Jennifer Jean Lee » Animation

Pepband Trip Doodles

Jennifer — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:55:13 +0000

Recently I went on a trip with the pepband to play at the Davis Picnic event. When much was happening in the back of the bus (details that I’ll leave for you to imagine – it’s probably juicier in the imagination anyway ), I was in the front playing a awesome telephone like doodle game.

The rules:

Have the correct number of index cards for the number of players in the game. (example – if there’s 5 people playing you’d have 5 index cards, or tear the standard letter paper to 5 pieces)
Everyone draws (whatever) on their first index card. *There’s a time limit
Pass it on clock wise or counter clockwise
When you get the card from the person next to you, you get a limited amount of time to describe what you see on the next index card.
Pass it on (to the direction that the cards are moving in *duh*)
Read what the person has described and then attempt to draw what they have written
Repeat process until you get your own image back.
Hilarity ensues.

Hope you enjoy the morphing of my original drawing.

“More”

Jennifer — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:15:14 +0000

This claymation More by Mark Osborne, is a short animation that gave me the inspiration to make my own claymation The Things We See which can be found in my portfolio section. Though there are no quotes, I’m putting it under the category of “words of wisdom” since there’s something that can be learned from this video. At least that is what I believe.

“The Academy-Award® nominated animated short-film tells the story of a lonely inventor, whose colorless existence is brightened only by dreams of the carefree bliss of his youth. By day, he is trapped in a dehumanizing job in a joyless world. But by night, he tinkers away on a visionary invention, desperate to translate his inspiration into something meaningful. When his invention is complete, it will change the way people see the world. But he will find that success comes at a high price, as it changes himself, as well.” (quote from www.gethappy.com)

I had a small file of “More” on my laptop for a long time, but youtube really has done wonders for finding short films that have moved me in someway (additionally helping me find the official websites of the artist). Here is the More via youtube and if you want to experience a higher resolution of this beautiful claymation, you can buy the DVD from the creator’s website. So Are You Ready to Get Happy?

“Doll Face”

Jennifer — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:35:36 +0000

I randomly stumbled upon this short by Andy Huang called “Doll Face.” It is a pretty sad short. If you’re someone who is constantly worried about the way you look because you don’t meet the set “standards,” then maybe by watching this you will realize something.

I truly believe that one’s internal beauty surpasses one’s physical beauty. Though, I have at times been a hypocrite, trying to strive for the image of what society wants me to be rather than being myself and accepting the way I am. I think that if you can balance your physical health and your emotional health, then you have far exceeded the unrealistic-photoshoped “standards” that our society sells today. Here is the video.

You can find more of Andy Huang’s work at Root Films a production company that he is part of.