Nightshift
Nightshift is a project of mine that explores the story of an 18-year-old girl who is caught in a cycle of abuse.
I was responsible for directing a crew of five to create a stop motion short film concept.
Character Designs
Responsible for all character designs
Human Marlow and her Wolf counterpart
The Soft Deer and their sinister counterpart, the Skeleton Deer
Puppets
Responsible for all character sculpts
Human Marlow
Responsible for entire puppet sculpt
Using a dremel and magic sculpt to create various expressions on the plastic heads
once the heads have been sanded and primed I went ahead and began painting each head, trying to make them as identical as possible
Lauren Rebelo and I were responsible for fabricating the final Human Marlow puppet
Wolf Marlow
Working remotely on the quadruped sculpt
Responsible for entire puppet sculpt
Responsible for testing alpaca and goat hair with RIT dyes and hair dyes
Animation motion test with the goat hair on a tester build-up puppet
Responsible for all
Soft Deer
Work in progress sculpt!
Responsible for entire puppet sculpt.
The deer were flocked to create a soft, velvety appearance
Lauren Rebelo and I were responsible for fabrication
Skeleton Deer
Responsible for entire puppet sculpt
Testing out the jaw mechanics
Final Skeleton Deer puppet
Fabricated by Lauren Rebelo, with casting assistance by me