Fall 2010 Final

KCAI ANIM: Sophomore Final from Jeff Morice on Vimeo

Progress 1

KCAI ANIM: Sophomore Final Progress from Jeff Morice on Vimeo

Conversation

Untitled Conversation from Jeff Morice on Vimeo

Untitled from Jeff Morice on Vimeo

Elements

KCAI ANIM: Elements from Jeff Morice on Vimeo

Metamorphosis Remix, "N-Do-X-O"

Metamorphosis Remix from Jeff Morice on Vimeo.

Walk Cycle with Character

Walk Cycle with Character from Jeff Morice on Vimeo.

Walking Female

Female Walk Cycle from Jeff Morice on Vimeo.

Walking Male

Male Walk Cycle from Jeff Morice on Vimeo.

Walking Heavy

Male Walk Cycle from Jeff Morice on Vimeo.

Visual Research 1

 

Weight: Three Objects

KCAI ANIM: Three Weighted Objects from Jeff Morice on Vimeo.

Incremental 2

Bouncing Ball

KCAI ANIM: Bouncing Ball from Jeff Morice on Vimeo.

Ball Under Layer

Golf Swing Sequence

KCAI ANIM: Golf Swing Sequence from Jeff Morice on Vimeo.

Pendulum

KCAI ANIM: Pendulum from Jeff Morice on Vimeo.

Incremental #1

I've never done figure drawing in any sort of formal manner before. Today was a real education, especially given our short time limit. We had to completely capture the form and/or movement/gesture in a minute or two. It was particularly difficult from my vantage point. The overlapping action overlapped a bit too much, such that it became unclear where one form begins and another ends. I drew two little maps to assist me in discerning the jumbled shapes later. Exhausting. It reminded me of a Simpsons joke about having tried to do a live animated show, but the animator's hands kept cramping up.

Incremental Sample #1

Metamorphosis

KCAI Anim Metamorphosis from Jeff Morice on Vimeo.

I very much enjoyed animating this sequence. Playing with perspective was fun, but time consuming. At first, after seeing others' work during the week, I felt as though I had gotten carried away with the first transformation. Exciting ideas kept popping into my head, which kept me committed to that lengthy sequence. I was really excited to just let the animation flow, but I'm a planner. I will be doing other metamorphoses. Hopefully a lack of bookends will allow me to let loose. All my worrying aside, when I saw the sequence completed, I was very satisfied with how smooth it was.

KCAI ANIM: Hunting & Gathering Project, PART 1

My favorite place growing up was an open-air chapel among a small forest of purple-trunked trees. The trees' dead yellow needles litter the ground around them. This place has a certain magic to it. The treetops block out any and all sunlight, sort of displacing time, turning day into night. I am not a religious person, but if there were a god, this is where he would be.

I haven't been in Kansas City long enough to have established a true favorite place, but I tend to favor the quiet and the serene. This place is both. I very seldom cross paths with anyone else up here. The immediate area is so clear, simple, untaxing, that it is one of the few places where I can just let my mind go blank. And with nothing overhead, it is just me and the open sky.