Interesting Animation Style

The clip above is the opening 13 seconds or so from an animated project I art directed and animated…that never saw the light of day. Heck, it didn’t even see a light bulb swinging back and forth in the wind on a lonely front porch.

It was based on an idea from a very funny writer in L.A. that I met. Dave had an idea that seemed suited to my collage style. It was a show about real trash. I won’t say more, maybe Dave is shopping it.

I designed most of the characters, started building them in poses in After Effects and did almost all the layouts of the 5 or 6 minute short. Then it happened.

Life.

Bills.

I had just bought a house, and was getting ready to start Grad School. I lost all my free time. Did I mention the house was a FIXER. Yeah, all in caps.

So the project just sort of died. Above is a short animated clip that uses the opening layout with some simple music and snd. effects. The three pieces of art are the main characters and that opening layout.

There are so many projects to pursue, so many interesting ideas. But sometimes life gets in the way, and the ‘freebie’ ideas fall to the side. Not to blame Dave. We had a partnership and I would have shared in any success, but building and animating 6 minutes would have taken time I didn’t have. Pretty cool looking though. Wish I had finished it.