The Wanna Be Oddie Trailer

This is a short trailer of my MFA Animation thesis project. This 3 mins short film is in production right now and coming soon next May.

By the way, I'm looking for volunteer music composer and sound designer for this project.
Whoever interested in doing sound and music please feel free to email me,
benlamjunbin@gmail.com

For further information regarding this project, please visit:
thewannabeproject.blogspot.com
 
 

Tangled, MUST WATCH!!!

Go watch Tangled in movie theater folks! It's so awesome!!!!

Rapunzel is so appealing and Maximus is my favorite character! XD

Frank and Ollie, and Cowboy Bebop

Alright, Frank and Ollie (DVD) isn't related to Cowboy Bebop in anyway, but they're the few of the best inspiration materials that I've discovered. Go check them out!

Frank and Ollie DVD

and Cowboy Bebop OST,

making a short film by my own is somehow tiring, but these great inspiration always cheer me up, A LOT~ =D

The Wanna Be Project, IP

My AAU final thesis, Animation in progress now.

Disney's Beauty & the Beast Musical

Eventually, this musical brought back my childhood memories & dreams.

I remember every movies that I had watched with my parents, & this is one of it.
I used to sketch out the beast on the paper but it failed until the day I found the coloring book... XD

I can't remember how many times I've played the VHS I have.

Every animator & artist has the first thing that enlighten them when they're kids, & Beauty & the Beast is mine.

Listen to the scores & songs playing live is more stunning than I expected. =)

I found this in youtube, it played in KL, Malaysia~ though the sets, lighting & costume design was a little different. ^^

A Kid Was Yielding to Another Kid, 'Stop Yielding..!' While They're On Merry-Go-Round

yesterday was the Forth of July, & I just realized, that was the 3rd Forth of July I had in America,
have seen the fireworks 3 times in Fisherman Wharf, San Francisco.

not really excited but still have lotz of fun. I'm glad there's cool friends around me always.

btw, some good news yet to be announced, if nothing goes wrong, hopefully =)

Storyboard Reel 2010

My Storyboard Reel =)

Holiday

Some photos I would like to share with my wide angle film camera. Enjoy. =)

Holiday, have been sending + emailing demoreel out for internship.

and getting a new roommate & new apartment.

and haven't been doing any animation related work yet.. sigh.

BEN . LAM . JUN . BIN 1.0

My personal website,

benlamjunbin.com

is up now.

Devices like ipad create new web browsing experiences, it's all about sliding and pushing the button, or the icons..

how does my web look in ipad?

The future of web design will change.

Drunk at End of Semester?

The last piece of work I did in this semester, & let it be the last post of this semester, Spring 2010..

Yes, it's over~~

Lotz of lotz of things happening but Im glad I still be able to get my work/ demoreel down by the end of this semester. =)

For this piece, I only have 3 weeks to work on it, as you can see how blocky it is.. sorry for the line quality too~

I think.. I would like to keep how it looks like right now.. if only I have extra time or a huge encouragement from you guys to push me to finish it. XP

I like the idea, sound & music help unfinished work looks a little bit better.. Don't you think so?

(Thanks Dean for providing his background drawings.)

Anyway, hope you like it!! (just hit the play button!)

Finally, I got the rejection email from Pixar internship this morning.

So what, that means Im not good enough & I've to keep working hard, hard, hard..!!

I will not give up. =)

Teddy!

A series, a continuous story of Happy Birthday,

Try to have fun with these 2 characters, it's fun to making 2d again~~




'Teddy!' it's the ending from Monster Inc. I know =)

Anyway, Hope YOU like it~!

Demoreel 2010

The latest updates of my works..

I'm mainly working on my thesis right now.. =)

Good Luck!

How to Train Your 'Acting Choice'

Acting choice.. IS SO DIFFICULT!!!
do check the comparison below.


The Final Version:
just finished it few days ago, change the entire acting choice of the guy, as well as continue polishing for both characters.

V.S.

Second Version:
that I posted this few weeks ago, I still feel the acting of the guy is weird.. so weird..

V.S.

The First Version:
Haah this was actually the first version I did in class.. the context, story, character design are totally different. but.. instructor like it.. ?!! It's such a pain to work on this..

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Anyway, let me know which u think is better &

Most important is, as the title mentioned, how to train our acting choice as an animator..? How do we judge the good or bad acting choice, or weird acting choice..?

Alright, I got to watch How to Train Your Dragon this weekend. I MUST WATCH!!!

More, more, more coffee please...!!

A lip sync short that I did at Linda Bel's class last semester.
Animation, Norman Modify, Lighting, rendering were done by me.

I want to get an internship this semester!! huh..~~

Let me know if you guys like this, hate this, or any suggestions & comments are truly appreciated..! yeah XD

The 100 frames Challenge

A animation challenge within 100 frames I did from JD's SOS workshop last semester.
A little girl has been chased & terrified. Will her hero, the Batman come to safe her?

Animation, Norman Modify, Lighting, Rendering were done by me.

Birthday

This clip is so special because..
The first animation I've done in 2010,

The '90% finished' animation I'd ever done during the school break..

A short animation for my dearest friend's birthday present.

Hope YOU like it. =)



notes:

Rigs modified from Norman Rig, Animation, Lighting, Rendering by me.
music by Chopin's Waltz Op.64 No.3 in A flat major