some work in progress of my 4th year diploma film Dance Of Life

Here's the leica: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9hoI5_DTmiRVGVzOE9keDVuWW8/view and some final and early concepts of the character Leela, Sun Mandala and an animation test.

my internship with Smiley Guy Studios

This summer I had a chance to work at Smiley Guy Studios and it was absolutely amazing priceless experience. Before my summer internship I used to perceive myself more of a character designer but after learning symbol animation and effects, and being able effectively work in Flash I did develop confidence as an animator.

As I myself have a profound interest in environmental activism and sustainability I was super excited and honored to work on First Hand Climate Change Stories under the wise guidance of its director Alex Hawley. It’s about how native people of Yukon, in particular Gwich'in Nation were affected by the environmental change. Here is the teaser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KfzfV-aOS4 and here's the animatic for the the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XOIQ9_kVmU

I designed Caribou Mandala for the film and it was approved by Norma Kassi,who is doing voiceover and the main protagonist of the story and Chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin. It was so cool to get feedback from Norma herself! Out of six options Norma picked #6, the spacious one!

I love everything about mandala design and sacred geometry and I actually have been planning to come up with Sun Mandala design for my 4th year film that will be called Dance of Life. And by crazy coincidence I have had a chance to practice my mandala skills and as well as to figure out how to animate the rotation of it. ha what were the chances to work on a Mandala project during my summer internship:)

I also designed Bead Goose and Bead Mountains and animated them later as well.

Here you can find all the animation shots that I have been working on:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMfHojjFKfsj7XuWt203TdQ/videos

And here there is a list of my posts for Smiley Intern Blog with all the description and work process:

http://smileyguyintern.blogspot.ca/2014/06/inna-moves-mountains.html

http://smileyguyintern.blogspot.ca/2014/06/inna-and-her-mandalas.html

http://smileyguyintern.blogspot.ca/2014/07/innas-inspirations.html

http://smileyguyintern.blogspot.ca/2014/07/inna-meets-norma-and-foosball.html

http://smileyguyintern.blogspot.ca/2014/08/innas-exciting-news.html

http://smileyguyintern.blogspot.ca/2014/08/inna-says-goodbye.html

our 3rd year group film "Grounded" made it to Ottawa International Film Festival and to TIFF

I have awesome news! It seems like our Sheridan 3rd year group film “Grounded” was accepted and will be showcased at the Ottawa International Film Festival 2014! and a little update as of March 2015, we just learnt that our film's going to be playing in TIFF Kids this spring!! http://tiff.net/festivals/tiffkidsfestival15/film-list/loot-bag-junior-animals-on-adventures/grounded-1

"Grounded" https://vimeo.com/95567674

https://www.animationfestival.ca/index.php?option=com_oiaf&task=showselections+

Here’s a vimeo link to our film:https://vimeo.com/95567674 Enjoy!

It is an inspiring four minute short about adventures of a bunny and his little brother. The film is hand-drawn in Toon Boom Harmony. It was one awesome experience of the teamwork, dedication and successful short film production. I learnt so much this semester..and my faith in humanity is totally restored :) thank you guys for letting me experience the power of the strong teamspirit!

I so much wanted to hug everyone and so couldn't but came up with a collage of our bunny group with all my bunnies groupmates and our amazing mentor Dave Quesnelle.  Will post it here again, thank you, love you :)

Sculpture of a monk

Cat and Dog

character sketches

Ed inspired by David Lavine

sculpture relief character for my life drawing class

character design

Pagan stave church

Sculpture of the main characters for the group film

In-class head study (3 hours)

Royal Winter Fair Stories

character design poses for life drawing

some rust life drawings

Articles On Copyright

Stephen Silver: "Protect your Art Career"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWXYoD7wfOs&feature=youtu.be

Interview with Nina Paley On Copyright
http://hoodedutilitarian.com/2010/03/interview-with-nina-paley-part-1/
http://hoodedutilitarian.com/2010/03/interview-with-nina-paley-part-2/
http://hoodedutilitarian.com/2010/03/cuckoo-for-copyright-comment-roundup/

Jonathan Lethem‘s View On Copyright: http://www.salon.com/2007/03/25/lethem_interview/

Mark Mayerson on Freelancing: http://mayersononanimation.blogspot.ca/2012/01/freelancing.html
on Artist Exploitation: http://mayersononanimation.blogspot.ca/2012/11/more-artist-exploitation.html

http://mayersononanimation.blogspot.ca/2012/01/more-on-those-dirty-tricks.html

http://mayersononanimation.blogspot.ca/2012/01/more-reasons-why-work-for-hire-stinks.html

http://mayersononanimation.blogspot.ca/2006/07/youtube-purge-and-copyright-rant.html

Marvel vs. Jack Kirby: Legal Rights and Ethical Might/ Intellectual Property and the transmission of culture by Dan Nadel http://www.tcj.com/marvel-vs-jack-kirby-legal-rights-and-ethical-might/

About Speculative (Spec) Work: http://www.no-spec.com/faq/

How to protect your design
http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/features/illustration/how-protect-yourself-against-design-plagiarism/

Storyboarding tips from Dreamworks

Some great storyboarding tips from Dreamworks posted on Ben Caldwell's blog:

Thoughts on Storydevelopment and Storyboarding

Tutorials and tips from Sherm Cohen
http://storyboardsecrets.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/StoryboardSecrets/videos
The 7 Hidden Patterns of Successful Storyboards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmpmkV5b5qM&feature=player_embedded
Three full hours of detailed tutorials for Toon Boom Storyboard Pro free: http://bit.ly/StoryboardPro2

Interview with Nancy Beiman
http://www.skwigly.co.uk/an-interview-with-nancy-beiman/

Mark Andrews talking about visual storytelling at Calart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOCzKT9H7k0&playnext=1&list=PL2C9772145C4B8D0D&feature=results_video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmd7YIHUI5M&feature=channel&list=UL

The art of storyboarding with film dirctor&producer Ridley Scott
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7bqso7mGXU&feature=player_embedded

The art of storyboarding with Sam Mendes and Conrad L. Hall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=5zvEaP9fT4I

Conceptual Storyboarding: Storytelling and Struggle Storyboarding Techniques with Derek Thompson
http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/product/415/Conceptual-Storyboarding%3AStorytelling-and-Struggle
Interview with him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad_h31wy1V0 (1 out of 6)

The 22 rules of storytelling, according to Pixar
http://io9.com/5916970/the-22-rules-of-storytelling-according-to-pixar

Hitchcock’s Storyboards from 13 Classic Films

http://filmmakeriq.com/2010/11/hitchcocks-storyboards-from-13-classic-films

Single-panel gag cartoons by Harry Mace
http://allthingsger.blogspot.ca/search?q=Monday+cartoon+day

Stories by the cartoonist, Herluf Bidstrup
http://herlufbidstrup.tumblr.com

Dynamic Kung Fu Panda storyboards from Toby Shelton. Amazing stuff!
http://tobyshelton.blogspot.ca/search/label/storyboards

Art of Christophe "ZEBE" Lourdelet

illustrator, character designer, story artist, FRANCE
http://zebeblog.blogspot.ca/

Art of Jose Alves da Silva

3D Artist,illustrator, character design, Portugal
http://www.artofjose.com