Welcome! …Or is it “Welcome back”?

Greetings, people of the internet! This is my new portfolio website. Here, I will be posting about projects that I'm especially proud of or that had a lot of production behind them. Primarily, I plan on talking the most about my short animated films. However, you will occasionally see other types of work too. Some…

“[ Creators ] – Paranormatrix Part 2” – Animation Process/Analysis

Completion Date: December 26, 2023Time Taken: About 6-7 monthsPrograms Used: FireAlpaca, Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Online Sequencer, MuseScore If this was any time to try outdoing myself, it was now. This animation is very important to me for multiple reasons. It was the last of the three projects first storyboarded…

“Lightverse – Castor’s Origins” – Animation Process/Analysis

Completion Date: May 7th, 2023Time Taken: Roughly 6 months of on-again-off-again workPrograms Used: FireAlpaca, Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Online Sequencer This is animation 2 of 3 which was conceptualized back in January 2022. "Castor's Origins" was second-place in the poll that determined what I would animate for my last senior…

“[ Wanderers ] – Reverie” – Animation Process/Analysis

Completion Date: September 27, 2022Time Taken: ~2 monthsPrograms Used: FireAlpaca, Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Online Sequencer First and foremost, I should admit something: in comparison to the projects that capped off my college career, I was *far* laxer with the production process of this animation. I think I just wanted…

“[ PenUltimate ] – Cayden’s First Day” Animation Progress

Time Taken: ~3 monthsPrograms Used: FireAlpaca, Windows Movie Maker, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro I'm going to try not to make this post too sentimental or sappy. This is my final assignment as a college student, that's the short and short of it. While I knew it would be hard to top last semester's…

“[ Creators ] – Paranormatrix” Animation Process

Time Taken: 3 monthsPrograms Used: FireAlpaca, Windows Movie Maker, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro This is it, one of the two "Grand Finales" that concludes my time in the Digital Media and Animation program, and I was going to make it count. (Especially since this was the only animation I worked on all semester.)…

Alfred State Bandwagon – Video Editing

At the start of this school year, I volunteered to be one of the founding members of Alfred State's new digital marketing/entertainment program: Bandwagon. Bandwagon is in charge of advertising events on campus as well as providing studio space for any student, club, or organization to use. However, the space and equipment can also be…

“[ Lightverse ] – Castor’s Vision” Animation Process

Prompt - Your Choice (I chose "Nightmare") Goal: Utilize everything I've learned this semester and use it to create a 30-second narrative animation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL3ucv8A48k To say a lot of time went into this project is an understatement. However, I haven't had this much fun and motivation towards a pure animation assignment in a while. Since…

“The Misadventures of Illuminer” – Production Analysis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNUYlqPq0Gw In this piece, I explored the "Hero" archetype. This short film contains a condensed version of "The Hero's Journey" narrative structure, as well as a moment of the hero character falling into one of their downfalls: having an ego. Space is utilized quite a bit in this film; mainly flat space. I wanted to…

“The Misadventures of Illuminer” – Initial Proposal and Production Process

Write Up: This project will be a (hopefully) two-minute piece demonstrating the daily life of the “Hero” Archetype. In certain action-oriented shows, especially ones meant for children and young adults, you often see the protagonists facing a new threat in every episode. And, depending on the genre of the show, one could argue that these…