2nd Year Exam

My 2nd-year exam assignment, made over the course of 5 days.

Theme: Two individuals drinking together, one of them whispers something in the other's ear, which ilicits a reaction.

My chosen theme: Lust

Commercial Project

Our spot for Dyrenes Beskyttelse (the Danish Animal Welfare Society). We chose to focus on the consumer's choice. Made over the course of 5 weeks and animated in TVPaint.

Made by:
Me
Glenn Lange
Kenneth Ladekjær
Anne-Marie Laursen
Pernille Sihm
Tanja Hass Nielsen

Generals and wolves

Drawings I've done lately:

Here's two of my character, General Muttock:

1916

For five weeks, I worked on the survival-horror war game 1916, a WW1 first-person avoider... with dinosaurs. I animated the beasts, as part of my DADIU game experience.



You can find the game here.

Action scene

Escape Animation from Atli Hafsteinsson on Vimeo.

Our last assignment with Magnus Møller; an action scene with a running individual in a city. The scene took approximately five days to make.

My story is thus: a general has just been overthrown and has been forced to either flee or be taken prisoner, moments before this scene begins.

3rd semester Showreel

February 2011 Showreel from Atli Hafsteinsson on Vimeo.

Here is my showreel to conclude my 3rd semester at the Animation Workshop.

Midway Test

Midway test: Monologue from Atli Hafsteinsson on Vimeo.

One-week monologue test assignment. A guy is sitting in a Parisian restaurant, listening to the music and seeing this as a good opportunity to show his friend how cultural he is. He thinks.

The Wrong Speech (Acting with Prop)

Acting Animation: Wrong Speech from Atli Hafsteinsson on Vimeo.

I spent a total of 3 weeks on this exercise. An Antarctic explorer gives a speech to his team. At least, that's the intention. We had Michael Berenstein as our teacher.

Submarine Tour Guide (Monologue Exercise)

Acting Animation: Submarine Guide from Atli Hafsteinsson on Vimeo.

A two-week assignment with Erik Schmidt again. This is Alistair the submarine tour captain, giving some tidbits of the ocean to one of his tourist clientele.
(Sorry about the squashed image, it'll have to do for now.)

Trailer Project: Vertigo

Trailer Project: Vertigo from Atli Hafsteinsson on Vimeo.

A project made in collaboration between our two classes.

3 CGAs got a classic movie to reinvent artistically. They did all character designs, modelling, rigging etcetera, and then we did all the animation in two weeks under their direction, with Alex Williams overseeing the production. It was a great experience and I think the end result looks great, as do the other trailers.

The CG artists in charge:
Dennis Jensen
Stinna Liholm
Søren Falske

The Animators:
Christoffer Andersen
Josefine Hannibal
Aimall Sharifi
Me

11 Second Club

The Angry Visitor (11 Second Club Competition) from Atli Hafsteinsson on Vimeo.

I spent around 10 days on this for the November competition for the 11 Second Club.
Finished Nr. 135 out of 295

Hogan box lift

Animation and acting exercise in Maya, our final assignment with Sydney. A guy finds a box of puppies out in the street, while on his way to work... in no position to take it with him.

Hogan lifts box of puppies from Atli Hafsteinsson on Vimeo.

Week 44-45: Daisy the cow trots

Our first assignment with Sydney Padua was a cycle for Daisy the cow from "Agricultural Report". Here she is trotting along:

Daisy the cow trots from Atli Hafsteinsson on Vimeo.

Cartoon sketches

Here are some sketches I've done in the past month to cartoons.

Hogan walks & runs

The last few weeks, we've dealt with walks.
Here is a basic walk cycle:

Hogan Walk Cycle from Atli Hafsteinsson on Vimeo.

Then there is a character walk, towards the enemy:

Hogan's Angry Walk from Atli Hafsteinsson on Vimeo.

And finally a run cycle:

Hogan's Run from Atli Hafsteinsson on Vimeo.

Week 39: Hogan bow

Here is my week-long bow assignment with the Hogan rig. My Hogan is a knight bowing before a lady he likes.

Knight bows from Atli Hafsteinsson on Vimeo.

Week 36: Flour sack jump

Our first flour sack assignment. My flour sack is scared of jumping but knows he has to.

Flour sack jump from Atli Hafsteinsson on Vimeo.

Week 36: 3 balls dancing

Done in one day, this was a fun exercise; 3 balls dancing to the same piece of music. These balls are friends having fun at the discotheque.

3 Balls Dancing from Atli Hafsteinsson on Vimeo.

Week 36: Luxo Lamp

Our main second week assignment, Luxo Jr. doing a take. My lamp has the nasty feeling that someone is following him.

Luxo Lamp Take from Atli Hafsteinsson on Vimeo.

Week 35: Ball in room

My first assignment in Maya; a ball finds himself rudely awakened and panics at what woke him up.

Bouncing ball exercise (in Maya) from Atli Hafsteinsson on Vimeo.