[Reel] – Jim Levasseur, Animator

jipe

Hi! I was lucky enough to work on David OReilly's short film "The External World" last year. It played at a bunch of festivals, including Venice and Sundance, and he released the full film online yesterday so I can share some of my animation work with everyone. No games stuff, but definitely a game reference or two!

http://jimlevasseur.com/reel

p.s. Currently available for freelance character animation :-)

Saman

No crits really, just loved your work. Very nice and clean website too. Great work!

Xoliul

While i didn't really enjoy The External World, I must say I can appreciate the style of the animations. A definite eyecatcher, a reel like that.

aesir

I've been really looking forward to seeing this film. You did some great work!

I think you should get a few other pieces in your reel that have other animation styles though. People like to already see the sorts of work they'll be hiring you for, and yourss and david-o-reilly's have this very distinct style.

The workflow portion of your site made me chuckle.

killnpc

Loved this short. Nice work.

ENODMI

Wow! That was great, I loved that last sitcom scene! Great sense of humor... either that, or your just awesome messed up:)

jipe

aesir: Completely agree! I'm working on some personal shots right now that will give a lot more variety and polish to my next reel (hopefully cutting that together in the next few weeks).

Thanks for the feedback, guys. The film itself is pretty insane and it's definitely not everyone's cup of tea, but if you like the shots here then you should check it out: http://vimeo.com/19723116

Cortes

Damn, that dinner conversation is pretty hilarious stuff.

Purplepaint

Great work, loved the website layout and the reel, damned good workflow too

Snader

I agree with xoluil, the cutting a guy up part is the least of the bunch - it just doesn't belong there along all the silliness.

I fricken love powerplugboy though.

Sukotto

I saw External World at the Ottawa animation festival and I loved every minute of it!

Renaud Galand

stellar short and awesome animation real ! Congratulation

bejkon

Love it!

Whats your process when animating on twos like that? Did you do it manually or is there some script sorcery?

Really dig the feel of cg on twos, very organic and almost have a stop motion feel to it. I would like to experiment with it someday.

jipe

Sukotto: We might have seen each other and not known it! I had a blast at that festival.

bejkon: No special scripts or anything, just good old fashioned stepped mode and a lot of careful keying. For longer motions it was sometimes easier to quickly flip a channel or control to spline, adjust, then bake down to the curve. Otherwise you end up moving 30 keys just to tweak timing or spacing. Working on 2's was great, though. So satisfying just to focus on the idea and the poses/timing without the nitty-gritty polish (which I enjoy, but in a different way). Way faster, too.

whats_true

Nice stuff dude.

gibson543

this is awesome, but so fucked

Heartless

I liked the animation. Didn't care much for the "lolrandom" comedy or Mario references though.

bejkon

jipe wrote: »

Sukotto: We might have seen each other and not known it! I had a blast at that festival.

bejkon: No special scripts or anything, just good old fashioned stepped mode and a lot of careful keying. For longer motions it was sometimes easier to quickly flip a channel or control to spline, adjust, then bake down to the curve. Otherwise you end up moving 30 keys just to tweak timing or spacing. Working on 2's was great, though. So satisfying just to focus on the idea and the poses/timing without the nitty-gritty polish (which I enjoy, but in a different way). Way faster, too.

Ahaa thanks!

Just saw the whole shortfilm, it was funny and disturbing at the same time which I liked:poly142:

Razorb

really nice work ! presentation and animation in general was great.

Mark Dygert

Awesome work. Love your workflow.

PatrickL

At first I was going to say how I really enjoyed your reel, but then I checked out the rest of your portfolio.

So, I really enjoyed your entire portfolio.