This two-minute video shows a fully-rigged (meaning, set up for easy animation) character. As mentioned in the video, I fully built him from scratch - including the model itself, textures (the colors and logos and such), and the animations. The model took two days to build, and the full video took roughly ten working days (about two weeks of real time) to complete.
From June of 2013.
Tuesday
Product Demos, Stick Figure Cartoon, & More
Here are some recent animations that I have done.
First are a pair of visualizations for a kitchen safety invention:
That same customer indicated that he would like his logo animated. So, as a demonstration of the sorts of animations I could do, I created these two very quick animations for no charge.
This next animation I was especially proud of because it was done for a very low cost, and the customer didn't at all have a clear vision. He essentially just gave me this six-minute speech and said, "Make a little animation of this." So in this case, coming up with the visual ideas was literally much harder work than the actual animation itself!
Finally, just for fun, I have completed five different characters from the old Batman: The Animated Series cartoon. (These are Batman, Robin, Joker, Catwoman, and Superman from the subsequent series.) I am now doing longer animations of these characters, but here was a test of the Joker's walk cycle I did.
That same customer indicated that he would like his logo animated. So, as a demonstration of the sorts of animations I could do, I created these two very quick animations for no charge.
This next animation I was especially proud of because it was done for a very low cost, and the customer didn't at all have a clear vision. He essentially just gave me this six-minute speech and said, "Make a little animation of this." So in this case, coming up with the visual ideas was literally much harder work than the actual animation itself!
Finally, just for fun, I have completed five different characters from the old Batman: The Animated Series cartoon. (These are Batman, Robin, Joker, Catwoman, and Superman from the subsequent series.) I am now doing longer animations of these characters, but here was a test of the Joker's walk cycle I did.
Friday
30-Second Character Animation & Two-minute Pitch Video
Here are two recent works of mine. The first is a thirty-second animation of Batman. I built everything in this video from scratch: the models, textures, and motions.
Next, here is a short pitch for a gentleman who has an invention and is seeking funding via the website Kickstarter. He shot the live-action elements (and I did my best to clean up the audio and brighten the flat video) and I did all the modeling and animations, including creating all the iPod headphones.
Please feel free to E-MAIL me with any questions or comments or, of course, if you need any work done.
Next, here is a short pitch for a gentleman who has an invention and is seeking funding via the website Kickstarter. He shot the live-action elements (and I did my best to clean up the audio and brighten the flat video) and I did all the modeling and animations, including creating all the iPod headphones.
Please feel free to E-MAIL me with any questions or comments or, of course, if you need any work done.
Sunday
Tactile Portraits: Kinetic Typography Demo
This is just a fifty-second video I showed to demonstrate various options with kinetic typography. Please feel free to E-MAIL me with any questions or comments or, of course, if you need any work done.
Monday
Tactile Portraits: 2-minute Promo Cartoon
This is a simple promotional video I created which covers the services which TactilePortraits.com offers. Please feel free to E-MAIL me with any questions or comments or, of course, if you need any work done.
Tactile Portraits: Sample 3D Animations
NOTE: "Please excuse the mess." TactilePortraits.com is still "under construction", and so the template and content here is mostly proxy content until time is available to build it up more substantially. Thanks. -David Brennan
Below are several small animations done in 2011 and 2012. David (the owner of Tactile Portraits) is available for work at hourly or flat rates. Please feel free to contact me, David, through E-MAIL or at (313) 680-1638. Whether it's a business logo, video editing, or short character animations, the work will be done inexpensively and with honest and direct communication.
The full Tactile Portraits YouTube channel can be seen here. (Note that this is not a complete list of animations and videos undertaken, as some were kept private.)
Below are several small animations done in 2011 and 2012. David (the owner of Tactile Portraits) is available for work at hourly or flat rates. Please feel free to contact me, David, through E-MAIL or at (313) 680-1638. Whether it's a business logo, video editing, or short character animations, the work will be done inexpensively and with honest and direct communication.
The full Tactile Portraits YouTube channel can be seen here. (Note that this is not a complete list of animations and videos undertaken, as some were kept private.)
Finally, here is a 12-minute animated PowerPoint I created several years ago as a business presentation: