BFA Thesis 2D Short film: A Radish Tale!

I'm excited to announce that I'm animating on a student thesis film, titled A Radish Tale (directed by Olivia Asis)!

So far, I've been able to work on testing out some walk cycles and building up the personality in our main character, Bello.

Along with animating, I will also be the social media coordinator, so please stay tuned and follow our blog HERE!

 Some sketches and ideas of the boar and radishes!

And here's a clean-up test of a simple walk.

Demo Reel (March 2016)

My most recent demo reel (as of March 2016)! Including 3D work and 2D animation from The Blue & the Beyond.

Kaitlyn Joe - 3D/2D Demo Reel from Kaitlyn Joe on Vimeo.

The Blue & the Beyond

Animating for the 2D short film The Blue & the Beyond, alongside my fellow SJSU ShrunkenHeadMan classmates and friends was an honor! We started animating on this film back in January 2015, and we completely finished it last month (August 2015). I'm so thankful to our director, Youri Dekker, for letting us all be a part of this. I animated, did clean-up animation, and am currently on the Social Media and Marketing Team alongside Brittany McGrath.

Here's the official trailer!


The Blue & the Beyond (Official Trailer) from The Blue & the Beyond on Vimeo.

Check out our Official Website, Tumblr, and Instagram!

Stop-Motion Character Animation: Team Grilled Cheesy

Working together with my friends David Johnson, Lauren Chin, and Jessica Lin, we formed Team Grilled Cheesy (inspired by making and eating grilled cheese sandwiches during the making of this short) to create a stop-motion character animation for our Physics of Animation class. It was a lot of fun collaborating, directing, shooting, and editing with these three. While they animated the characters, I directed the shots and took the pictures with a DSLR camera.

Here is the final product. Enjoy!

115 Jump Test

Recent jump test animation for ANI 115. We practiced drawing and studying the model for Dean from The Iron Giant.

Baseball Player Walk Pass #2!

It has been a crazy semester so far! Here's Pass #2 of my character walk! It went through quite a few changes, but I'm happy with this little guy. Hope I can finish all my revisions before next Tuesday to really enjoy my Easter break!