tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81349551185490968552024-03-13T05:01:17.867-07:00Carolyn ChrismanAnimation and other things of a like-minded natureCarolyn Chrismanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675691655259886757noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134955118549096855.post-74935984330960499472011-09-16T13:26:00.000-07:002011-09-16T13:35:34.876-07:00Aboriginal character designsSome rough character designs for an outside project with a heavily-aboriginal design aspect to it. Drawn in Flash with texture painting. The kangaroo came out the strongest, I think.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadOI2sV0mnxF_yy66M3HPX-R6E-ZvUOk05F-H3OVAVn1QjXPV21MiL7BoDm1Boe51DfCx_QJBfQk2DttRIFrtkuiRoq23rVVd4nCRK8w_nqc-yGmSDAcwMolGILl774bM_t_DQYsINy0/s1600/roo+ch2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadOI2sV0mnxF_yy66M3HPX-R6E-ZvUOk05F-H3OVAVn1QjXPV21MiL7BoDm1Boe51DfCx_QJBfQk2DttRIFrtkuiRoq23rVVd4nCRK8w_nqc-yGmSDAcwMolGILl774bM_t_DQYsINy0/s400/roo+ch2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653056730030995154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGs_VG4lj6hb59fQf1Q_NNpzq5-ATcErWRs_tO23oU0eDMYJkbmwEJ6qVlDtW7__H3o-fJ_IvDXEjq0VjrKwsdi9p_VSiMv7NPTQpcJxANDUcseKGjZx2sCsNLweC7pHequ-ppnRUvk9M/s1600/fish+ch.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGs_VG4lj6hb59fQf1Q_NNpzq5-ATcErWRs_tO23oU0eDMYJkbmwEJ6qVlDtW7__H3o-fJ_IvDXEjq0VjrKwsdi9p_VSiMv7NPTQpcJxANDUcseKGjZx2sCsNLweC7pHequ-ppnRUvk9M/s400/fish+ch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653056822747850002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVd5lG2mNblY2hy1Fkx-wCRsUgLDyGkHFPq8mHHk101AmIlxhK-y6lmJTDNRc_73TVWsd0H4VKoBpgQO6aMaAzRo_Fw3lSSyFEx4gKShbBrOx3Uy-3a6NevXYYvy-tdLFd3C_UPydyc8U/s1600/lizard+ch.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVd5lG2mNblY2hy1Fkx-wCRsUgLDyGkHFPq8mHHk101AmIlxhK-y6lmJTDNRc_73TVWsd0H4VKoBpgQO6aMaAzRo_Fw3lSSyFEx4gKShbBrOx3Uy-3a6NevXYYvy-tdLFd3C_UPydyc8U/s400/lizard+ch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653056940908468674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJOa78DPiyWc9rD5_TDNzwmMa3hJjzL9NYWRw6FHJj_2V6c-aXZhdxPzuCOv4Xzaq9ayrZ3LGmD822NxDje5TQZJmpZIsWoN5e-bEDebCXkkM2qVONzB9OznHh-nGzzletG7eIJxTtNY/s1600/hawk+ch.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJOa78DPiyWc9rD5_TDNzwmMa3hJjzL9NYWRw6FHJj_2V6c-aXZhdxPzuCOv4Xzaq9ayrZ3LGmD822NxDje5TQZJmpZIsWoN5e-bEDebCXkkM2qVONzB9OznHh-nGzzletG7eIJxTtNY/s400/hawk+ch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653058053725595986" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBAXb98B4iGaePxLIHgX3zdlo7Hgshc6NUCfR9eJieUHr0tY81TAPVL_ZQQKcqhnggk06ln8YFD0yXCbUz5HxEl47Yo4kmX2mUoKLSZdNFTgNRv4q2ukXyoaINJtyGMPPneuFUBCl89w/s1600/human+ch.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBAXb98B4iGaePxLIHgX3zdlo7Hgshc6NUCfR9eJieUHr0tY81TAPVL_ZQQKcqhnggk06ln8YFD0yXCbUz5HxEl47Yo4kmX2mUoKLSZdNFTgNRv4q2ukXyoaINJtyGMPPneuFUBCl89w/s400/human+ch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653058234885410258" border="0" /></a>Carolyn Chrismanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675691655259886757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134955118549096855.post-86068386155752529072011-05-22T20:18:00.000-07:002011-05-22T20:26:40.289-07:00Dinosaur sketchesSome rough character sketches for a future project, starring a traveling band of dinosaur performers.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXuRhOWdqrS1nuF8FIjGTB1dfunhfiPzeR_MgUSvqQZJvqmy3C_fcAn8v_-8pmmU1PDltelhuH7f85lMqrv3IPyGUXwEvyIrQhwkPInfuUaVvEgWH2KC6yCzVjI-wNdHh_06uzKt82ET0/s1600/stiggy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXuRhOWdqrS1nuF8FIjGTB1dfunhfiPzeR_MgUSvqQZJvqmy3C_fcAn8v_-8pmmU1PDltelhuH7f85lMqrv3IPyGUXwEvyIrQhwkPInfuUaVvEgWH2KC6yCzVjI-wNdHh_06uzKt82ET0/s400/stiggy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609746035336319970" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The stygimoloch<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIv7JFFVsP8W8J3CLmxIqCOAZu6AK3Yp_pX1kRhSfLRoUWiTf4Mm0w1PQeIYHNWsq6HaaC_ZGhprTl9aTxXaLUmc1M6TgYyCxTRjbnTsJELM7eXtAumRbd0fe35d8pXAwb_FvjWN87MUA/s1600/hadris1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIv7JFFVsP8W8J3CLmxIqCOAZu6AK3Yp_pX1kRhSfLRoUWiTf4Mm0w1PQeIYHNWsq6HaaC_ZGhprTl9aTxXaLUmc1M6TgYyCxTRjbnTsJELM7eXtAumRbd0fe35d8pXAwb_FvjWN87MUA/s400/hadris1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609746137924201058" border="0" /></a><br />The hadrosaur<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6SoIBMKEDMbnaQfIWpab-y4eZdt_V-SfH54Q6Ub2ERf9k47G8ABiD9WHn6OJfcwXED7NGGs4UKOZDgHwXcfv6UdvwcYc5H6BJVdYVszfV-ognF07_JIByNPIfENtWUaILx77ptC0Iu8/s1600/tri1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6SoIBMKEDMbnaQfIWpab-y4eZdt_V-SfH54Q6Ub2ERf9k47G8ABiD9WHn6OJfcwXED7NGGs4UKOZDgHwXcfv6UdvwcYc5H6BJVdYVszfV-ognF07_JIByNPIfENtWUaILx77ptC0Iu8/s400/tri1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609746341562717330" border="0" /></a>The triceratops<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-v3cd6FN997LJea-PJuSDVC7dSerrOtkVsgCSG-aNeHOUVjFrnTLPs9m5mr036d5C1JNKTgg0Ydrgg5sd5GK1Pag0w2sXazXa0HWcGEFyC8gMfMii-0f87i7FrE9jxXLd5ExwlzdSwwc/s1600/vel1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-v3cd6FN997LJea-PJuSDVC7dSerrOtkVsgCSG-aNeHOUVjFrnTLPs9m5mr036d5C1JNKTgg0Ydrgg5sd5GK1Pag0w2sXazXa0HWcGEFyC8gMfMii-0f87i7FrE9jxXLd5ExwlzdSwwc/s400/vel1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5609746501044696658" border="0" /></a><br />The velociraptor</div>Carolyn Chrismanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675691655259886757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134955118549096855.post-75589036793697144942011-05-19T22:09:00.001-07:002011-05-19T22:12:17.977-07:00"The Woman in White" character sketches - Count Fosco<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhGyYZtig7z3m-4LxXeB7sqGCPzefBg7pvy0f5sUUBYTFo-2HhzTmjq5XdG7XOB-edPoMPYSJn8qRQSorK5A_KgLqFbTfNVekxzr8u_s4AWOv92MSF814Ov953IBs6uK-KYE_i4_Dmwc/s1600/fosco.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhGyYZtig7z3m-4LxXeB7sqGCPzefBg7pvy0f5sUUBYTFo-2HhzTmjq5XdG7XOB-edPoMPYSJn8qRQSorK5A_KgLqFbTfNVekxzr8u_s4AWOv92MSF814Ov953IBs6uK-KYE_i4_Dmwc/s400/fosco.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608661161428315218" border="0" /></a><br />Here's one of the most entertaining characters I've ever encountered in a story. Count Fosco, the fat Italian con-man who collects white doves and keeps white mice in his pockets. He has partnered up with the main villain, posing as an eccentric doctor.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5d7zWBMCiunNN6RUN-V9JsrawY6LRi_Wz5cehVoO4PvoaE4U3zkwbOpTKkEWN7QUtvaFdSvIf3s47fULlJU5Nunw31IhfGm_vIMcZlRjBTCAjwctWlkQieM7d1eK6gVgriZB71kOf6DA/s1600/fosco+faces+lips.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5d7zWBMCiunNN6RUN-V9JsrawY6LRi_Wz5cehVoO4PvoaE4U3zkwbOpTKkEWN7QUtvaFdSvIf3s47fULlJU5Nunw31IhfGm_vIMcZlRjBTCAjwctWlkQieM7d1eK6gVgriZB71kOf6DA/s400/fosco+faces+lips.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608661430311949042" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Some face exercises.<br /></div>Carolyn Chrismanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675691655259886757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134955118549096855.post-29046019749998234742011-05-19T22:00:00.001-07:002011-05-19T22:06:11.495-07:00"The Woman in White" character sketches - Anne CatherickHere's the character for which <span style="font-style: italic;">The Woman in White</span> is named, Anne Catherick. She's a frantic, vengeful woman who's escaped from an insane asylum, and for the first half of the story, the male protagonist believes her to be a ghost. She wanders the roads and outskirts of town, vowing to tell her secret to <span style="font-style: italic;">someone she must save</span>. Anne is all sharp angles and gaunt limbs wrapped up in a shawl. She's supposed to be frightening at first, then sympathetic.<br /><br />I'm not satisfied with this design, so I'll come back to it later.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmgGeEiwBL2EZVKEsjbUuqYCukQuYdO9-DeMXT1CyQw2rIgRKPCNXEmtQuwEhDl2M33jYpyWFltqoXd57JoQMhnGMwyU8CrMbu5VuEEPUGN1oEff5l1S13z0CJtsxqwdgCoen2-2uiPs/s1600/anne.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBmgGeEiwBL2EZVKEsjbUuqYCukQuYdO9-DeMXT1CyQw2rIgRKPCNXEmtQuwEhDl2M33jYpyWFltqoXd57JoQMhnGMwyU8CrMbu5VuEEPUGN1oEff5l1S13z0CJtsxqwdgCoen2-2uiPs/s400/anne.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608658795397365682" border="0" /></a>Carolyn Chrismanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675691655259886757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134955118549096855.post-3586336894493784252011-05-19T21:48:00.000-07:002011-05-19T21:59:52.441-07:00"The Woman in White" character sketches - Marian HalcomIt's one of my goals to someday animate <span style="font-style: italic;">The Woman in White</span> musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (not by myself, but with a team of animators). It was a gorgeous musical -- and my favorite one of all time -- as well as being based on my favorite book. The stage play itself suffered from bad luck and never made it to the States, and that was that, but I think the music would lend itself perfectly to animation.<br /><br />I've sketched a few characters as they appear in my head when I'm listening to the play, and first up is the main character -- or the character who <span style="font-style: italic;">feels</span> like the main character to me -- Marian Halcom. Marian a strong, no-nonsense woman from the Victorian era, who looks after her younger sister Laura. As it says in both the book and the musical she's not traditionally pretty, but she makes light of this constantly with a sort of busy brusqueness. She dresses in muted colors, not only because they suit her but also to let her sister shine. When things go bad -- and of course they do because this is a Victorian thriller -- she ends up being the only one who can do anything, and kicks ass at it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtkZkOUB5dK0JKV-IE3_Nu7PwXw3TK9fxWXtV7rPBoNPRsuumDwwXsYJizd38nYEE9kkRadVlMqQW_oqna2QuceXZ_zyGCMNNGXtmIypa-dJmelqsKyUii3kZDK1zICa1BkFF6hq-as8/s1600/marian.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtkZkOUB5dK0JKV-IE3_Nu7PwXw3TK9fxWXtV7rPBoNPRsuumDwwXsYJizd38nYEE9kkRadVlMqQW_oqna2QuceXZ_zyGCMNNGXtmIypa-dJmelqsKyUii3kZDK1zICa1BkFF6hq-as8/s400/marian.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608655924908156754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMM5lHKb17kLyT8N-x0_Tdeic0CnclpbJY6JbZJQarkliNrhsyTjxPm84Iw4M46tcPAHhBWQo8Zd50EZbxqz_p1GwlW8GUMjXODEvTw5VDdNVRZtMpTWFcuWIFaSEtyheQsBnGLGIGIhY/s1600/mourning.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMM5lHKb17kLyT8N-x0_Tdeic0CnclpbJY6JbZJQarkliNrhsyTjxPm84Iw4M46tcPAHhBWQo8Zd50EZbxqz_p1GwlW8GUMjXODEvTw5VDdNVRZtMpTWFcuWIFaSEtyheQsBnGLGIGIhY/s400/mourning.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608656017040363618" border="0" /></a>Carolyn Chrismanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675691655259886757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134955118549096855.post-62501422733318992572011-05-19T12:31:00.000-07:002011-05-28T15:21:48.551-07:00Animation Reel 2011<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/23936672?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="601" height="338" frameborder="0"></iframe>Carolyn Chrismanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675691655259886757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134955118549096855.post-64899177904575278542011-05-19T10:35:00.000-07:002011-05-28T15:21:00.036-07:00"Reversal of the Heart" Senior Thesis 2011The finished film, started in Spring 2010 and finished in Spring 2011.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/23563906?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="338" width="601"></iframe><br /><br />Characters are animated in Flash, composited in After Effects.<br />Backgrounds by Gillian Grossman. Check out her DA page ~ <a href="http://ashcap.deviantart.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LINK</span></a> ~<br />Additional music by Dave Volpe. Check out his website ~ <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.dave-volpe.com/">LINK</a> ~ or his blog ~ <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://dave-volpe.blogspot.com/">LINK</a> ~Carolyn Chrismanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675691655259886757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134955118549096855.post-28322169337546083782011-05-19T09:30:00.001-07:002011-05-19T13:12:33.969-07:00"Reversal of the Heart" character designs (old)From way back in Spring 2010. The designs ended up being pretty rushed, since I really just wanted to start animating. As a result, some things ended up changing along the way, although I kept to the designs pretty well.<br /><br />See the finished film here ~ <a href="http://carolynjchrisman.blogspot.com/2011/05/reversal-of-heart-senior-thesis-2011.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LINK</span></a> ~<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-u9EXunlXuml6qKSfpRqV5Anyt_OrQtZo7Y32N4ax9bVy4PDiusaS_qBrjjIoJaufez1H9zbDrHOM227iKNTk_-DQDxZhMXhJBC8QNDrrMQurFyAckf48kPC8Mop28MUb93MY1Z5__Xw/s1600/characterlineup+copy.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 345px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-u9EXunlXuml6qKSfpRqV5Anyt_OrQtZo7Y32N4ax9bVy4PDiusaS_qBrjjIoJaufez1H9zbDrHOM227iKNTk_-DQDxZhMXhJBC8QNDrrMQurFyAckf48kPC8Mop28MUb93MY1Z5__Xw/s400/characterlineup+copy.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608465709291160818" border="0" /></a>Character lineup<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoT8A52t8HGG_BstfcX3Uoa30Mg4VFIuOxikOUi1jgCq2nhNcgOYmsvtOP505fwSARRQ5_lHotFntMn6nNZB2sONYCOSuTJTii1JzyerqXVAl8XPbBN0A60YCdUXOFeB76VowIFU505zg/s1600/princess+turnaround.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoT8A52t8HGG_BstfcX3Uoa30Mg4VFIuOxikOUi1jgCq2nhNcgOYmsvtOP505fwSARRQ5_lHotFntMn6nNZB2sONYCOSuTJTii1JzyerqXVAl8XPbBN0A60YCdUXOFeB76VowIFU505zg/s400/princess+turnaround.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608466206103495362" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPi7jgZp3_a_h0liRp7mpT9x8keCgvjuxrjwhgfXVwjlp5O_sdtlhjI-KuwGo9A_eGjJ3bdhQE-LT9ljkN4P9HwFe11Z3D8AnHNrueVMWmxD5ybgS6kyCN47ZInKTwjJAzW-DU799zBT4/s1600/prpdrag.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPi7jgZp3_a_h0liRp7mpT9x8keCgvjuxrjwhgfXVwjlp5O_sdtlhjI-KuwGo9A_eGjJ3bdhQE-LT9ljkN4P9HwFe11Z3D8AnHNrueVMWmxD5ybgS6kyCN47ZInKTwjJAzW-DU799zBT4/s400/prpdrag.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608467127268308978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kun4EvJf3FyC8BVY_2d6ACQAQ0_Q8i_SPf-31sJoo6bwjDLp95mmN6hb9SR1R725ubNBLwlKza00kFhTbrkUWq38t0JXddn90xtIKDUzpXYLU4tNTC07_tfMyj75Kdod_DWYsRap_mc/s1600/purple+dragon+turnaround.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kun4EvJf3FyC8BVY_2d6ACQAQ0_Q8i_SPf-31sJoo6bwjDLp95mmN6hb9SR1R725ubNBLwlKza00kFhTbrkUWq38t0JXddn90xtIKDUzpXYLU4tNTC07_tfMyj75Kdod_DWYsRap_mc/s400/purple+dragon+turnaround.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608467702251022034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmDyJylNxIayxfmyG6uNJ6pkjdtQWC2fl0y1wmCr6nvGblVa5RbT7szjfimgkI1aiS9l-vEev_gNdUqCAW1ksWmtofrGa3l6AkOR_yFwzqZO2kLyFErKSNyjHFKAA0jKPqvni1ROr62eo/s1600/dragon+soft+expression.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmDyJylNxIayxfmyG6uNJ6pkjdtQWC2fl0y1wmCr6nvGblVa5RbT7szjfimgkI1aiS9l-vEev_gNdUqCAW1ksWmtofrGa3l6AkOR_yFwzqZO2kLyFErKSNyjHFKAA0jKPqvni1ROr62eo/s400/dragon+soft+expression.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608472472148278706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdSBhgJoCkMlmeGeXQxXeVWVgco6MGP3UiZSN8yDcdTj1OSPBODCi1DfQozn1I5cqG-r9obAzC4SM34O5ApCkSExNyfOuGbjYp2o2bAaKxGrBmij4KauaeATk4TdlXRmMhCjlQG7_hdq8/s1600/prince+and+knight+copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdSBhgJoCkMlmeGeXQxXeVWVgco6MGP3UiZSN8yDcdTj1OSPBODCi1DfQozn1I5cqG-r9obAzC4SM34O5ApCkSExNyfOuGbjYp2o2bAaKxGrBmij4KauaeATk4TdlXRmMhCjlQG7_hdq8/s400/prince+and+knight+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608468125171293586" border="0" /></a>There is <span style="font-style: italic;">no way</span> the Prince's head could fit into the Knight's helmet, but I kept the design because I liked it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCtLWUINbF4vgOsxUmEdaZ1-VxebAI2mHaEHIShyphenhyphenDwpV2rrMo7B4a8ar5TTSrZrQQ3O9S4065q1Qchh4CzolhS2K61EFF_GSq5XC2ongLrl5VPbUz4AZR2e2CN5Z3BsXVluMXJcH9rYs/s1600/knight+references.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCtLWUINbF4vgOsxUmEdaZ1-VxebAI2mHaEHIShyphenhyphenDwpV2rrMo7B4a8ar5TTSrZrQQ3O9S4065q1Qchh4CzolhS2K61EFF_GSq5XC2ongLrl5VPbUz4AZR2e2CN5Z3BsXVluMXJcH9rYs/s400/knight+references.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608468685677347186" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">References for the Knight's design<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgztrZMEBMinRQT3FB-Om9nIRw8_jR-x_GBANaaRzZKky8kIWbktEwTtQET1aodQ-PSGRTc4Yz-EMk7I9iRcPm7HYzNeqHPYdtaDcu-rk0GhFTYFORrQbVwU1OP0BYncCwXjAMD98e0-Nc/s1600/apprentice+design+duo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgztrZMEBMinRQT3FB-Om9nIRw8_jR-x_GBANaaRzZKky8kIWbktEwTtQET1aodQ-PSGRTc4Yz-EMk7I9iRcPm7HYzNeqHPYdtaDcu-rk0GhFTYFORrQbVwU1OP0BYncCwXjAMD98e0-Nc/s400/apprentice+design+duo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608469043926703410" border="0" /></a><br />The Apprentice/Wizard's design changed the most throughout, mostly during production. In the end I made him loopier, with less angles, and his outfit was a bit different.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCZcTWCfjlEBWZ6ugkx9_PbAKoizoPhHlJP_XFgkiUi6ZKK71UMbuL5p2ogueVcq1wt9swfcnW87zcgH2hbDbr4VKT07BLmbddo3FyZ2miURl-gQNtR70t04aK_t2FN_ByNfFixQthZs/s1600/hopgoblindesign.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCZcTWCfjlEBWZ6ugkx9_PbAKoizoPhHlJP_XFgkiUi6ZKK71UMbuL5p2ogueVcq1wt9swfcnW87zcgH2hbDbr4VKT07BLmbddo3FyZ2miURl-gQNtR70t04aK_t2FN_ByNfFixQthZs/s400/hopgoblindesign.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608469552061599474" border="0" /></a><br />The Hopgoblin's design also changed a bit as I went along, mostly in color design. He was may favorite to design and animate.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvEpTSrPr0kWq5ucPEr822ZSUwtZUia87SG9yvZ_Euyozc9Lc3LAhnvNfQrHQtp_sjgeo1SVZqmC9kMOFueqdrQQP9b8GPfPSzKKDUniV0zwM7LyNW71A_nZ3fe_Q_HbXaMAHT5wXDR4/s1600/hopgoblin-smile.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJvEpTSrPr0kWq5ucPEr822ZSUwtZUia87SG9yvZ_Euyozc9Lc3LAhnvNfQrHQtp_sjgeo1SVZqmC9kMOFueqdrQQP9b8GPfPSzKKDUniV0zwM7LyNW71A_nZ3fe_Q_HbXaMAHT5wXDR4/s400/hopgoblin-smile.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608470760943518194" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilc2-nFt8gMiQ9HmqdKRRn80EthmjsZb6N0TAOlQzVPJgrPAG9G9AemqOsVokQxQjiGU8-WrN_-0Vv6-027zc06LH88MwLEeQjrLvZbRs0Ekvi4CJ92Ldjkwpy9AWd35kD2ZS39QnDjQ0/s1600/hopgoblin4.png"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 173px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGRhlFwe3LlBjLrLknbMmCENOb_dAPdkxhuZPQYG_FGX_7oPdWE4ANjzvAyYUeFgBOSdp-2QTsPoAfPk-Unn6N_OAd5RFhbybXVEefS19qcgVivoZCidJ2KLNJZwXsX_BnLxBwhQyg2A/s400/world+styles.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608474094204760722" border="0" /></a><br />References for the design of the various settings in the film. Early on in the pre-production phase I didn't have any backgrounds or concept art for the settings, so I used a lot of pictures from various artbooks (Tales from Earthsea, Mulan, and How To Train Your Dragon).Carolyn Chrismanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675691655259886757noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134955118549096855.post-16479691796298574192011-05-18T12:05:00.000-07:002011-05-19T12:12:06.721-07:00"Goldenberg and Schmuyle" - 2011<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/23610302?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="300" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/23610302">Goldenberg and Schmuyle - Spring 2011</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3476737">Carolyn Chrisman</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br />This version is edited to fit one screen, as the version for the performance was designed to fit 5 screens that surrounded the audience and the orchestra. Here is an example of what the theater looked like:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpzFYlmj0TpfBDie1O-R8CMF7Oo_Px05LaHP2b7ufFfXSn-hLRRmltDU6o3HWqofook_gmnFy8RMUFo68tFyfQKe9HfEKcp2JOFTnm-bRxl65jsoZVN5ZrbSLxYQM8XP9pBBACS-WvOs/s1600/muss2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 441px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpzFYlmj0TpfBDie1O-R8CMF7Oo_Px05LaHP2b7ufFfXSn-hLRRmltDU6o3HWqofook_gmnFy8RMUFo68tFyfQKe9HfEKcp2JOFTnm-bRxl65jsoZVN5ZrbSLxYQM8XP9pBBACS-WvOs/s400/muss2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608506831481716434" border="0" /></a><br />This is a view from above the audience in the projection booth. The two side-sails are not shown.Carolyn Chrismanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675691655259886757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134955118549096855.post-2785635728629411912011-05-18T11:50:00.000-07:002011-05-19T12:05:02.361-07:00"Goldenberg and Schmuyle" odds and ends 2The close-to final designs for Goldenberg and Schmuyle, going a different direction than the last ones. We narrowed the look down to Aramaic letters on paper with warm lighting.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLj1Ytv9g2iw1wtjjC6okFCUrAUoTh_RjySWfCvIQAoBOxgWBupNRPgK2J1TZFsrxpXBW3nwcLUeQrZkaenBFVmfL1qIueZO1UIdx-SSs_QzjXSrNfib2ZAWA4sjll6_y09Bi3Hgv6LkU/s1600/paper+test+22.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 325px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLj1Ytv9g2iw1wtjjC6okFCUrAUoTh_RjySWfCvIQAoBOxgWBupNRPgK2J1TZFsrxpXBW3nwcLUeQrZkaenBFVmfL1qIueZO1UIdx-SSs_QzjXSrNfib2ZAWA4sjll6_y09Bi3Hgv6LkU/s400/paper+test+22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608502720002025874" border="0" /></a><br />Because the project was so hectic and new, there wasn't much time to develop the characters designs until the actual production:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpk42WwuhZDRKGwOVUWk2wVhz19M2hz1nTQ134jxWXH8B8IRpqGqqKteb4S7F5vgXC4XcG0KS-3Dv9xttaCpJl9rgtcp05URlPLay0n1odqhhsHWKjg75_bazGz3KYDstMBVnIPo9Vhd8/s1600/STILLS22.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpk42WwuhZDRKGwOVUWk2wVhz19M2hz1nTQ134jxWXH8B8IRpqGqqKteb4S7F5vgXC4XcG0KS-3Dv9xttaCpJl9rgtcp05URlPLay0n1odqhhsHWKjg75_bazGz3KYDstMBVnIPo9Vhd8/s400/STILLS22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608503950748493026" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hNMzU9pBW0qOaEsFdWqGIkTs3v0hyphenhyphenpZr9bRW1wYesL-qJINmNX0IeqdvnTKc6SBoCtENnjOpVxoEaGY87Qy544O0tSv5ZZbZUWfd4lGmDgUwY1KIK9Tp2CDF7rrgnVR0apXOQP2uGc0/s1600/g+is+born+cap.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hNMzU9pBW0qOaEsFdWqGIkTs3v0hyphenhyphenpZr9bRW1wYesL-qJINmNX0IeqdvnTKc6SBoCtENnjOpVxoEaGY87Qy544O0tSv5ZZbZUWfd4lGmDgUwY1KIK9Tp2CDF7rrgnVR0apXOQP2uGc0/s400/g+is+born+cap.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608505120352511154" border="0" /></a>Carolyn Chrismanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675691655259886757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134955118549096855.post-68184501028380308862011-05-18T11:30:00.000-07:002011-05-19T12:05:32.058-07:00"Goldenberg and Schmuyle" odds and ends 1Michael Tilson Thomas and the New World Symphony commissioned a group of students at USC to create animated pieces to accompany the symphony's performance of Mussorgsky's <span style="font-style: italic;">Pictures at an Exhibition</span> at the new building's opening gala. I was given the opportunity to animate "Goldenberg and Schmuyle," one of the more character-based pieces in the series. Immediately I had some ideas for a conflict, as well as some preliminary designs.<br /><br />The below designs were never used, as the piece was simplified and tweaked after a series of back-and-forth meetings between MTT, Michael Patterson, Candace Reckinger and myself.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjup33ei_G0YGqV0yfpSVCtT3O4gAh1E88s45d2b42vkytHkuFvqoIPPK9LUb0VNgAonbGq9AjRUnJso5n1zJtlFpiELli1YmzdcNHG3v8Qqa7Hvw_2zed0tNYnZ7XhBqcYGrn8r7zV3Zs/s1600/test+colors2+copy2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjup33ei_G0YGqV0yfpSVCtT3O4gAh1E88s45d2b42vkytHkuFvqoIPPK9LUb0VNgAonbGq9AjRUnJso5n1zJtlFpiELli1YmzdcNHG3v8Qqa7Hvw_2zed0tNYnZ7XhBqcYGrn8r7zV3Zs/s400/test+colors2+copy2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608500333592541922" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGwHvqRMGIYbPFYbNtVEYWRizDRBv9gGNeqXSiqisxu8M2F4WnuVMlHcY_afYg-vxuidmcCS6UzwJ8E26VKKixdhiBrU8ybHT3oKD5HJNZmp9cWNn43pT4PKzhPaqTArGxscYY6zOCBE/s1600/goldenberg+study+copy+copy2.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGwHvqRMGIYbPFYbNtVEYWRizDRBv9gGNeqXSiqisxu8M2F4WnuVMlHcY_afYg-vxuidmcCS6UzwJ8E26VKKixdhiBrU8ybHT3oKD5HJNZmp9cWNn43pT4PKzhPaqTArGxscYY6zOCBE/s400/goldenberg+study+copy+copy2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608500847844860626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi60SJ10IMSAmOinCWqpAaJo-7lZ_CVXHjz0-kkzuYVcUlJaOYB3lJ4fB0niMCraUEmGl3qo6HvtJVLy60rLtC_uWT1Ngs2Y0PEroVxdRRyY3FGWaD4TBXENZmF5FTkQO_wrLoksWco7VQ/s1600/schmuyle+study+copy2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi60SJ10IMSAmOinCWqpAaJo-7lZ_CVXHjz0-kkzuYVcUlJaOYB3lJ4fB0niMCraUEmGl3qo6HvtJVLy60rLtC_uWT1Ngs2Y0PEroVxdRRyY3FGWaD4TBXENZmF5FTkQO_wrLoksWco7VQ/s400/schmuyle+study+copy2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608500684779611042" border="0" /></a>Carolyn Chrismanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675691655259886757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134955118549096855.post-17945885691201535212011-05-18T11:26:00.000-07:002011-05-19T11:28:02.116-07:00"Evenfall" - Fall 2009<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/11368127?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="300" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/11368127">Evenfall - Fall 2009</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3476737">Carolyn Chrisman</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p>The final project for my visual music class, fall 2009. Animated in Flash and Photoshop, composited in After Effects. Animated over a period of 3 weeks total.<br /><br />* In 2010 it was accepted as a Regional Finalist in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science's 37th Student Academy Awards for Animation<br /><br />Music by Dave VolpeCarolyn Chrismanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675691655259886757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134955118549096855.post-59289911059392724992011-05-18T10:51:00.000-07:002011-05-19T11:30:05.475-07:00"Evenfall" odds and ends<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1NmC2F8xCJd1Ovym2Br3o-A0DkD-jGrOHuM8GjT6HeVy_EvF7noMkzmiYKxWY0VOntMVJmfuzCOibQs3bP3zh3sLL2KIMs-rO5YtUDQ8wYe_5V1rKCt_jYEVTujOq1_HAXqnIjVWVt0/s1600/long+shot+copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1NmC2F8xCJd1Ovym2Br3o-A0DkD-jGrOHuM8GjT6HeVy_EvF7noMkzmiYKxWY0VOntMVJmfuzCOibQs3bP3zh3sLL2KIMs-rO5YtUDQ8wYe_5V1rKCt_jYEVTujOq1_HAXqnIjVWVt0/s400/long+shot+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608487429080177426" border="0" /></a>I love combining the median filter and glow filter in Photoshop, so I got the idea to make a short film to show them off.<br /><br />See the finished film here ~ <a href="http://carolynjchrisman.blogspot.com/2011/05/evenfall-fall-2009.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LINK</span></a> ~<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf79mEnJBEg00Riv5lxcnsxU_AwGnBbkZncJlkNEBc7Zd4wWCstzwU7_dbtDKmupD7fLoW7e0LgKYPZdsogAFiU7lnqlwZlgPYcMrz0yHU99yNmvFcWGSB0d-06JNuaf6jeg3_zu-_OrI/s1600/creatureshighcontrast.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf79mEnJBEg00Riv5lxcnsxU_AwGnBbkZncJlkNEBc7Zd4wWCstzwU7_dbtDKmupD7fLoW7e0LgKYPZdsogAFiU7lnqlwZlgPYcMrz0yHU99yNmvFcWGSB0d-06JNuaf6jeg3_zu-_OrI/s400/creatureshighcontrast.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608486796149542162" border="0" /></a>Basically The characters were drawn with a thin white brush on an alpha channel, then a 1-5 median filter was applied, then the glow filter.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bIiTNNrViKFmSlfmUoB6Y9CM9AiWpI-TTsdosehvrA1PRjPuz3tj5aSsj_BwXP2z_FW0EXVYZMPh3MyjJi4ympxfOmPZNspZxSpwj2QmetgOEsiZGVVmT5qf7SVip99zm-BdAIMQMLQ/s1600/randomsketches.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 156px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bIiTNNrViKFmSlfmUoB6Y9CM9AiWpI-TTsdosehvrA1PRjPuz3tj5aSsj_BwXP2z_FW0EXVYZMPh3MyjJi4ympxfOmPZNspZxSpwj2QmetgOEsiZGVVmT5qf7SVip99zm-BdAIMQMLQ/s400/randomsketches.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608489647791182194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgurFMucnixojYtx0pN_pQLIxYgcnfbif66AqfN4rInwQlsoAEvrJTrEqWZD-z15M8w7rZTYoTDnKrRtT1LDS_ehls9at7AF5Wr77I2llCFclxOb2rzr9cLa_pLbt8dr5GuTlwHAvWtFT4/s1600/girl+pauses.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgurFMucnixojYtx0pN_pQLIxYgcnfbif66AqfN4rInwQlsoAEvrJTrEqWZD-z15M8w7rZTYoTDnKrRtT1LDS_ehls9at7AF5Wr77I2llCFclxOb2rzr9cLa_pLbt8dr5GuTlwHAvWtFT4/s400/girl+pauses.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608491859530590050" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0dS7P6szbjrgH6i2K_mc4Yq-qk-WWaCQ8S-yc76ofrbp4CL9FoT_vxYnb_Ki1NuKKn4NUyCJLln_nlKgb2tkcFghddSyW8Tzde4tnYRL6xxOqeDHWrP7109gpwROed6pZ_cV_YFj7Qo/s1600/5export.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0dS7P6szbjrgH6i2K_mc4Yq-qk-WWaCQ8S-yc76ofrbp4CL9FoT_vxYnb_Ki1NuKKn4NUyCJLln_nlKgb2tkcFghddSyW8Tzde4tnYRL6xxOqeDHWrP7109gpwROed6pZ_cV_YFj7Qo/s400/5export.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608491607148760002" border="0" /></a><br />I didn't do much concept work on this one -- just dove right in. I was also animating <span style="font-style: italic;">Hacky Sack </span>at the same time that I was animating <span style="font-style: italic;">Evenfall</span>, so the faster I could get things done, the better.Carolyn Chrismanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675691655259886757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134955118549096855.post-34103043171566931612011-05-18T10:38:00.000-07:002011-05-19T10:43:42.235-07:00"Hacky Sack" - Fall 2009<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/23886348?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="300" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/23886348">Hacky Sack - Fall 2009</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3476737">Carolyn Chrisman</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br />Animated in Flash, composited in After Effects.Carolyn Chrismanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675691655259886757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134955118549096855.post-25707663960153968402011-05-18T10:07:00.000-07:002011-05-19T12:23:55.762-07:00"Hacky Sack" odds and ends<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcV1HXBNANS4uLNvsqY9O0u7AZPMRtj0wXQLi_kCIou4QZSSFgW3xukNY8liljV2moW4Sf3jq2ADSZ1o6r4Sf-mrrSD0bZVbQonEX67IoOncQKhY73K47GJ3Lo_6MwaaeDngEXANicCr0/s1600/hacky+sack+choco+design+copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcV1HXBNANS4uLNvsqY9O0u7AZPMRtj0wXQLi_kCIou4QZSSFgW3xukNY8liljV2moW4Sf3jq2ADSZ1o6r4Sf-mrrSD0bZVbQonEX67IoOncQKhY73K47GJ3Lo_6MwaaeDngEXANicCr0/s400/hacky+sack+choco+design+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608475375613827874" border="0" /></a><br />See the finished film here >>>> <a href="http://carolynjchrisman.blogspot.com/2011/05/hacky-sack-fall-2009.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LINK</span></a> <<<<<br />I wanted to try a very simple style for this project, with bold colors and shapes.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSwrmPvwnh0-eAv_lAlUJIwV4HoUxNnXlqPhC7hQXEdlU6lZ5UpHVojosY6-pI2EFv2LCM3bYH05tlYzoulalgZ8DqjaYIahqRPyBzWJhgvMsVbCeRrvbo5l7Y2peGv8SVmtIqv5bsU8/s1600/character+copy1.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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height: 175px;" src="http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo85/jauntyeyepatch/animations/bird-look-down.gif" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br />An early test in Photoshop<br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/23895702?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="300" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/23895702">bird walks around test</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3476737">Carolyn Chrisman</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6LLGy42hii0hapdzBwDsyrOFPUgzrpYLulPOPBgnes11qeHMx5OAlQ8fxI9mVcuVgEWBxO7XdGig0tqEFeBifUbV0rWLSK-eGRANpcRMXQXWfj6cjgpGNs9YD5F28f0AkyTHjs54ovI/s1600/color+palette.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY6LLGy42hii0hapdzBwDsyrOFPUgzrpYLulPOPBgnes11qeHMx5OAlQ8fxI9mVcuVgEWBxO7XdGig0tqEFeBifUbV0rWLSK-eGRANpcRMXQXWfj6cjgpGNs9YD5F28f0AkyTHjs54ovI/s400/color+palette.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608478312908652018" border="0" /></a>The final color palette<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1G1RrJ0_Ul2kReEox3ATVLwYQdg0Hk2DrAFgg8v8-Hm2mzKRabgGx1PMczvqKVwfjog7P0sF02yjk06WLMmLErXw-_xIQw5Gh97kLFaCwz3V72KbUx-OzGtW62mnMtWehO_wdZzp3IsY/s1600/3456.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1G1RrJ0_Ul2kReEox3ATVLwYQdg0Hk2DrAFgg8v8-Hm2mzKRabgGx1PMczvqKVwfjog7P0sF02yjk06WLMmLErXw-_xIQw5Gh97kLFaCwz3V72KbUx-OzGtW62mnMtWehO_wdZzp3IsY/s400/3456.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608480299498855522" border="0" /></a>Carolyn Chrismanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675691655259886757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134955118549096855.post-5048671823263322232011-05-17T13:02:00.000-07:002011-05-19T13:03:47.076-07:00"The Painting Dragon" - Spring 2009<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/23976688?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="300" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/23976688">The Painting Dragon - Spring 2009</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3476737">Carolyn Chrisman</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><br />A film for class, the requirement being that it be under the camera. I experimented a little by using markers -- so many markers! -- and then keying the paper out in After Effects. Anything to composite it together, I guess. It didn't turn out so well. Also, it was all animated in 1 week, over Spring break, and it shows.Carolyn Chrismanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675691655259886757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134955118549096855.post-50275246194047919002011-05-17T12:37:00.000-07:002011-05-19T12:38:51.806-07:00"Paper and Line" - Fall 2008A short for class. The requirement was for half of it to be under the camera, so I animated in paper and yarn, and the rest was in Photoshop. Yarn is surprisingly hard to animate smoothly... <br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/23887836?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="300" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/23887836">Paper and Line - Fall 2008</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3476737">Carolyn Chrisman</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p>Carolyn Chrismanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675691655259886757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8134955118549096855.post-33083562884539596042011-05-17T12:26:00.000-07:002011-05-19T12:27:06.639-07:00"Split" - Spring 2008<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/23889379?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0" height="300" width="400"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/23889379">Split - Spring 2008</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3476737">Carolyn Chrisman</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p>Carolyn Chrismanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00675691655259886757noreply@blogger.com0