Sketchbook Summer 2014

My animation sister and soul mate Beatrice (left) and me (right)...

Mouse characters, inspired by friends of mine…(right is myself as a mouse) :D

Caricature of my animation teacher Ulf Grenzer...

 

Subway sketching...

My animation sister and soul mate Beatrice (left) and me (right)...

 

I love T-Rex…and playing the ukulele…what a nice combination!

People who fascinated me...

 

Actress Cuyén made me think of a husky...

Actor Stellan made me think of a Fennek...

Fennek & Husky

 

I am a dragon lover <3 (inspired by a script of a fellow pupil)

OBST

A catchy tune. I have participated in this project of a good friend of mine and it was great fun!

Worm meets Mushroom

A short animation exercise with TVPaint…:)
Worm meets Mushroom from Sandra Thieme on Vimeo.

Showreel time

I have taken some time to assemble some of my first tries in traditional animation from the first year of study. Thanks for watching!
Showreel 2012 from Sandra Thieme on Vimeo.

Self portraits

These are two self-portrait projects that emerged in the first year of my animation studies. The first one was just en experiment to try out a rotoscope technique.
Rotoscope Experiment from Sandra Thieme on Vimeo.

Head from Sandra Thieme on Vimeo.

Praxinoscope

The praxinoscope was an animation device, the successor to the zoetrope. It was invented in France in 1877 by Charles-Émile Reynaud. Like the zoetrope, it used a strip of pictures placed around the inner surface of a spinning cylinder.
Praxinoscope from Sandra Thieme on Vimeo.

Birthdaytime

It's August and one birthday follows the next. This is one of my birthday presents for a very special friend of mine. Today is her 25th birthday. I've drawn some of her favorite movie characters and some of her favorite animals. 

Can you find all 11 hidden yoshi eggs?

Snowy Happy Easter 2013

Apparently the Easter eggs will be hidden in the snow this year. At least the chocolate does not melt away... ;-)

This is my Easter egg for you:

Snowy Easter 2013 from Sandra Thieme on Vimeo.

The Revenge

In this project I combined clay animation with 2D animation to tell a short story. There is also some live action happening… well check it out:
The Revenge from Sandra Thieme on Vimeo.

traumFIGUR

These are some excerpts from my first animated short film "traumFIGUR" (literally translated "dream figure"= perfect body) from 2012. 

It's about a model dreaming about cupcakes while getting prepared for a fashion show.

The film is a mix of an animatic and short animated sequences. It was a great opportunity to try out After Effects.

With the music selected at the beginning, the images followed all by themselves.

You can watch the video on VIMEO:


traumFIGUR from Sandra Thieme on Vimeo.

This story came up during my previous studies in fashion design. I saw many women and girls who had to constantly pay attention to their weight. Just no sugar and definitely no carbs! 

I noticed that even more on the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week, behind the scenes, where almost every model just looked whacked and starving.
It always has been hard for me to accept the fact that so many women restrict their lives to such an extent only to land on the runway or in fashion magazines.

The HAND

At the moment I'm planning to animate a single hand grabbing something.

But I have to deal with it's anatomy and shape first...

This was my first try:

Well... there are some things I'd like to change! I think the hand should lead directly to the string. At the moment it looks as if the hand will give the bulb a slap. Also I want the closing of the hand to be more elegant by furling the fingers one by one with the little one at the very end...



It's still too stiff... I think there should be more arcs and a pause before the hand grabs the string. Maybe like this: