"Reversal of the Heart" Senior Thesis 2011

The finished film, started in Spring 2010 and finished in Spring 2011.



Characters are animated in Flash, composited in After Effects.
Backgrounds by Gillian Grossman. Check out her DA page ~ LINK ~
Additional music by Dave Volpe. Check out his website ~ LINK ~ or his blog ~ LINK ~

"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.

See the finished film here ~ LINK ~

Character lineup

There is no way the Prince's head could fit into the Knight's helmet, but I kept the design because I liked it.

References for the Knight's design

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.


The Hopgoblin's design also changed a bit as I went along, mostly in color design. He was may favorite to design and animate.








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).