Hello! My name is Eliza

I’m a Designer, Illustrator and Animator.  I’m here today to chat a little about my process and
maybe inspire some of you to try something new!

My process is —

I am MESSY and LOVE to PLAY

Reflection of my interest in the natural world. Curiosity and observation takes me many places.

  • Textures of my environment

  • The way water moves.

  • Wind in the trees.

  • Going Micro - how does an ant see the world?

  • Going Macro - Brids eye view?

I love to draw the same thing over and over again.
The variety in shape creates movement and action. Can you create motion in a still image?

My world

A little about my background! I’m a self taught animator. I’ve taken some classes with School of Motion to hone in my After effects technical skills. I use a mix of Procreate, Photoshop and After Effects to put together my animations.

Animation is simply a collection of still images played one after the other

I was initially drawn to animation because my illustration work is interested in movement. I love the idea of starting with some scribbles and coming out the other side with a totally new idea. I’m a perfectionist so working this way feels really good, it loosens me up and always has fun results.

ANIMATION
THAT
INSPIRES
ME.

I take a lot of reference photos!

Sometimes its simple.

Draw from what brings you happiness. I love to dance! I also love to think about the play between night and day.

Collage can be a really fun way to play around with imagery. I animated it as if it were rolling to show a passing of time.

I love the nostalgia of collage and how it makes me feel connected to the process of making things.

How does it tell a story? How does the absence of color or adding color add to the narrative.

My initial challenge to myself was how can I create an animation from only a couple photos. I love abstracting images to become textures. The results ended up mimicking the ocean tides.

Drawing over a photos to create other realities. I like making images into textures as background images

Marine Buffard

Beautiful frame by frame animation

Unlimited Time Only

Creative studio based in Minneapolis. Known for their use of muli media in their work

Lets play around with something similar!

Leon Washere

A master of hand rotoscoping and collage in design. The process of creating animated sequences by tracing over live-action footage frame by frame.

The product is in the process

Its easy to get caught up in the end result. The magic in the unknown, the idea that pops into your head that you have to put on paper. Seeing it all come together in the end is the cherry on top.

Angela Kirkwood

Great example of excellent posing / timing / spacing

I love going down to the beach and making faces on rocks. Stop motion can be a great way to capture emotion.

Different ways to play with animation techniques.

I like to give myself restrictions during the process. This allows me to really focus on one techniques. Some of the techniques I’ve seen before others I make up as I go.

Give everything legs! Everything is alive!

Line animation

I have a whole world of characters in my head I love to combine their world with the world I find myself in. This was taken mid winter when we all needed a little sun.

ABSTRACTION!

How can a pattern become an animation? Or vice versa
Add Blurring effects/ Add Noise/ duplicate/ reflect/Zoom in/ Zoom out

How can type represent a mood?

Two Frames can take you a long ways!

Commercial Projects

These projects are a reflection of an ongoing career with my personal animation style. I try project into the world the projects I want to be commissioned for. I like working with brands who aren’t afraid to be creative and out of the box thinkers. I’ve been very lucky to have interest my in music and love of the outdoors keep on fueling my work.

SKIDA

Ask / Ten days of Tubular ad campaign

SANUK

On going animation work playful multimedia projects

Logo animations

A couple examples of some logos I’ve designed and made into loops

LEEPLEP SHIRT DESIGN

Social media and shirt design for Leeplep a skate park

Step 1 / cut out shapes

Step 2 / Arrange shapes

NORTH WEST AVALANCHE CENTER

Ask / Membership Card & Giving Tuesday Social media posts

Music Video

Some graphics for Leah Woods music

TAKE AWAYS

  • Play Play Play

  • Make something with no intension of an end product.

  • Try out different mediums and let them inspire your process.

  • Let your environment shape your work

  • Give yourself rules and restrictions during your process and let that lead the way.

  • Trust your gut