Boomerang Buildings Intro Video

I had the opportunity to design and animate this explainer video for Boomerang Buildings:

(I should add that this is the short version of the video)

Boomerang Buildings supplied the script and voice-over track (voiced by Brad Ziffer). I created a rough animatic to help work out the visual ideas, story and timing. I tried to keep it fun and convey the message visually. Here is a section of the animatic:

(Medium: Photoshop/After Effects)

The character design was initially based on a more '50s & '60s UPA look (as seen in the animatic above), but that was later abandoned for a stickman look.

Once the animatic was locked down, I created color thumbnails in Photoshop and style frames in Flash.
The overall visual design is simple & graphic. I don't think I did that good of a job on the design, but i'll keep learning.

Color Studies (Medium: Photoshop)

Style Frames (Medium: Flash)

The final piece was illustrated and animated in Flash. The character was all Flash classical animation (2d-Flash or drawn) on twos and above, depending on how much action the scene called for. Symbol animation (Flash tweening) was used for the non-character elements.

Here are some stills from the final video:

Sage's Song (Pumpkinheads™) Animated Book Trailer

I had the fun opportunity to animate this trailer for an awesome children's book called "Sage's Song".



"Sage's Song" is part of the Pumpkinheads™ children's book series. If you have young children, check out the books here. You can also view more videos and trailers here.

I received Adobe Illustrator artwork created for the book by illustrator & animator Matthew Wilson and creator & author Karen Kilpatrick. I used a combination of Flash, After Effects and Blender 3d to animate the art.

I did some minor editing, no animation from me (other than the end screen), on the trailer for "Ella's Toys":