Art School Science and Math

One of the toughest part of finals were the classes that I wasn't the most knowledgeable in. None the less, here we are: a finished Human Anatomy final [of a bunny with a human gastrointestinal tract] and GIFS that were linked together via Processing for my Interactive Design final. The finished product can be found on my website!

The 12 Days of Finals

 Of all the semesters I have spent in college, this first semester of my senior year definitely had me the most bonkers once finals came around. What could be better than giving myself a new assignment: describe the two weeks of finals in 12 GIFS? I don't even have to spend too much time on them. I have just been wanting to get better at pumping them out (expect many-a-GIFS soon over at http://radfortress.tumblr.com).

I got lots of positive feedback, and lots of overall messages and comments from friends who said these were able to make their week. I had a few friends who would even request to be the star of the gif. I tried to always ask whoever was around me at the time for any suggestions, so I see these more so as a collaboration of ideas from me and my friends.

 

Now, "The 12 Days of Christmas" is a pretty repetitive song. Let's skip all the nonsense and get to the meat of this beat:

"On the eleventh day of finals, my true love gave to me:

eleven fucks fleeting,

ten things a' thwarting,

nine chaps complaining,

eight Tiens a' tweaking,

seven students a' sobbing,

six cans a' waiting,
five pots of coffee!
Four Colleens bored,
three fried brains,
two warm red bulls,
and one fucking hour of sleep.

On the twelfth day of finals, my true love gave to..."

All these gifs can be found on my Tumblr if you'd like to give them a like!

Now excuse me as I proceed to clean up my room, my diet, and my mind. I'll throw up some of my [actual] finals for good measure. Then it's back to the old grind!

Coffee Enjoyment Character Rig

Here's a character rig I made for Animation III class. The assignment was to take any clip and do a little bit of lip-sync as well as movement to compliment it - using a character rig with Toon Boom's network system. I chose an Office Space Quote and a big slurp noise. This piece was featured in CCAD's 134th Annual End-of-the-Year Student Show.

Here's an older character rig I made in Animation II class: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQClBzGx7d4

Finals! Summer! Hooray!

Haven't updated with proper gusto in awhile - a lot has happened in the past month. Namely, finals. But it's finally over! Summer is finally setting in. Some big things that happened, that I need to put up some posts about:

- Updated Experimental Animation Cat Project, a final project gif/video
- Handful of passes of animatic for Layout and Timing Class/"Space Puppy"
- Handful of passes for Animation III/"Hardcow"
- Rigged Character for Animation III
- Finished/Updated project for Motion Graphics, Demo Reel for Motion Graphics
- "Forthmade" t-shirt screen-printing experience

In the meantime, here is a gif experiment I made in class a few weeks ago of my friend Jeff Ockerse (http://giantfrogfish.tumblr.com). He and I collaborated on a magazine cut-out animation a few months go (http://sarahmaeschmidt.blogspot.com/2013/02/rager-rick.html), and it actually got recognized in the CCAD 134th Annual Student Exhibition.

Illustration Band Project Final

These designs have came a long way since the start of the project:

Logos: http://sarahmaeschmidt.blogspot.com/2012/11/illustration-band-project-process.html

T-Shirts: http://sarahmaeschmidt.blogspot.com/2012/11/illustration-band-project-process-2.html

CD/Tour Bus: http://sarahmaeschmidt.blogspot.com/2012/11/illustration-band-project-in-class.html