Dean Stuart

I've been trying to catch as many figure drawing nights at CCA as possible. Luckily I have had the past few Friday nights open. There are only two more left, so if you haven't gone recently and you're a student or alum, I highly recommend it. 4-7 in the drawing room of the Graduate building.

Recently Ive been developing a portfolio for a Visual Development internship position that a few animation studios are offering this summer. This was something that I've always wanted to be a part of, yet had never felt ready to apply for. Here I've posted a few pages of different stories Ive been working on- some old, some new. This has been a bit different in approach than other illustration projects I've worked on. None of these I'd say are a finished or final product, but rather sketches and rough ideas to explore an environment or a character.

Above is a story, rather the beginnings of a short animation that I've started working on. The idea is based on the original- "Red Balloon"- a 1956 French film about a balloon that follows a boy around Paris.

Originally an idea for a graphic novel about a traveling circus set traveling around the Southern states during the 1930's. Here are a few of the original characters I explored a bit more.

Images for "Thumbelina". This was a project I worked on in Designing for Shots, a class I took a couple semesters ago at CCA. Many of the assignments were about exploring camera angle, composition, and character development. A few of the images were from the original assignment, most are recently added on.