CHARACTER REEL SHOT SHEET
ORDER | SUBJECT | TOOLS | Method |
1 | Beam Me Down | Blender Grease Pencil & 3D set, Krita paint. | Hand drawn 2D. |
2 | Transcendental Deer | Blender Grease Pencil, Krita paint. | Hand drawn 2D. |
3 | Mr. Baldwin | Blender Grease Pencil. | Hand drawn 2D. |
4 | Heron & Tumbler | Toon Boom, Photoshop, ink painting. | Rigged 2D. |
5 | Canoe & Snake | Toon Boom, Photoshop, ink painting | Rigged 2D, hand drawn 2D. |
6 | Woman in Forest | Moho, ink painting, After Effects. | Rigged 2D. |
7 | Bodhisattva | Moho, Krita paint, ink painting, Blender compositing. | Rigged 2D. |
8 | Floating World Ghost | Toon Boom. | Rigged 2D. |
9 | Deinonychus – Alchetron | Toon Boom, Blender 3D set. | Rigged 2D. |
10 | Yeti | Toon Boom, Blender 3D set. | Rigged 2D. |
11 | Bigfoot | Toon Boom, Blender 3D set. | Rigged 2D. |
12 | Flaming Skull | Toon Boom, Blender particles. | Hand drawn 2D. |
13 | Bats | Toon Boom. | Hand drawn 2D. |
14 | English Thug | Toon Boom, Blender 3D set. | Hand drawn 2D. |
15 | T-rex | Blender 3D. | Rigged 3D. |
16 | Swing Set | Toon Boom | Rigged 2D. |
17 | Biking to Ancient Kyoto | Toon Boom, pencil drawing, Photoshop. | Rigged 2D. |
18 | Baby Dino & Cave Man | Blender 3D | Rigged 3D. |
The bulk of this material falls into the categories of music video and short film projects. A lot of it was done as rigged 2D. This was an expedient and cost effective way to reach a variety of people’s media goals. The latest work blends the newest tools with an updated version of the oldest methods.
For more involved 3D art and animation please see Alien Approach: https://jwlane.us/alien-approach/
This reel imagines our space industry concepts as if they were actually from a distant exoplanet.