2023 Grad Show

Alec Fordham

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VCD – Character Design & Illustration

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Alec Fordham // Aeven_indu is a concept artist, animator, storyboarder, as well as a music composer/producer. They have a passion for science-fiction, fantasy or any distant world that connects with the human experience. Aeven_indu uses Blender, Toonboom Harmony Premium, Storyboard Pro, Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop and Ableton Live.

The Rivalry Formula Galactic follows the top two pilots and their fierce rivalry to secure the championship. One is an eight time galactic champion, the other is a young prodigy who feels the extra pressure of being the first woman pilot to become champion.
The Crash It wouldn't be racing if the risk of crashing was not there. These pilots are always on the edge of certain doom in attempts to secure victory.
Free Practice A view of the city during a free practice session for the Kai_Frir Grand Prix. Here, teams and pilots are making subtle adjustments to their racecraft's setup in order to maximize performance come race day.

Formula Galactic: Kai_Frir

Formula Galactic is an intragalactic anti-gravity racing championship. The Kai_Frir Grand Prix is located on a planet flooded as a direct result of climate change. Kai_Frir, the last remaining city is built amongst the highest mountain peaks. Here, they were forced to wall themselves in until scientists finally found a way to reflect the sun's heat back outwards, away from the planet. While this was effective, the planet was forever changed and Kai_Frir would come to be known as "the land of the pink sun."

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The Rivalry Formula Galactic follows the top two pilots and their fierce rivalry to secure the championship. One is an eight time galactic champion, the other is a young prodigy who feels the extra pressure of being the first woman pilot to become champion.
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The Crash It wouldn't be racing if the risk of crashing was not there. These pilots are always on the edge of certain doom in attempts to secure victory.
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Free Practice A view of the city during a free practice session for the Kai_Frir Grand Prix. Here, teams and pilots are making subtle adjustments to their racecraft's setup in order to maximize performance come race day.
Breakfast Sandwiches

Breakfast Sandwiches (Animatic)

Breakfast Sandwiches is an animatic ready to be animated. It is a story about the selfish nature of addiction and how we forego the well-being of others in order to find our next fix. It draws attention to the nature of manufactured narcotics in our society and questions if such substances are absolutely necessary. Made for mature audiences.

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Sym-biotika Storyboards

A storyboard preview for "Sym-biotika," featuring the first thirty panels for the animation.

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Earth Defense; Invasive Human In an attempt to radicalize long-haul space flights, Earth scientists began developing a portal system. The only problem, a misread formula created a portal through time, not space. The first hole in the sky lead humans to Earth in the distant future. Here, a post-cataclysmic Earth had been reclaimed by nature and now dominated by an unknown flying creature who will do anything to protect their home. modeled and rigged in Blender, composited in Photoshop.
The Anomaly The Anomaly is nothing but a hole in the Earth's sky, flying upwards through it will have you crashing down towards the other Earth once on the other side. Spaceship rendered multiple times in Blender with different environmental reflections. Sky & Fire composited in Photoshop.
Returning to the Nest The sky creatures make their home in the mountains, where their laser capabilities allow them to bore holes in which they dwell. Creatures are sculpted/rigged in Blender along with the mountains. Each layer is then rendered separately and composited in Photoshop.

Sym-biotika

Sym-biotika is a story about a lonely fighter pilot who struggles to form relationships. After acting selfishly to save their own life, they crash land in the distant future where they must learn what it means be there for someone, or something else.

All artwork created in Blender and composited in Photoshop.

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Earth Defense; Invasive Human In an attempt to radicalize long-haul space flights, Earth scientists began developing a portal system. The only problem, a misread formula created a portal through time, not space. The first hole in the sky lead humans to Earth in the distant future. Here, a post-cataclysmic Earth had been reclaimed by nature and now dominated by an unknown flying creature who will do anything to protect their home.

modeled and rigged in Blender, composited in Photoshop.
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The Anomaly The Anomaly is nothing but a hole in the Earth's sky, flying upwards through it will have you crashing down towards the other Earth once on the other side.

Spaceship rendered multiple times in Blender with different environmental reflections. Sky & Fire composited in Photoshop.
Sym-biotika AUArts Grad Show Alec_Fordham-The_Nest
Returning to the Nest The sky creatures make their home in the mountains, where their laser capabilities allow them to bore holes in which they dwell.

Creatures are sculpted/rigged in Blender along with the mountains. Each layer is then rendered separately and composited in Photoshop.
Autumnal_blue Password: 27Kangaroos&Elephants Join Blue as he attempts to start a holiday resort on an adventure through identity. Features very occasional profanity and animated violence. Created using Blender, Toonboom Harmony Premium, Ableton Live, guitar, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro & Adobe Audition. Special thanks to Richard Perrott and the Perrott family for providing funding via the Standford Perrott Innovative Projects Scholarship.

Autumnal_blue

Autumnal_blue is a 2D/3D animated, instrumental musical. Its goal was to explore the use of technology to allow independent animators, as well as smaller teams create longer films. It explored what processes could be automated and which required the human element for an emotional connection. Ultimately, it asks if these automated processes combined with human interaction allow for a film's integrity to be maintained and create an enjoyable experience for the audience.

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Autumnal_blue Password: 27Kangaroos&Elephants

Join Blue as he attempts to start a holiday resort on an adventure through identity. Features very occasional profanity and animated violence.

Created using Blender, Toonboom Harmony Premium, Ableton Live, guitar, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro & Adobe Audition.

Special thanks to Richard Perrott and the Perrott family for providing funding via the Standford Perrott Innovative Projects Scholarship.

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