Emily Carr Bumper Ad

For my Motion Graphics, we were told to create a 30 second bumper ad for our school, Emily Carr University of Art and Design. I decided to do a parody ad.

and yes... that IS my voice haha

 Maybe I should just become a voice actor...



Emily

Some Crazy Walk Cycles!

Here are some of my walk cycles for my 2D animation class.

I'm a weirdo.



Heron Walk from Rebecca Rochon on Vimeo.

Tim Burton Style Layout

In my 2D animation class we had to create a kitchen layout in a artist's style that we picked out of a hat.

I picked Tim Burton! which was exciting, as he is one of my favourite animators, but also quite intimidating.

So here's what I made of it (I am working with the character "Vincent" from one of Burton's first stop motion shorts.

Here's the Rough Sketch

 

Here is an animated scene I made using the background!

My Sumo Puppet: Messy #3

Here is my first project with a 3D puppet. This is just a tester to play around with the basic balancing and movment techniques for straight ahead, 3D puppet animation. This video is a compilation of the 3 experiments I did.

I had a really difficult time with this one. The structure of my puppet was extremely basic and therefore ripped and fell apart as I moved it. Expect more material experiments to come!


The internal structure is simply pipe cleaners and stuffing.

I then covered the structure by wrapping orange tissue paper over it and topped it off with some purple felt hair and underwear!

In order to animate the scene I set him against a tilted glass set so that gravity could be on my side as I moved his body. I also used basic scotch tape to hold his feet down and upper body up in certain positions.

Here is a few pictures of the studio I used:

I think because of how fragile these basic puppets can be, I would make multiple puppets of a character  rigged for specific movements in the future, rather than try to contort one puppet into tons of positions and breaking down the rig.


I found this project the most challenging so far, but also the most intriguing. Puppet animation is so impressive and inspiring and I can't wait to take my puppet animation further.

Family Portrait: Messy #2

My Family Portrait from Rebecca Rochon on Vimeo.


Summer Days Spent at my cottage in Ontario, Canada are the most wonderful days. I have grown up excited to relax and be with the family at my cottage whenever we could fit a trip into our busy schedules. It is definitely my favourite place on earth.

For this project, I decided to recreate a "snapshot" of my family in the great North, where we are all our happiest!

Here's the rough Sketch the scene was inspired by:

To make the puppets, I used watercolour paper and gouache to create a traditional puppet animation feel. I used bright vibrant neon colours, which unfortunately didn't scan as brightly as I intended, but I managed to alter the images in after effects enough to bring it back to their original colours.

I then used photoshop to animate my dog's mustache, my mom's hair and my own hair.

After that I composited and animated the entire scene in After Effects.

I really enjoyed working with puppets and will be exploring with them further in the near future (hopefully with some tigers and circus awesomeness)  I had a ton of trouble when I first attempted to traditionally animate the puppets under a camera because there was so much action to keep track of and it was super difficult to keep the layers in place. That's why I went digital, but I think I want to try and go completely traditional again with a simpler idea. 


Here are some pics of my family and I having fun at our cottage!

My Brother wake surfing (in case you didn't know of this sport and were confused why he isnt holding onto a rope in my piece)

Me and my Brother (and goofy Dad)

Mom and I soaking up the sun

 Dad behind the wheel

and of course, my adorable doggie Jack!