Handmade Alpha Mattes

My thesis is very illustrative with a focus on hard work and being handmade. 

Here are some behind the scene shots of my handmade alpha channels! By recording the motion of black paint and ink on a white background, I then translate that information to opacity-- so black will be see through and white will not. I'll be using the paint / ink motions as scene and color transitions in my piece :)

In the container & on screen:

Dropped ink in a tall, clear container of water (seen here), soapy water and milk.

 

Working behind & in front of the camera: 

Clamped bristol paper to outside of fish tank and dripped ink, watercolor and acrylic paint.

 

The paint & the painting:

Taped velum paper to inside of fish tank and painted with acrylic paint.

 

Colorful Color Tests!

(Although most of these images are on my Tumblr I wanted to post about them together here)

These are a variety of color tests I have done for my thesis + the color palettes they are based off of. Big thanks to my illustration teacher Mr. Hodges for helping me push that atmospheric perspective!!

These are from the first round of color play to show day & night:

 

This round came after as I developed the story with seasons and these shots are straight from after effects with color palettes that inspired them: 

Winter 

 Spring 

Summer 

 Fall 

 

Ted X = Sarasota | The Spark

I made this short animation for Ted X event in Sarasota.

Given the challenge of making a piece relating to 'sports' my group of 5 & I had to create animations that could be played individually as well as together. Mine goes first, hence its title: The Spark.

I've Moved! // I'm Back!!

SEPTEMBER: 
Hello all!!

I've made the leap from blogspot to tumblr. 
Please continue to follow me, as I will continue posting process work of all the random things I do + currently lots of thesis process work.

I did this in hope of getting more exposure + spreading my art around.
So please, follow me here on tumblr:
http://axpope.tumblr.com/
also, feel free to follow me on instagram:
http://instagram.com/axpope

OCTOBER: 
Hey guys!
I'm back to blogger.

I tried the tumblr thing out... and the thing is- I love it for looking up inspiration and reference... but not for posting my own work. As of right now I use instagram for the same purpose I would tumblr-- for spreading my work around-- with more fun since I don't post strictly art. I enjoy blogger the way I do an [art] diary since I feel like I really get to craft each post and center it around something.

So I will leave my tumblr open and see how I continue to feel about it... but in the mean time I'm back to my beloved blogger. <3

Trippy Trees

Turned my season-changing trees into cute little .gifs!!
... they kind of look like they are on drugs, but in my animation they are actually changing seasons :). The gradual color change is temporary, I hope to add some cool textural change by the end of this!