Omelette

Omelette from Madeline Sharafian on Vimeo.
Cute short by CalArts student, Maddie Sharafian. (Thanks to Joanna Goddard for posting.)

Boo Hoo Baby

Storyboarding my thesis. Hoping to present it to my thesis review crew next Tuesday. Thought y'all might like a sneak-peek. Inspired by true events. Obvi...

Sniffle.

A beautiful animated short by Luiz Lafayette Stockler.

Battle Royale

Conan and Andy take on Taiwanese animators.
They should know better than to mess with the inhabitants of a renegade province.
My stomach hurts from laughing... help.

Dejavu Much?

in the rare case that you were wondering... yes, the man i've been thumb-nailing is the same guy i practiced flash on last year. he'll be modified for my thesis film. OHM 2.0, if you will. (OHM = old hairy man.)

Break it Down

thumb-nailing. i luuuurve this stage of the animation process. because you can't possibly go wrong...

Girl Crushin'

Bottle from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

... on Miss Lepore. She is awesome pants.

A-Ha

while le cub was napping, i went shopping. saw these lil' guys in a shop window and became inspired for my thesis film. can't wait to share my thoughts...

Til Death Do Us Part

Til Death Do Us Part from Debra Chow on Vimeo.

ALL DONE. (Well, no... tweaks still need to be made, but this is what I screened at last week's Festival of Animation at UCLA.)

Tip: To avoid having to watch the video lag (BOOOOOO), let the entire short run through once (buffer, buffer, buffer - on mute?!?) before your official viewing. Enjoy!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LITTLE BROTHER!!!
You're officially old.

Who Me? You Shouldn't Have!!!

I just found out that I've been awarded the Vincent E. Defrances Scholarship in Animation AND the Card Walker Motion Picture Fellowship... I applied for several donor awards not actually expecting to land any... this is more than I could've ever imagined...

Thank you, Universe.

I'm do dog-gone lucky. Love this shot of a Hungarian sheepdog (Mortimer!) by Tim Flach. It's how I feel...

Skeledog

Mortimer during the kite scene... *teehee*

I Think I Can, I Think I Can...

I'd be "lion" if I were to tell you that the animating process is an easy one...

It's 2:48 in A.M., and I'm in my garage... breathing life into clay puppets.

Brad Bird once said, “Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one." Uh-oh.

Haikunimation

Watch highly irreverant animation created by Nick and Kevin for "Falling Lizard 2010" HERE. Topic of the year: FAIL. The boys animated one of my haikus. Perhaps you can guess which one it is?

I Must

Craig & Walter (2005) from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

learn to animate like THIS.

go to Griffith Observatory to photograph THIS.

learn to dance like THIS.

try to make THIS.

I Shoot Things For a Living

Animation for "Til Death Do Us Part" has officially begun. I'm so tired. I die.

Flashing is Fun II

My first lip-sync! Created in Flash. See it HERE.

I Knead You

Running some tests. In order to do so, I've got to complete at least one character - armature and all... Fun, fun, fun.

Gobble, Gobble

My classmate, Kevin, is my stop-motion mentor. I have no idea what I'm doing and am lucky to have someone to harass a mere phone call away. Kevin's currently working on a short titled "You're My Ghoul", and above is my contribution to his film... a turkey lawn ornament :) Made out of white Sculpey and then painted with acrylic paint...

Modest Tree

I've "clothed" him.
Decided to leave the tree green because I like the texture of the floral tape and did not want to mess up what I'd created thus far by introducing the unknown element, paint. Used a glue gun to get all the lil' leaves on, and am still contemplating whether or not he (the tree), needs more. Thoughts?

OMG, this film is going to be so much fun to make...

Like a Virgin

Stop-motion set building is hard-work, but boy, is it fun. Tah-dah! My very first prop. A miniature tree. He stands about 13 inches tall... Will post more photos of him once I cover the tree trunk and branches in paint and clothe him with leaves.

Would love to know if floral tape is receptive to acrylic paint... I'm going to find out soon :)