

I really like the way this turned out. It has a cool look to it. The great thing about it is I'm not doing extravagant things but with a few basic skills I can make a stylized image. I had a picture I took from the zoo and I blended it with the map. The text was the last thing, and I like its multiple meanings. Very self-expressive.