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Digital Animator and Artist
Akira Title Sequence
This is one of many animation assignments I underwent in my sophomore year. This one involved us making an opening title sequence for a movie or TV show of our choice. I decided to do mine on the 1988 animated sci-fi epic, Akira. I consider this one of my best assignments because it is the first one where I made serious use of cel animation in Photoshop and included it in most of the scenes in this video.
Style Boards
Still Frames
For the most part, I decided to go with a limited color palette involving shades of black, white, and red to make it more akin to the original manga. This is also the first time I experimented with a "brush text" style, influenced by Japanese calligraphy.
 akiraproj_frame01.jpg |  akiraproj_frame02.jpg |  akiraproj_frame03.jpgThis backdrop was created using Adobe Illustrator... |
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 akiraproj_frame04.jpg... and was then blacked out in Photoshop. |  akiraproject_wendielee.jpgFor this one, I took an actual still shot from the movie and played around with a threshold effect and color selection in Photoshop |  akiraproj_frame06.jpgThe mutated version of Tetsuo seen in the sclera was eventually taken out and placed in the second to last scene in the final video. |
 akiraproj_frame7v4.jpgAs seen here, I ended up combining both styles of shading/lighting that were seen in the style boards. |
Animated Assets
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