Mica Animates Fermi

Art students from MICA collaborate with scientists working on the Fermi Telescope at Nasa to create animated films inspired by the majesty of the cosmos.

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Rough Animatic without end credits, music, and other SFX. 

Storyboards by Alicia Robinson, Mica Bolanos, Lily Martin, and Nhi Luu. 

The Voice of DM is by Malcolm Jamison.

The Voice of Sunny is by Alicia Robinson. 

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storyboards from our NASA pitch!

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Boat has been colored and stained with further details such as: Mast, ladder, wheel, cannons, and thrusters. The green screen is set in the back to allow more freedom for the background.

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sun compared to the star

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Cyggie–He’s a super swan, a vigilante of the night

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Rough animation… still a little shaky, but that’ll be fixed later

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This is just one of the effects I’m using in my Gamma Ray Burst Animation.

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Keyframes (important frames that give an understanding of how and when actions occur) of various character’s and their voices.  Getting excited to be getting sound and animation together!

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A small vocal clip regarding ‘The Cursed Space Mistress’ - the creature of the black hole. Going to use various vocal clips as a basis to create keyframes for the animation of the characters.

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Updated character designs

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Another rough animation showing how Cygnus X-3 draws matter from it’s companion and emits x-rays and gamma rays

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Background test

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A detail of boat construction. Using only two materials for construction: craft sticks for foundation and exterior and hot glue to join the sections together.  More imagery here.

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Cuttin’ up in the Sound studio, creating some cool sounds for my animation project. Working with two fella’s taking classes from MICA’s sound art program. Teaching me how to DJ and put together some cool scratch tracks.