Animation: Monster

ROLE

Storyboarder and Animator

CLIENT

Portfolio Class

YEAR

Spring, 2025

A Little About This Project

This animation was made for my portfolio class. I got so absorbed in Epic the Musical that I absolutely needed to animate something to it. The results was this. All in all, the storyboarding was done in around a week and the animating took eleven days.

Story Board Part 1

This animation centers around my friend's character, Sterling and is inspired off of an Epithet Erased Campaign we're currently running. This is meant to show up as a later scene. Currently, Sterling is in charge of the island where the campaign takes place. He has good intentions, but is going down a dark path. This further intensifies once his friend, Mollie, the red haired woman, gets slain during a battle. At some point he'll end up in a fairy forest that has a magical, sentient fog. The fog's meant to mess with people's heads and effects everybody differently. In Sterling's case, it prompts him to start getting more violent.

Storyboard of Sterling in a fog that's trying to drive him mad.

Story Board Part 2

I followed the same process from my Skull Crusher Mountain animation where I ordered the storyboard to the tune of the song and then used it as a reference while drawing. Again, I like the animatic more in some ways.

Final Animation

The final animation involves a lot of hand animating, especially for the fog. I quite like the first half before Sterling jumps into the lake, but overall I'm pleased. I think this will make a great little piece to show when the time comes. My animating skills still need practice, and I think animating segments from campaigns like this is a great way to practice! Plus it doubles as a nice gift for my friends.