Naia's Nursery is a story about a sweet attraction between a boy flower named Edmund and a girl flower named Rosalie, who fell in love at first sight. I directed and created the story, designed the characters, the backgrounds, and traditionally animated the film. My partner, Josh Dresner, who is also a fellow animator, created the effects animation that depicted Rosalie's perfume. Nate Combs, a fellow classmate at the Academy of Art University, composed an original music score that complimented the film beautifully. In 2013, I graduated from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California and attained a degree in Master of Fine Arts in 2D Character Animation and Visual Effects. Shortly after, I completed my film in May 2014.
Art for Naia's Nursery
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Cleaned up animation pencil test of Sheriff Sam.