For almost 10 years I have had the privilege of working professionally as a 2D animator. I participated in many projects of different styles, and each one of them helped me to get out of my comfort zone and learn (or change) concepts about the industry that until then I wasn't very clear about.
But without a doubt, one of the keys to continue growing as an artist is not to stop studying the classics. When considering this idea, I set myself the challenge of animating characters that I always dreamed of doing (since, for various reasons, the opportunities would be almost impossible).
I share this pencil test of Simba from Disney’s The Lion King (one of my favorites, by far) playing hunter. I admit that it was not easy to draw a four-legged animal (even with reference images).
The challenge was to make his performance feel natural and believable. Still, I had a lot of fun in the process. I hope I have captured its essence.
A compilation of some rough animations I did for episode 6. The first sequence was animated by me from keys to inbetweens, later scenes I only did keys (the frames in black) and made some tiedown frames and notes in blue to guide the inbetweener on the type of acting and movement I wanted for the characters.
Here's my shot for the Cats Don’t Dance re-animated project, taking a scene from my personal favorite comfort film, "Cat's Don't Dance", and re-animating it. Darla Dimple remains one of my favorite villains and I had such a fun time animating her!
My undergrad thesis, "Jello Shot", is now out on YouTube! It's had a solid festival run and now it's time to throw it at the algorithm and hope for the best, so please interact with it - I spent 8 months on this thing!