Character Animation Demo Reel

REEL BREAKDOWN

00:02 Rikki (DS) Realtime 3D Character (3D Studio Max); Modeling (based on character design by Deja Jones); Texturing; Rigging (Character Studio); Animation.

00:26 Kris (Wii) Realtime 3D Character (3D Studio Max); Modeling (based on character from TV Special); Texturing; Rigging (Character Studio); Animation.

00:40 Jessica (Wii) Realtime 3D Character (3D Studio Max); Modeling (based on character from TV Special); Texturing; Rigging (Character Studio); Animation.

00:50 Topper (Wii) Realtime 3D Character (3D Studio Max); Modeling (based on character from TV Special); Texturing; Rigging (Character Studio); Animation.

Character Animation Demo Reel

REEL BREAKDOWN

00:02 Rikki (DS) Realtime 3D Character (3D Studio Max); Modeling (based on Character design by Deja Jones); Texturing; Rigging (Character Studio); Animation.

00:24 Blu (DS) Rendered 3D sprite (Autodesk Maya); Animation only (model, textures, and rig provided by console developer and modified by Jessica Nichol).

00:38 Diego (Jakks Pacific) 2D Sprite (Cosmigo Pro Motion); Pixel Modeling (based on character from TV Show); Pixel Animation.

01:07 Kris (Wii) Realtime 3D Character (3D Studio Max); Modeling (based on character from TV Special); Texturing; Rigging (Character Studio); Animation.

01:45 Jessica (Wii) Realtime 3D Character (3D Studio Max); Modeling (based on character from TV Special); Texturing; Rigging (Character Studio); Animation.

02:09 Topper (Wii) Realtime 3D Character (3D Studio Max); Modeling (based on character from TV Special); Texturing; Rigging (Character Studio); Animation.

Bashful

20110630 bashful

5 mins, blue mechanical pencil. Would like to develop this into a cute illustration in a garden or schoolyard setting. Could tilt their heads a bit to be more dynamic.

Hsssssss

20110630 hsssssss

2 mins, blue mechanical pencil.

Geisha

20110630 geisha

2 mins, blue mechanical pencil. Could develop into a cute themed illustration in a garden. Should break up horizontals in belt, bottom of kimono and feet with some perspective and depth.

Kotenok

20110630 kotenok

2 mins, blue mechanical pencil. Would develop this further into a cute chic urban illustration. Would move her left arm towards her center of gravity a bit more, almost paralell with her back, to accentuate her leaning in that direction.

Pitcher

20110425 Pitcher

5 mins using a blue mechanical pencil.

Woods Environment Mockups

20110411 Woods mockup day

Day and Night mockups for the Woods Environment of a Wii game. Original concept took about a day's worth of work using reference from the TV special. Night variation took about 30 minutes. All images were created in Adobe Photoshop.

20110524 Woods mockup night

Character Animation Demo Reel

REEL BREAKDOWN: 00:00:00:02		1) Main Character for Realtime 3D game (DS) 3D Studio Max Modeling—based on Character design by Deja Jones Texturing Skinning—using BIP Character Studio rig Animation
00:00:00:24		2) Main Character for Rendered 3D game (DS) Autodesk Maya Animation only—model, textures, and rig provided by console developer and modified by Jessica Nichol
00:00:00:34		3) Main Character for 2D Sprite game (Jakks Pacific) Cosmigo Pro Motion Pixel Modeling—based on character from TV Show Pixel Animation

The New Face Of Bravery

20110122 New Bravery

I would like to turn this guy into a hero at some point, starting with some action sheets. 10 mins using blue sharpie and grey brush pen.

Heads

20110121 heads1

2 mins each, blue mechanical pencil.

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Bayou Environment Mockup

20101229 Environment DS mockup

Environment mockup created for a DS game proposal. Colored image took approximately four hours using photographic reference and a hardware image from the web. Thumbnail sketches took about 20 minutes. All images where created in Adobe Photoshop.

Face Front

20101214 faceFront

30 mins photoshop.

Avatar Mockups

20101213 Avatar lineup

This character was developed for a children's game proposal as a customizable avatar. Each of these images took approximately 60 minutes. Sketches were made with a ballpoint pen, and finished drawings were created in Adobe Illustrator.

20101213 Avatar mockup level

20101213 Avatar mockup customization

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Data Mining

20100329 Data Mining

Visual pun that came to mind during a company meeting. 10 mins using a red pencil.

Boarding

20091215 boarding

20 min sketch, Photoshop. Guess orange means active. Could develop this into an action illustration, lifting the tip of the board out of the snow a bit to be more dynamic.

Imagine Gymnast Color Concept

20090507 Ricketts Coloring

Color concept drawing based on lines by Deja Jones and Jess Fink for Imagine Gymnast (DSi). Coloring this image took about four hours in Adobe Photoshop.

Bicycle Rodeo

20090409 cycle rodeo 1.1 small

Quick marker sketch, bg texture added in Photoshop. 20 mins. Would make a nice t-shirt, might wanna add spurs back in.

Trumpet Salsa

20090225 trumpet salsa v4.0

Closed my eyes while listening to some salsa music one of my friends turned me on to, and this is what I saw. Averaged 5-10 mins per variation in photoshop.

Monster (heart) Kitty

20090131 Monsyer <3 Kitty 1

Quick concept sketches during the 2009 Global Game Jam. Each page took approx10 mins using a ballpoint pen.

20090131 Monsyer <3 Kitty 2