Elsa vs. Jack Frost

It amazes me how time and time again, certain design elements carry through to different characters from different creators. As I was watching the new trailer for Frozen, I was struck by this as Elsa first came on screen. The similarities between her design and the design for Jack Frost in Rise of the Guardians are very interesting. They reveal just how much we need the design to tell the story for us as much as the words tell the story. Every good character design has this storytelling quality, and Elsa and Jack are no exception. For them both, major parts of their designs speak to their powers with snow and ice. This is only the surface of these characters and there is much more to them than their powers, but at the beginning this is most of what we need to know and their design communicates that.

The Start of Revision

Pursuing Imagination is a blog of my pursuit of bettering my portfolio and keeping my imagination active. This will serve a space for my sketches and for my demo reel as I work to improve it. As a start to this blog, I present my demo reel. It is far from done or perfect, but I am posting it here as a starting point. I want to show my progress on it and how I overcome different challenges within.