Looking back - Portfolio for Scandinavia and The World

My  2nd year animated short. Done with the help of Dan Harvey and Robin Gerndt.
Moth from Ciprian Costas on Vimeo.

 These two short animations i've worked on with Julia Young, Bethan Davies, Yaw Asamoah & Ryan Walsh - they were used as stings for the Glammies Showcase 2013.
Peace Pipe from Julia Young on Vimeo.

Smoke Signals from Julia Young on Vimeo.


 This was my first character animation project, made traditionally on paper.


This was my second character animation project, however, done in Adobe Flash. The idea was to get a drawing from a middle school student and animate it for her.


 The rest of the works in this post are non animated. The Pure and The Tainted is a storyboard inspired by the song with the same title by Blue Stahli.

The Pure and the Tainted - sb. by existtraiesc on deviantART

March trinket is a storyboard inspired by a traditional eastern european legend.

March trinket - storyboard by existtraiesc on deviantART

Anca is a character inspired by one of my friends. I took the liberty of creating a cartoon version of her and these are the design process.

Anca - development2 by existtraiesc on deviantART

Anca - development by existtraiesc on deviantART

Anca - character expressions by existtraiesc on deviantART

Anca - character design by existtraiesc on deviantART
 
Anca - Special poses by existtraiesc on deviantART

Anca - close up by existtraiesc on deviantART

The rest are life drawings and portraits done back in my architecture years and my first year of animation.

Scared by existtraiesc on deviantART

Bleeding blind by existtraiesc on deviantART

Doodles by existtraiesc on deviantART

Portraits 3 by existtraiesc on deviantART
 
Portraits 2 by existtraiesc on deviantART

Portrait and Charicature by existtraiesc on deviantART

Colored Poses by existtraiesc on deviantART
 
Nude 1.4 by existtraiesc on deviantART
 
Human shapes by existtraiesc on deviantART

Life Drawing

This is one long post, as i would like to 'get rid of' all the life drawing i've done last year. 

Animals and Birds by ~existtraiesc on deviantART

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Animals and Birds 6 by ~existtraiesc on deviantART

Cartoon Sketches by ~existtraiesc on deviantART

Color Pose by ~existtraiesc on deviantART

Colored Poses by ~existtraiesc on deviantART

Portrait and Pose by ~existtraiesc on deviantART

Feet Study by ~existtraiesc on deviantART

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Portrait and Charicature by ~existtraiesc on deviantART

Portrait sketch by ~existtraiesc on deviantART

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Push and Pull by ~existtraiesc on deviantART

Lift and Throw by ~existtraiesc on deviantART

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Walk by ~existtraiesc on deviantART

Torse Study by ~existtraiesc on deviantART

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Painting Study by ~existtraiesc on deviantART

Painting Study 2 Reine de Joie by ~existtraiesc on deviantART

Painting Study 5 - The Dance by ~existtraiesc on deviantART

Painting Study 4 - Promise No2 by ~existtraiesc on deviantART

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Male and Female Body by ~existtraiesc on deviantART

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Nudes and leg study by ~existtraiesc on deviantART

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Character Design & Animation

This was the last module during my first year of animation. You will see the design and pre-production process of my character, and his animation as well. You may have seen it before in the previous post, but i will post it again here.

                

First Year of Actual Animation

One of my procrastinating habits is to 'defile' walls, doors or furniture with post its with art concepts on them. 

I had enough work to put in my portfolio when i applied for University of Glamorgan (University of South Wales), but i don't know what pushed me to the idiotic decision of putting these 'defiled' walls in there. 

You can see the other walls in my previous posts, and as i compare them, it seems i have gotten less productive with a bad habit once i came to Cardiff - less productive with a bad habit...if it makes any sense.

 

Here is a playlist of all my animations done in my first year of university. You can see all of them on my Youtube channel.  The voices in the final character animation were done with the help of Dan Harvey (Devyn), Yaw Asamoah, Robyn Kelly and me (the audience).
 

At the end of the year we had a chance to finally do some colored work. The 2 stings below, i made in a collaborative group with Julia Young,  Bethan Davies, Yaw Asamoah & Ryan for the Glammies show. The theme was Western, but in the monotony of cowboys, we felt like putting native Americans in the spotlight.
You can find these videos on Julia's Blog and her Vimeo Channel.

Peace Pipe from Julia Young on Vimeo.


Smoke Signals from Julia Young on Vimeo.

It will be a while until i post another animatic or animation, so until then you might see different life drawings, sketches & other scraps.