Salao

Salao : > My senior animation film, made at the Kansas City Art Institute in > spring of 2013.

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Here’s what I got so far. No effects just music.

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An old man who prides himself on his success as a sport fisherman finds himself becoming the trophy of a mysterious predator.

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Finally revised my animatic. The drawings are terrible. Also Matt Lloyd is gonna have better solutions for about %90 of these shots so bear that in mind. To my knowledge all of the music is royal...

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What cave of treasure is complete without a monkey idol? The goblins in my film have a lust for all things shiny. Here’s how I make my shiny things. (Hint: with gold spray-paint)

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Dad's progress so far with two of my props on deck. The scale matches up nicely. The boat with some spackling paste on the hull to fill in the gaps. The roof of the cabin is also glued in plac...

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Here, dad adjusted the width of the door opening to accommodate the bulkiness of my puppet. Planking begins. Planking is finished! He told me this isn't usually what it would look like, but ...

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Boat Construction Part 1 This was all done by my father and hero George Morrissey. He’s a naval architect, and facilities manager of the towing tank at the University of New Orleans. 

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Size comparisons to all the characters.

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Hopefully when it's done it'll look like this! The base of the skull is made from Alumilite 2-part Super Foam 320. The foam has a 1:1 mix ratio and expands to 20 times it's liquid volume. ...

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The refining process to remove the rough edges from the helmet is very complex and delicate. Makin’ a diver’s helmet!

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My dad is awesome. He's making the fisherman's boat, which is modeled after Hemingway's "Pilar" from scratch. This is the wireframe he made in Rhino. The boat is going to be carved out of a bi...

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An old man who prides himself on his success as a sport fisherman finds himself becoming the trophy of a mysterious predator.

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An old man who prides himself on his success as a sport fisherman finds himself becoming the trophy of a mysterious predator.

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Applying the initial foam. Just bed foam and hot glue. Giving him shape I chiseled his head from a block of Freeman polyurethane foam. Some of the higher density stuff. Then I halved the h...

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Concept art for the tunnel scene. 

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An old man who prides himself on his success as a sport fisherman finds himself becoming the trophy of a mysterious predator. 

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