Quickie before class....

Maya's Notebook - Opening Shot

My BFA class was recently given the assignment to create a trailer for the book, "Maya's Notebook," by Isabel Allende. This is the opening shot I did for my group's trailer..

I wanted to create the illusion that as the image pans, it looks as if the camera is looking upward, rather than just panning up, which is why I used this warped perspective. 

Maya's Notebook Trailer - Shot 1 from Steven Knudsen on Vimeo.

Meowth - Rare Candy Gallery

Done for the "Rare Candy" gallery show/charity, that will open May 3rd, in downtown San Jose.

https://www.facebook.com/events/355490451219846/358589147576643/?notif_t=plan_mall_activity

I think a tumblr with all the art will be released when the show opens, but it's an awesome concept a couple of my classmates came up with, where a 151 different artists each got a different Pokemon to paint however they choose. 

I was assigned Meowth. I didn't watch Pokemon as a kid, so I didn't know any sweet Pokemon jokes to make, so I made my guy kickin' back, smokin' a cig for some reason. Rough day of Pokemon-ing, I guess.. 

This was the first watercolor I've done in a long time, and I had a blast! I'll definitely be doing more this summer.  

Comic

Here's a quick comic I did for a zine we're creating in Barron Storey's class, entitled "Holy Hell Hotel."

Dreamcrits!

I was lucky enough to attend Dreamcrits this past week, featuring Jason Scheier (http://d3capmode.blogspot.com/). 
I filled up 4 pages of notes in the relatively short critique, and learned a ton. Each critique was so packed with information I could hardly keep up.
Here's some goofy doodles I did while we waited for the critique to begin...

City Of the Beasts Reel

Forgot to upload this...
This was the final reel I created for my group, for the City of the Beasts project.
Did the title in After Effects and the rest was done in Premiere.



City of the Beasts Trailer from Steven Knudsen on Vimeo.

Adobe Ebook

For our latest project in BFA, we worked in groups for a competition to create an ebook for the story, "The Husband Who Was to Mind the House."

I did storyboards, layouts, line drawings, values, characters, rigs, animating, and actionscripting.

Here is the first page, used for a poster. The characters are poseable.

This being my first time using Flash, I had to learn how to make characters animatable. Knowing more now, I probably would have done some things differently, but it was a fun trying to improvise and figure things out.

A simple guide I made for my group.

A few of the layouts I did, with values.