"How I bought the farm"- The Pitch

One of the classes I am taking this quarter is The Pitch, taught by Professor Goto. It revolves around concepting and pitching a single idea to a Warner Bros creative executive at the end of the quarter.

My idea is for a short "webisode" series, "How I bought the farm", targeted at kids 11-14. Seth, a germaphobic, paranoid 12 year old boy is sent to live on his grandparents' farm for a summer. Being thrown out of his comfort zone and into a world of dirt, unfamiliar creatures and crazy neighbors, Seth has to battle his way through each day. With the help of a quirky girl next door, his eccentric, dance-loving grandparents and his sidekick cockroach, Twitch, he may just survive and become a normal kid.

Here are a few concept sketches of the characters!

The Devil went down to.. the Gap?

This is a dialogue exercise for my Digital Cell Animation I class, with Professor Webber.
We were taught to use the nesting and swapping methods for the mouth shapes and lip syncing. I preferred and used the swapping method for this assignment. I enjoyed animating his inflections, mainly because of the great dialogue clip i recorded with Mike Walker (thankyou!). I would like to go back in and do more eases with the body movements. I was strapped for time, but overall, I am happy with how he came out. Critiques would be great! Thanks!