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TJX Hispanic Heritage Month 2021

Illustrator, Inkscape

The store manager of a local HomeGoods reached out to me for an infographic detailing various connections between everyday culture and the Hispanic world.

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Into The Nexus

Inkscape, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Logic Pro X, Character Animator

For most high-end productions, audio novels bridge the gap between script and animation. My Thesis Project features the completed sound design, but also tests certain IK handles and foreshortening algorithms.

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The Zenith

Maya, JSPlacement

Although I modeled this spacecraft with a hand-drawn reference, I still had to visualize its appearance in three dimensions.

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Buddy Speedpaint

Inkscape, Illustrator

The following timelapse shows my process of employing an autotrace extension. I’d like to refine this feature, and minimize the tedious bits of digitizing lineart.

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Legacy

Illustrator, Photoshop, Audacity

Several months of research afforded me 2.5D rigs and dynamic body language. Those small kind of details both enhance my work and acclimate me to AE.

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Bad Encounter

Photoshop, Inkscape, Illustrator, Audacity

Background style and voice acting are among the breakthroughs after reorganizing my workflow.

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Unreality

Illustrator, After Effects, Prisma

Not long after picking up AE did I jump into character animation. I strung together a loose narrative using basic editing techniques and assorted media.

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Abstractions

Photoshop, After Effects

As my earliest foray into video, I made a few transformations heighten the eeriness of a distorted photo.

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Collage Final

Mixed Media

Compositing lets me channel a bunch of parts into something bigger. Digital or not, it’s almost second nature for me to create new meaning from old content.

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Bezold Effect

Illustrator

I designed a handful of patterns for a color theory project. Just by changing one color, one perceives the others differently.

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Cynicism

Illustrator

Under constraints of black and white, the piece relies on counterclockwise contours and downward angles to emulate a particular feeling.

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RJ v. 2016

Inkscape, Illustrator

Many art assignments would enable my work to integrate figure drawing and color theory. As a result I established an enduring, consistent style among my characters.

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