Recently, I redid my website entirely to present myself more as an animator. I curated what goes on my site a little better and it’s more precise now.
First, the showreel:
After my unit 2 film The Original Human and my unit 3 film If I Raised My Mother, I had a much wider platter of work to chose from, so I got to be more picky. I knew I wanted a song that was catchy and memorable. Maybe from the 80s. I was aiming for an instrumental cover of Smalltown Boy and went with Hey You by the Cure instead because of the fast pace and continuous beats, but mostly – the opening with the drums.
I started the showreel with a piece of personal art that I worked on in 2020 so it synced up with the drums and jumped to all my best pieces of work immediately after. There are quite a few turnaround shots in the first half, but I did that intentionally to showcase by understanding of a 3D object even when animating in 2D. I also have character interactions in the first half.
Next, categorising my projects:
My strong suit is character art, and it only makes sense to put that first. Inside my character art gallery, I have designs I’ve done for my films, pitches and class. I have character designs I made as fanart and later got licensed by the publishing house for a promotional event for a short period. I also have a character sheet I did for my Dungeons & Dragons character.
Next, backgrounds. Over the years, through freelance experience and self initiated drive, I’ve worked on a few notable backgrounds that I think speak for my skills. Besides being a character focused animator/artist, I’m also completely open to be a background artist for animation.
Then my published work. Even though these are some of my greatest achievements, I think its only right to place character art and backgrounds before this to showcase my skills. This section however, is purely just to demonstrate that I’ve had experience working with clients and strict schedules before. In this page are some book covers I’ve illustrated and other cool projects I’ve gotten to be a part of.
Following these categories are two pages. One for my term 3 film The Original Human and the other for my undergrad film Star-Borne. The website ends with a bio and a contact form. These parts of the website can also be accessed at the top of my website.
More about my social media portfolio in the blog entry about self-promotion.