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Short film: Earthling Encounters
In my second semester of my 1st Bachelor at KASK school of arts I mostly worked on this short film. Inspired by close encounters, I created an alien tourist character who is fascinated by human culture but doesn’t fully understand it. This character is a ‘deus ex machina’ in the story when he arrives at
traffic cone installation
For my third project in my second semester at KASK school of arts I had to make an animation outside of the cinema screen. I designed this traffic cone that could be placed in a variety of locations and look around. I made this introduction film to present the project. The cone is build with
Animations 1st bachelor
the first animations I had to make in our 1st semester at KASK school of arts were walkcycles. in 5 different assignments a character had to walk from one end of the screen to the other. The First walkcycle had to be animated with a cut out character. each bodypart was a seperate piece that
Short film: Not so little not so German not so boy
This week myself and a costudent at KASK: Antoine Watteau had the task to make a short film inspired by the book ‘the blindfold’ by Siri Hustvedt. On friday all the groups presented their film where we all got valuable feedback for our bigger projects in the second semester. A few months later all films
Godzilla Stop-motion movie(part 2)
Today I presented my Stop-motion films at the art academy in Mechelen as well as the maquette I used during filming. This project was inspired by Godzilla movies from the 60’s and 70’s which used miniatures and practical effects in a time before computer graphics. You can tell its not real which gives these movies
‘Maiden Flight’ hand-drawn digital animation
As a first test using the digital software Krita for animation I made this short film. Each frame is drawn by hand making the process time-consuming but fun. Giving ‘life’ to your drawings, making the audience believe they are seeing a moving image. I decided for this first test to pick something that doesn’t have
work in progress: Godzilla stop-motion movie (part 1)
Around June 2024 I got fascinated by old TOHO-studios Godzilla movies. Their use of suits and miniatures inspired me for a project I am currently working on. In September 2024 I started a city maquette spread over a large table and build a Godzilla stop motion figure. Later I added toy cars and a NECA
Alcohol markers
Since October 2024 I have been experimenting with this new medium to make art. Where I normally used pencils, alcohol markers create a feel with blending and vibrancy that I haven’t been able to replicate with the former. But they both have their use cases As you can probably tell I still needed to learn
Space Shuttle Opportunity
From december 2023 until june 2024 I had to opportunity to make a spaceshuttle replica at around 1/30 scale. I was Inspired by a visit to the kennedy space centre back in july of last year. I build the space shuttle orbiter, solid rocket boosters and the fuel tank. I finished it just in time
