Okay, so I got a message on my Vimeo from an animation curator for this website called Tallenge telling me to enter into a contest saying I had a really good chance to win(probably what they say to everyone to get them to participate). It's suppose to be a talent platform where you submit your work and people vote on it and you win money. Could be a scam/not really that great/stupid website, but I thought I'd give it a try. So if you have the time watch my vid and go and vote for me, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
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Senior Exhibition Space

Here's a few pictures from my Senior Exhibition space at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design in May of 2013. Included are drawings, figure drawings, interactive pieces, and video.

Overtake 

Ink, gesso on paper

Here's a link to the animation

View Overtake Animation Here

Arrival
ink, gesso on paper

 Embrace
graphite on paper

This an interactive podium with a live feed screen connected to a camera inside the podium. The orange triangle contains ink under a layer of thin plastic creating an interactive surface the viewer could place there finger upon and move the ink inside. In the next image you will see what it looks like as it is fed to the screen.

The camera was so close behind the orange triangle that when you touched it you could see your finger print on the screen through the inky texture. I wanted to offer that macro look that is so prevalent in my videos, but I also wanted to make it interactive. I wanted to bring viewers into the creation of my work. It was sort of an attempt at a behind the scenes or making of for my videos. It was a way for me to show how my videos are made instead of just telling how they were made.

 Here are all of my figure drawings I chose to show.

 And below that is another interactive piece. A shelf made of two pieces of thin plexi-glass with ink in between them. Sort of like a giant slide you would observe under a microscope. Lights underneath the shelf illuminated the surface and created a cosmic aesthetic relative to the night sky. One could walk up to the shelf and press their finger into the surface causing the ink inside to explode into life and create all sorts of interesting shapes and textures. I could see this being installed in a place like a bar or lounge where people wouldn't realize it is interactive until pressure is applied by an object or resting an elbow on the surface.

No Signal

This one's not so great but still has interesting moments

Passtatic

you guys like gifs? I like gifs.

THESIS PROBLEMS

HAnds

Hey I'm in this one!

Mires

200x

So I went to the xerox machine to make a copy and I ended up doing this. Basically I zoomed about 200% every copy. It's pretty fun and easy. I suggest you try it.

Coffee/Take-out video

Coffee/Take-out from Paul Rabe on Vimeo.
It took me a long time to figure out what kind of sounds I wanted to use for this video, but after drinking too much coffee and eating some left over Chinese take-out I started getting some pretty weird sounds coming from my stomach. I decided to jam a microphone into my abdomen and see what I could record. I think they fit together rather nicely. The materials I used were Layered ink, Color gel, and plexi.

This is what I was doing while I wasn't doing this other thing I was doing

While taking a break from editing some sound and video I made this. It's a very altered version of a piece of video I'm working on. I was curious how it would look compared to some stuff I made in photoshop a few years ago. Much more colorful than I usually work.

I had a hard time looking at what I was doing tonight so I decided to work a different way. What I'm working with right now is too much to look at for too long. It get's tiring. This was sort of a breather I guess, might open more options I think. I'll give you an image of what I'm working on right now.

I'm pretty amateur with sound, but I like to keep it simple. I don't do much in the way of sound, besides alter sounds I've found myself, a few layers, some pitch effects maybe. But yeah there's a little preview I guess. Here's to a productive break.

Grey and Grey in Spacesuit

Here are the two different versions of my character Grey. I'm thinking for the way I want to animate Grey is a real ethereal, smoky like motion. His skeletal wires will be intermittently visible as his skin moves over his body. His legs will melt into a big puddle around his feet. Once he puts his space suit on, his body will be contained. I'm dealing with some issues with his head being too heavy so I might change what I use for his mask. I have half a golden bouncy ball that my girlfriend found when she was cleaning her room. I think that might work nicely and still work to the same effect. Anyways let me know what you think about the character models because they are still very much up in the air.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY I LOVE YOU.

I MADE THIS, I THINK...

Sudden burst of energy lasted through the night. Got some writing done, made dumplings out of pancake mix and then moved on to making some chili. Maybe I'll put the finishing touches on this little scene and get you guys a video. Starting to feel the pain...

INK SPACE on VIMEO

Ink Space from Paul Rabe on Vimeo.

Ink on mirror. Seeing a lot of cosmic imagery I intend to use in an upcoming narrative I'm working on.

VIMEO PAGE

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