Project 6_After Effects_Walk Cycle

I found the character walk cycle to be one of the more interesting projects of the semester. I enjoyed using After Effects to bring the turkey to life, even if it was a short lived legacy. This project required an advanced understanding of the elements of animation and attention to detail. Although it would have been nice to have a team in place to animate each individual body part, conducting the animation on my own was not bad.

Project 5_After Effects_Kinetic Typography

For this project we were to animate a 20-30 second typography to any audio of our choice. I chose Eric Thomas, the Hip Hop Preacher, because of his enthusiasm, beat and message. For being relatively new t After Effects I am happy with how this project turned out. I was able to be ambitious with a few scenes and experiment, which really enlightened me as to how much is possible in After Effects. The only downside is that I had to make creative sacrifices on the backside of the animation due to time constrains. I hope you enjoy.

Project 4_Flash_Frame by Frame heavy lift

For this project we had to create a short animation using flash that displayed a character trying to lift a heavy object. Drawing is not my strong suite so please show a little sympathy and don't scrutinize me for using a stick figure. I hope you enjoy and have a good laugh.

Project 3_After Effects_K Drama Animation

For this project my group created a stop motion Korean Drama. the project was shot on my Nikon D5100, lit with a reflector and natural lighting, edited in After Effects and the graphics were created in photo shop. I wrote the concept for the project. Yoli drew the animatic. I shot and directed the action while Yoli, Jorge and Ashley acted or assisted with lighting. I edited together the video while Jorge found music, Yoli created the graphics and Ashley made the credits.

Project 2_ After Effects_Bouncing Ball

For project 3, I created a scene structure in Photoshop and then imported the individual layers into After Effects to be animated. I created the ground, sky, ball and animations all in After Effects. My creative style can be described as simple and creative and I believe that is reflected in this piece. While simple, I feel it is very fun and shows that I have a true grasp on the tools and laws of physics.

Cliff Craig

Project 1_Dragon Frame_Stop Motion

For project 1 Yoli, Jorge, Ashley and I used Dragonframe to do a knockoff stop motion remake of the video game, Brick. I am very pleased with the fruits of our labor and the efforts of our team as a whole. I look forward to our next project.

-Cliff

About Me

Cliff Craig
Senior at USF
BFA with a focus in video
I am interested in sports, narrative productions of any sort and nature.
My focus for this class is to learn how to create motion graphics.