My frightened punky fish!

I made this little flash animation very recently, as a practice with symbols and a bit of frame by frame drawing with the tablet.
It was fun to make my little punky fish look really scared and give him all the facial expressions related... I enjoyed doing it, and I like the result as well.

"Strange Encounters", my first stop motion animation!

Here is my first stop motion animation! I was so excited to try this animation techique, and I meant to experiment it in a while but didn't get the chance before...
I took a short stop motion animation course lately, and this is the result of it.
The charcters have been designed by me and another nice guy called Brian, who collaborated with me in the making of the animtion.
The boy has been designed by me and the beast/monster by Brian.
The background's original design is mine, but Brian executed the bigger painted version of it for the shooting.
The character animation, editing and sounds were all done by me.
We wanted to make something a bit eerie and misterious, and I think we succeded in the job, which I'm happy about. It looks quite spooky and uncanny, so it's a good result for me!
I enjoyed a lot working on it, and I mean to make some more stop motion short films as soon as possible...got a couple of projects brewing, so I'll get back to work with more and more stuff to experiment!



This above is my original background design for the animation.

My website

I just put my website on-line!
This is the link to it:

http://www.valentinagrasso.com

My "angry lady" animation

This a little animation I've been working on lately in my spare time...I really like this character I created, and I focused a lot on her facial expressions and their variations, to make the animation look quite comedic.
I like the lady's 20's look, and I hinted that she could be a jazz singer or something similar in those times (I imagined her whole story while I was drawing her...).
I like her cheekiness and her hot temper, I wanted her to have a lot of character! It was good fun to draw her...= )

Some new character designs and drawings!

I got back to work lately...been developing some characters for few little animations I'm working on. These are some of them!
I'm having fun, I'm drawing loads and animating loads...catching up for the lost time!
I'll be posting my new animations soon! = )

2D flash animator for Loolatopia - Superhero Street!

Here is my latest animation toil...I've just finished working on this music video for kids, Superhero Street. I've done this job for Loolatopia, a lovely american children publishing company, based in Chicago. It was entirely animated in flash by myself, but the characters were provided by the company's graphic artist.
This video will be spread around, posted on websites for kids, and shown in all the public events that Loolatopia periodically organizes, which always involve all families united, parents and children. It's meant to bring loads of positive energies and vibes to all those who watch it.
I enjoyed working on it, although it's been quite a long work...but it's just so nice to see it all together now.
The song played is part of a CD that Loolatopia published, which contains many catchy children tunes, performed by the band "Dave Hamilton and the space cadets".
Nice stuff, you can buy their CD on line as well!
I've got another animation on schedule for them, which I'm gonna be starting soon.
I'll post my work in progress anyway! = )

Illustrations and final layout for wedding invites

Here is the finished version of the wedding invite I did for my dear friend Debbie!
I've posted the illustrations I did first of all, and the final photoshop layout of the card... She loved it, which I was really happy about. I enjoyed it!
Just for record...the theme of the dragon and elf was suggested by my friend, who purposely required a dragon and an elf for her wedding invites (as she's a dragon freak!). I just wanted to point that out in case anyone who sees this starts wondering why I chose such a weird theme for a wedding, also because it's well known that I love my fantasy creatures!
In short...it wasn't me this time!!! ; )