Raw sex anyone?

A Public Service Announcement project done in stop motion. The meat is actually pork butt fyi.

PSA from Jane Wu on Vimeo.

Botany

Character Models

Last week I went to the Ottawa International Animation Festival for the first time. It was really great, I saw a ton of films and met some amazing animators! I was most inspired by Peter Sohn, who directed Partly Cloudy (a short film that was played before Up). He was the funniest speaker, it was almost like watching a stand up comedian with animated visuals and storyboards. He happened to be a first generation Asian-American that had to deal with language barriers with his mother, which was exactly what I had to deal with my entire life. It really reached out to me, especially seeing that he was able to become a director for a Pixar film! (Although it did take him 9 years to get up there.) I am definitely going back next year, and am pumped to work on my own film!!

Some photos from the trip:

Walking by the bridge at dawn. Photo taken by Katie Kirschner!

Went to a patisserie with DELICIOUS baked goods and coffee!

A plethora of breads!

Erica and I carving pumpkins.

A little update--here are character models of my two main characters:

Cabinet Girl

Book Girl

BYOP contest

The past weekend my beloved roommate and I decided to enter a 24 hour animation contest (called Bring Your Own Pixel). It was painful. It was amazing. The theme was "It hurts so good." Thanks a bunch to Chase and Keith for keeping us alive during the 24 hours!!

Here it is:

Fresh Juice from Jane Wu on Vimeo.

A little insight on the making of this video:

Advanced Post Production

Here is an assignment I did incorrectly, but I enjoyed doing it very much anyway.

Birth from Jane Wu on Vimeo.

A photo compilation/transition assignment. One of the best part of traveling in China was the FOOD!! Photos taken by me, winter 2009. Music from PUMP IT UP (Beethoven - Vivaldi Winter). The foods were from various parts of China, including Guangzhou, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Hong Kong.

Food of China from Jane Wu on Vimeo.

Summer Days sketches

Took a visit to the park with my bike.

Drinking and drawing with my lovely yet strange friends.

Melissa Ling

Kris Mukai


Hunter Heckroth

Kat Mukai
Dick Chan

FML Moments

This week was a total Fuck My Life moment. Long story short, losing your passport and your birth certificate at the same time really sucks. Especially if you don't own a driver's license. Had to take several days off just to fix this problem.

In any case, since I didn't get a chance to do much animating, here's some random and old sketches just to keep up my weekly updates.

I like to draw random cute girls sometimes.
These are possible characters for my senior thesis animation. I've always liked this sketch and the concept that I've thought of for it, but I'll see where it goes.

The cover to one of my moleskin sketchbooks. Bringing back the Paper Manager from HATCH Vol II.