Sketchbook 1995-1999
The Thief
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The middle episode of an epic Super 8 trilogy; the other two parts are lost.
format: Super 8mm film
software: Premiere
Pittsburgh, 1997.
350 Feet
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This little cartoon took ten years to finish. I drew it all out in pen and ink the winter of 1995, and didn’t get around to shooting it for exactly a decade. Here you go!
format: DV video
software: Photoshop
Pittsburgh, 1995.
Jam
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This was my first, never-finished stab at 3D animation; I’ve got something a bit more modern coming up soon. In the meantime, while visually this thing wouldn’t pass muster as a turn-of-the-century game cutscene, I do like how the music turned out.
format: DV video
software: Maya
Pittsburgh, 1999.
One, Two, Three
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This was an early compositing test, multiplying myself with hand-painted mattes. The magical feeling is probably pretty close to what the first photo pioneers must’ve felt…
format: DV video
software: Premiere, Photoshop
Pittsburgh, 1998.
Glasfilm
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Yeah, everybody who’s been to film school has got a scratch film, but I’m partial to this one.
format: 16mm film
software: n/a
Amsterdam, 1998.
