FMX 2D Animation

Pickle Rick This animation was a personal rendition of a scene from the Adult Swim cartoon, Rick and Morty. Rick Sanchez turns himself into a pickle to avoid family therapy, but in doing so finds himself in trouble by falling down a sewer drain and having to find a way out. He creates a new body for his pickle form by fighting sewer rats and building rockets to launch himself up the pipes. Taking the most time and effort out of all the animations I completed this semester, I am very satisfied with the way it turned out. 

The Cowboy The voice of this animation is from the Doc Holiday western film, Tombstone. Before watching the original scene, I imagined an old western sheriff with his head down in a gun duel with two outlaws, which inspired this animation

Bald Man This man was a simple, yet effective, animation I used to develop consistency through change in a frame to frame change, which proved to be more challenging than I had anticipated. 

Stroll Through the Park Having being quarantined at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I was urged to return home. My daily routine at The University of Tampa involved taking a walk or bike ride through Plant Park, which I am no longer able to do. This basic animation was inspired by my daily venture to the park to visit the local stingrays, dolphins, squirrels, and birds. It was here that I felt most at home while on campus. I made sure to include a squirrel friend hiding in one of the trees.

Slackers This animation is inspired by my favorite cartoon as a kid, Regular Show. I had recently began to rewatch this Cartoon Network show and had began to sketch out Mordecai, as seen below. Mordecai's character is always more determined to get work done whereas Rigby isn't. I demonstrated that by having Rigby sleeping while Mordecai does the work that they should both be doing. I enjoyed this project in particular because of its nostalgia and made me appreciate the show even more after realizing how much time and effort goes into every frame of every scene.

Wrecking Ball When I hear the words overlapping action, in which one object causes another object to move, I am brought to think of a wrecking ball tearing down a wall, in which I illustrated in this animation. I included dust and debris particles which fall from the wrecking ball's destruction to add a sense of realism to this simple cartoon.

Bouncing Ball This animation was inspired by the memories of when one's mother would say "no balls in the house!" and despite these warnings, you still threw the ball in the house, ultimately breaking something expensive. The above animation was an in class trial that allowed me to visualize the behavior of the ball, as if I had thrown it into frame.