Joe Donovan

Digital Media major Focus, Animation Maine College of Art This blog contains all of my process gifs, and still images, I hope you enjoy! To see my animated videos visit Joedonovanimation.wordpress.com

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Created these flour sack actions as part of the set of basic practice movements in animation.

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This is a practice animation I did of a plastic bag, the assignment was to make a leaf or feather so I tried to do something as light but with different volume.

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Some of the basic exercises in animation, done in my Character Animation class.

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This is a logo I designed for the “Umma Made” clothing line! The characters are Korean for mother (umma) I wanted to give it a painted calligraphy line-weight, and a font with a similar stroke look. Currently in progress, this is the first draft.

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Practice

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I made a logo for an up and coming edible company called the “Stony Pony” and here is a jpeg, process gif of the work, and an almost finished png with transparency.

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It took me days to set up, and I mean days, but I finally got all my drivers going for my new tablet, and I am so in love with my lil drawin screen

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This is an After Effects puppet designed in Photoshop to perform in Character Animator, based off Lana Del Rey. 

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This is a traditional animation I made in my Moving Image Lab class. The assignment was to create a 40 frame animation, which would be brought in and edited with After Effects. I call this character Kid Wizard, hope you like his trick!

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Participating in the #meettheartist memes!

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I find something absolutely beautiful about these intricate color animations. They don’t have the same dynamism as my older work, but I’m really enjoying working in this graphic style. 

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I’ve been working on an idea that’s stuck in my head, it’s a surreal animated self portrait.  The idea is to incorporate, gems, flora, fauna, and myself as statuary. Stay tuned for further failed attempts

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This is the animatic for my first chapter of Tales from Mama Don’s animatic

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This is the animatic for my second chapter of Tales from Mama Don’s animatic

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This is the animatic for my third chapter of Tales from Mama Don’s animatic

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This is the animatic for my fourth chapter of Tales from Mama Don’s animatic

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A couple designs for a toy, my design was originally a “Genie in a Box” designed after a Jack in the Box, later changed to being an ornate jewelry box where a Fairy lives.