Hello, I’m a production major working on two short animation projects (approx 5-9 minutes) that I’m looking for help with. The goal is to deliver a quality product that people can watch and enjoy while at the same time building up a professional resume for all who help. As a college graduate my personal goal is to start a career in animation audio so I will be taking this project very seriously. Best case scenario the videos gain a large audience and attract a studio interested in giving us all jobs, worst case scenario we create a very strong addition to our digital resumes.

I’m specifically looking for a penciler that can draw anime/manga style that can draw very basic 3 sided character sheets and some head positions (ex. [link] )

THE WAY IT WORKS: All sketches are vectored into the animation software where I can add what are called “bones” to move the characters (popular animations similar to this style of animation are “Metalocalypse,” “Stoked,” both of which can be googled and youtubed for examples). So basically once a character is vectored into the software, they can be manipulated without having to draw frame by frame. I plan on doing some on-location photo references for creating more realistic enviroments, but I am not opposed to finding someone interested in doing painted backgrounds (as long as the art matches stylistically)

PROJECTS: I will eventually be animating both projects.
Crown of the Eclipse: target demographic – young adult female, art style – dark and cutsey (an animation designed for cosplay and merchandising), setting – 8th graders with angels and demons.
Monolith: target demographic – young adult male, art style – violently artsy (bloody sword fights and monstrous creatures), setting – fantasy (pirates/ninjas/sharks oh my). This animation is planned to be more of a “motion comic” with subtle things animating along with camera movements, this will allow more detail to be animated to maximize the desired artistic quality. This project will probably require a little more from the penciler than the other project.

I have many examples of things I have done with the software for the various projects already in my gallery. I’ve been working on these projects for a while now by myself, but unfortunately my forte has always been audio/music while my drawing skill isn’t up to par for the quality of project that I wish to have. (lots of trouble with offset head shots and "action" poses, for examples of my music please visit [link] ).

A wise person once said “Great projects don’t take a lucky break, just a whole lot of hard work.” I hope to hear from some of you soon!