Joe Hat - Walk Cycle
2D Education / Demo - Adobe Animate
Wendy
Character development, dialog acting and animation test.
Animated some shots, directed the rest.
Characters owned by Red Kite Animation
Animated some shots, directed the rest.
Characters owned by Red Kite Animation
Frenemies
Character development animation test
Malcolm character rig courtesy of AnimSchool.edu
Early shot development stages
Pyrata (2008)
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David's been directing animated TV series, developing projects, and teaching, mostly in Bangkok, Thailand, for the last year or two, with the nice people at The Monk Studio.
"Pyrata," the second season in the 'Paddle Pop Lion' TV series franchise to give him a 3D makeover, was completed in July, 2008. We produced 49 minutes (7 episodes x 7 minutes each) of animation in 6 months, including English writing and pre-production, with a team of 40 Thai artists. Distribution was Asia-Pacific, and later, Europe.
"Pyrata," the second season in the 'Paddle Pop Lion' TV series franchise to give him a 3D makeover, was completed in July, 2008. We produced 49 minutes (7 episodes x 7 minutes each) of animation in 6 months, including English writing and pre-production, with a team of 40 Thai artists. Distribution was Asia-Pacific, and later, Europe.
PaddlePop Lion: "Pyrata"
Directed by: David J Smith, Juck Somsaman
Selected Still Images from the Series
Produced in English with:
and Unilever Asia
Milkdrop commercials
Singing, dancing, Spanish-language commercials, featuring Mr. Milkdrop, a happy-go-lucky mariachi. I assisted the director Steve Martino with character visual development, doing sketches and pose sheets from his design.
In 3D I helped to rig the model with Orie Hegre and the Click3x LA team, and did character development test animations in Softimage. We wanted to make the character look flexible, liquidy, and free-form on a fast commercial schedule, without building blend-shape models. So a shape-it-as-you-go rig was built. We then animated the shots, comped and edited them into the live action. These are just my shots.
In 3D I helped to rig the model with Orie Hegre and the Click3x LA team, and did character development test animations in Softimage. We wanted to make the character look flexible, liquidy, and free-form on a fast commercial schedule, without building blend-shape models. So a shape-it-as-you-go rig was built. We then animated the shots, comped and edited them into the live action. These are just my shots.
