Monday, July 28, 2008

Demo Reel Breakdown

Christian Madsen

krabborg@yahoo.com

www.villainousturtle.com

Note: I created all the content in my reel. I didn’t have help from anyone else. This breakdown is only meant to further explain the creative process.

Demo Reel Breakdown

Sequence

Title

Technique

Artistic Responsibilities

1

Custodial Catastrophe

Flash

I animated and designed the character, fires, explosions and environments.

2

Plants

Maya

I modeled, rigged, textured, lit and animated all content within the shot.

3

Anemones

Maya

I modeled, rigged, textured, lit and animated all content within the shot.

4

Antarctic Antics

Flash

I drew the backgrounds and animated the Yeti.

5

Bulldozer Vs. Flowers

Maya, Watercolor

I modeled and textured the bulldozer and its environment, rigged and animated it, and hand painted all the textures on paper using watercolors.

6

Hallucinaliens

Maya and Flash

I animated the 2D elements in Flash and created the 3D background in Maya.

7

Custodial Catastrophe

Flash

I created the background and animated the nuclear explosion and the alien frame by frame.

8

The Wild Hunt

Flash

I animated the horses and wolves and drew the background.

9

Hoodoos

Flash

I animated the 60 tessellating people and synched the many fighting moves they perform so the entire crowd interacts in harmony.

10

Antarctic Antics

Flash

I animated the penguins and the walrus. I used masking effects to create the water.

11

Commensalism

Cells, Markers, Paint, Watercolors

I created this sequence using traditional hand-painted cells and water-colored backgrounds.

12

Hallucinaliens

Flash

I animated the walking fruit and drew the background.

13

Hoodoos

Flash

I animated the 11 different falling people and drew the large desert background.

14

Tripled Manic State

Flash, Watercolors, Pencil

I animated the characters in flash and hand-painted the backgrounds in watercolor and pencil.

15

Antarctic Antics

Flash

I animated the yeti and the walrus, and created the background.

16

Hoodoos

Flash

I created the Praying Mantis walk cycle using multi layered cycles and inbetweens and created the elaborate morph into a tree.

17

Clothes

Maya

I modeled the city and animated the cars and walking pants.

18

Tripled Manic State

Flash, Maya

I created and animated the toon-shaded 3D model in Maya and animated the mad scientist in Flash.

19

Hallucinaliens

Flash

I drew the backgrounds and animated the characters

20

Custodial

Catastrophe

Flash

I drew the backgrounds and animated the Aliens. The mutant consists of many interacting cycles.