Sprouts

For my senior capstone project, I decided to pivot from games and join an animated student film project for the school year. You may be wondering why a Video Game Development and Design major wouldn't work on a video game for their senior capstone. I chose to pivot for a few reasons:

I want to be a producer!
I could be working with animators.
I wanted to observe how other people manage artists and learn from that.
I have a passion for animation, and the premise of this short film really resonated with me.

So, what is the best way to understand how animation happens? By joining a project full of animators as a team member. I wanted to learn the pipeline and what it's like to work on a more intensive project with milestones and multiple teams. I aimed to understand what works, what doesn't, and what could be improved upon.

So, What Do I Do?

I currently serve as one of a few character artists. I made a line up of background characters and designs of team members for cameos through out the film. I also created a few sketches for props that will be used within the film. Our director currently has nothing else for the character designers to do, so I have put myself in the wings waiting to help with anything that needs help in the future! I also recruited a project manager from Project Management at Purdue to help us out with keeping us on track and being an HR figure for the team.

My Work

Character Designs