At long last I’ve edited my slides and animation footage into ITP’s video archive so you can watch my thesis presentation in May. It’s nearly 20 minutes, but it’s funny (I promise) and provides a pretty good summary of DoggyCorps’ lifecycle (and a bit of my own) at NYU. Untitled from DoggyCorps on Vimeo.
Nothing like a deadline to get things movin’ again. Thanks to the ITP Book, I’ve iterated back through the visual design treatment for DoggyCorps, trying to bring a sense of geography into the presentation, as well as add some color to back up the black on white line drawings. I also came up with a …
check us out on kickstarter! About 3 months ago, I started work on a collective storytelling project I developed for two courses at NYU (animation and animal character representation). If you read this blog, you’re probably familiar with it. Having spent the last 5 years tied to dogs, I’ve heard all number of amazing stories …
With the advent of finals, I’ve been forced to break from my late, frame-by-frame nights in Flash and long days in various NYC dog parks…the result is the first installment of DoggyCorps, focusing on Brooklyn. Take a look! I’m happy to say that part 2 is already in the works (as are longer animations for …
DoggyCorps is a collective storytelling project that seeks to document the voices of New York City dogs, as narrated by their owners, sharing stories of daily habits and challenges in an urban environment. DoggyCorps is an effort to further connect people and animals under an umbrella of shared experience. Round one of DoggyCorps took the …
Examining the cute and the monster in regards to animal representation, I focused on the dog and his/her role as companion and soldier in relatively contemporary times of war. In researching instances of the dog as “monster” I was guided by a 1908 copy of National Geographic’s Book of Dogs as well as the French …
Here are some amazing maps I’ve found through bibliodyssey’s blog while doing research for my Animals, People and Those in Between final project: