Media Package

Ready and printed.

New Update on Demo Reel

Update on Demo Reel - I am currently fixing it still - don't worry.

Please click link to view.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e6sNc9fcIE

I'll post updates on it as I continue to fix it.

Demo Reel Su 2013

This is my newest demo reel: Demo Reel Summer 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiRw2KliF5s&feature=c4-overview&list=UUwWu3qjLjbEvJmv1fPvHv2w
(I won't be putting it up onto my main website until it's entirely refined.)

Demo Reel Final for Portfolio Preparation class:

Work includes pieces from these classes:

Portfolio Preparation

-Animation Production Team - A Day in the Life of Death - Scene 4, 5
Details: (6 and 22 are in progress &excluded)
Background story: A Day in the Life of Death
Death is skipping along killing people. He meets a dog. He tries to walk away from the dog, but the dog ends following him. He tries to get rid of the dog death throws one of his own bones. The dog runs after it and brings it back. Death then likes the dog and reaches down to pet it. The dog suddenly dies at Death’s touch. Death is horrified at what he’s done, but then the dog reappears as a ghost. Death is very happy about this and they both walk off into the distance. 
My role:
Character Designer
Male Skin Texture Artist
Animator for scenes 4, 5, 6, and 22

-Advanced 3D Animation - Buck I.D Dance
(Pre-Rigged Character - 3D Character, it's textures, and rigs are not mine, but it was a character provided for the class to use to animate with among other pre-rigged characters. - The lighting and background was done by me, and the dance that was used was a free-style dance I had done when I was 17. Here's the original video for the dance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaviC-26JV8&list=UUwWu3qjLjbEvJmv1fPvHv2w).

Character Animation - Buck I.D Dance and Demon Sweeney

Advanced Traditional Animation - Slot Machine Animation, Kwinlot Meets Poppy 2D Animation

Advanced Lighting and Texturing - Exhibit Design -
(video references from YouTube - Models from Google Sketchup Warehouse and Creative Crash)

Character Ideation and 3D Animation - (Original Comic Concept Silhouette Illustration of character Kurisutaru Hakaru running, MotionGraphics/Effects/Animation Idea) 3D Animation - Ball Bounce (Effects Animation Concept - playing with sound and color.)

Instructors:

Randolf Dimalanta
Kevin Anderson
Rocky Bright
Ken Cioe
Michael Baker

About the Content:

3D Models were gathered from these sites:
sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/
creativecrash.com/

Sound and Media from these sites:
firstcom.com/
youtube.com/
freesound.org
google.com
And online converters for help with video content.

Programs Used:
Autodesk Maya
Autodesk 3ds Max
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe After Effects
ToonBoom Harmony
ToonBoom Animate Pro

Information has been updated on my main website as well.

Twin Fire (Futago no Hi)

http://crystalalice.deviantart.com/art/Twin-Fire-Futago-no-Hi-Synopsis-394796071


This is my story, if you see it out there, know it's mine and someone probably took it from me.
~Crystal Moreno

Written 2003

What I have made this quarter thus far...

Portfolio Prep - 1st Demo Reel Turn in Wk 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8c71iKTgA&feature=youtu.be

Slot Machine Icons

Deviantart:

King - Blue Iris Ice Dragon
http://crystalalice.deviantart.com/art/Dragon-King-385633096
Queen - Faerie Queen
http://crystalalice.deviantart.com/art/Queen-Slot-Machine-Piece-388349968
Ace - Ghostly
http://crystalalice.deviantart.com/art/Ghostly-Ace-389795493
Wild - Nightmare
http://crystalalice.deviantart.com/art/Wild-Nightmare-393092919
Regular - Door
http://crystalalice.deviantart.com/art/Regular-Door-393093600
Regular - Cloud
http://crystalalice.deviantart.com/art/Regular-Clouds-393093334
Regular - Wings
http://crystalalice.deviantart.com/art/Regular-Wings-393093837


*Please view this folder since my storage was broken into much of my original high school pieces were taken. Thanks!*
High School Folder Update:
http://crystalalice.deviantart.com/gallery/40718890

AILV College Folder Update:
http://crystalalice.deviantart.com/gallery/40718916

New Stuff - Slot Machine Icons

So sorry I haven't updated in a REALLY REALLY long time, but this is what I've been doing as of late, I hope that for those of you that have been following me still continue to watch, my artwork has gotten much better, I'm updating my Blue Iris Media page, and my deviantart.

This is what I've been working on:

Slot Machine Piece Icon

King - Blue Iris Ice Dragon - story: Dragon Spirit, asexual in love and in form transforms as a male or female and enters into dreams at times of great need to spur a warrior to survive, win, or succeed, or be humble in manner; add courage in a worried wife's heart; etc.

Queen - Faerie Queen - Queen of the Faerie court (Seelie - light) - Introduces Fantasy, Illusion, Mystery, and allures all into a playground of Reality and Unreality.  But all Queens rule fairly! She returns the dreamer back to their rightful place before dawn so at night they can come back again.

Upcoming concept art for this slot machine piece:

Ghostly - Ace - Ghostly is the Ace, a spirit, an angel, the haunted jester - she brings all of those who are awake asleep trading roles with the Faerie Queen as they enter into her court, messenger to the King when sleepers are in danger, and scares, but calms all for her own individual amusement. As a ghost she is always alone longing for companions, aiding and disturbing anyone of her own accord.

Wild - The Nightmare - Free roaming and Wild, the nightmare is a haunting mystery, often horrific and terrifying. The fear that seeps into your sleep as you dream. The thing that the sleeper is currently scared of or concerned, worried about.

The Regulars - The Door, The Cloud, and The Wings that help with the sleeper's travels and provide exits and escapes on their journeys.

My Animation Shotlist for Portfolio Prep this Quarter:

Some things....

My apologies for not updating within a matter of days since my last post everyone!

Yesterday I was in Pre-Production Team, Computer Animation Studio, and Portfolio Prep. Today I will be in my Advanced 3D Animation Class.

So, I have been busy preparing what I've needed to for these classes and my final Demo Reel for school.

As a small update I will post some concepts I have had for my DVD Cover on my Deviant Art. Most of it right now are sketches/doodles.

I've updated much more than you know! As proof here is a short preview for the intro of my demoreel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJi-I3mfHS4&list=UUwWu3qjLjbEvJmv1fPvHv2w&index=1

IN PROGRESS ANIMATION.

Thanks for keeping up with me, I will make sure to post soon.

4-5 Days - A Week

Hello Audience,

I won't be able to update anything for a couple of days, but everything on the site is working alright right now, so if you want to go to it you can.

That whole site is probably the newest work I have made, every page and everything on it, except for a couple of things, were made by me.

Some other things:

As soon as I can I will make new work, post stories, and work on the comics I've been planning on working on for a bit.

'Til then, stay tuned.

~GreenT

Alright - Updating...Updating...=:D

Updated all of these sites with the changes to the website:

http://sagicorn113008.xanga.com/Sagicorn113008/pulse
https://www.facebook.com/BlueIrisIceDragon.Media.CGM
https://twitter.com/crystalgracem

And now I have updated this blog! Alright! Some things: Some things were going wrong with the font I chose, but now that I have it straightened up these are the changes I will be making to the website that you'll see by the end of today (hopefully, since I still have to do a lot of my 2D animations):

~Change the png logo ~Change the wording on the home page, the video page, and the updates ~Maybe add more pieces to the main gallery and the AP Portfolio page ~May have to live with the watermarks being different for now and not having the text I want exactly
~Titles on the Main Gallery



Total changes that I want to make:
~ Home page: Beside Blue Iris Ice Dragon - change the wording. ~ Demo Reel: Change the wording for some of the video descriptions ~ Add the wording to the logo! And the website ~ Connect the mailboxes
So you see....Lots to do! I will do my best to do all of it. :3



~Change the png logo ~Change the wording on the home page, the video page, and the updates ~Maybe add more pieces to the main gallery and the AP Portfolio page ~May have to live with the watermarks being different for now and not having the text I want exactly
~Titles on the Main Gallery
~Update all websites to be themed like my main website.

Watermarks!

I have updated my website! I have finally placed watermarks on some of my pieces, more of my work will go up now that I have created my watermark.  However, since I'm still recreating my website logo, the water mark will continuously update, so I may not put up any new pieces for awhile until I get that updated. But at least you guys know I am working on stuff!

Btw, me and my friend Andrew Ingram will be working on a long term project, so wish us luck! It will probably involve making American style anime.

Now that I have started learning Illustrator, I am sure to get the logos done!

Thanks for keeping up with my stuff, I appreciate the audience!

Will update soon.

~GreenT

Updates about Anything

I updated pictures for my new facebook page.

Blue Iris Media
https://www.facebook.com/BlueIrisIceDragon.Media.CGM

I will be posting more things in the future, but since my laptop is dying, I will keep this short.

Thanks for following!

~GreenT

New Website is on the way!

Blue Iris Media - Crystal Moreno
http://www.crystalmoreno.com/

Many things to fix, like Xanga button, e-mail and form boxes, please wait for the changes as they are slow to come, I do have finals and commission work to work on.

By the way, I will be adding my old comics to my deviantart slowly, but  mind you-my Twin Fire/Futago no Hi comics have been discontinued, so the 3 versions I am putting up are just previews of what I will be making-granted, I really have to redo the text for the first version of the comic since it was done in pencil and some of the words have been rubbed off.

Shaky to put it up because it's MY comic...even though the first draft was done at the time I was learning how to draw manga, so...most of those drawings were practice drawings...and the looks of those characters were of characters that were already done. Thus the reason for me saying "I WAS JUST LEARNING."

Anywho-also working on the stories and stuff, AND-one part of a small tiny scene in my comic is slowly being animated-the lip sync animation I am starting TODAY in fact, as soon as I finish updating my websites...

PLEASE CHECK OUT THE ANIMATION ON MY NEW WEBSITE! Thank-you! :D

Btw, here are the covers of 2 of the versions of my old comics I will be putting up... (sorry about the ink-I wasn't able to finish cleaning off the ink from my scanner....

SongWriting

Wrote a song today. =:3 I have a musical side that I want to work on too.
http://crystalalice.deviantart.com/art/Song-I-know-and-Yet-There-s-That-349032756?ga_submit_new=10%253A1358465265

In Class Side Composite

Instead of being unproductive in compositing class I decided to make a pixie fairy style composite.  These are the results, I want to work with it more, but I don't have time, lol.  The blue rose was a composite, so was my original photo, so there was already a handful of composite jobs within this particular composite picture.



Bibliography:

Blue Rose -
 http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/flowers/images/25785534/title/blue-roses-photo

Photograph - orginal composite - Dammeon Casales
Hair - Makeup - Dean Sproule

The wing -
http://www.theenchantedgallery.com/sitebuilder/images/Paper_Art_Doll_Wings-Rubber_Stamps_Fairy-290x371.jpg

A Super Old Video of me drawing

So this is a video I made when I was 17, I'm hoping that if I post it on several websites that the video will last because I no longer have the original! (Omg...sad) Anywho, 17 year old GreenT!
Crystal drawing frantically

Tahl♥*~ | Myspace Video

Fall Quarter 2012-11132012

Alright! So, I'll be updating this post later, but in this post I will be putting up videos and pictures of what I've been doing recently and maybe more since I missed putting up some work.  Stay tuned! =:)

Stories I have posted on my Xanga

Hello Subscribers! 

For those of you that have been able to read my posts or view the things that I have made please notice the titles I have been getting from Quizilla, sent out in an e-mail, and the like Links for the stories will be posted: (btw this is the main page for my xanga site: http://sagicorn113008.xanga.com/)

Public Online Stories

Starlight on Sunset: The Vampire and the Normy Pt. 1&2

http://sagicorn113008.xanga.com/768990740/starlight-on-sunset-the-vampire-and-the-normy-pt-12--blueirisicedragon/

Mist Behind the Moonlight 1-8

Part 1-4

http://sagicorn113008.xanga.com/768990143/mist-behind-the-moonlight-pts-1-4-bluer140-moi/

Part 5-8

http://sagicorn113008.xanga.com/768991140/mist-behind-the-moonlight-pt-5-8---bluer140/

A Night of Fantasy Ch 1 Pts 1&2 Darkness in the Forest of the Ancients

Synopsis so far: Wizard Detective finds strange happenings at burnt graves nearby famous dangerous galactic  prisons.

http://sagicorn113008.xanga.com/768990863/a-night-of-fantasy-ch1-pt1-darkness-in-the-forest-of-the-ancients/

Memories of a Warrior Mage Pts 1-3

Synopsis so far: After becoming an orphan when her prestigious well known and trusted parents die, Talhan is sent for Warrior Mage training according to her parents'  will.

http://sagicorn113008.xanga.com/768989993/memories-of-a-warrior-mage-part-1-3--from-bluer140-moi/

E-mailed Stories

*If you're already a subscriber you should be getting e-mails from me, unless I know you may not want them, (some of my friends don't like to read), but if you're not a subscriber and you would like me to e-mail you some of my work so that you may also read some of what I have written-you may e-mail me at the_sea_m_ghostsoul@hotmail.com or bluer140@aim.com (Although I wrote most of these stories some time mid-high-school I've still got to finish my stories and spruce them up continuously, especially since I like finishing my stories). Let me know! I am always happy to oblige my audience. =:) Most of these stories are stories I will be continuing in hopes to publish in a book, or something else, someday has mature content, or is something that I think the general public would find. . . unsettling.

Red Memories

Synopsis so far: 

The main protagonist, a girl-friend of an ex-military man, has short-term amnesia, as she regains her memories and her sense of self, strange, traumatic memories haunt her while someone hunts constantly for her in secret.

A Story About Ghostly

Synopsis so far: 

A teenage girl moves into a new house and area where there is a powerful young ghost haunting 13 houses that surround her home.  As she adjusts and slowly comes to understand the "friendly ghost," she comes to find out the ghost has unfinished business with a poltergheist-Danny-Phantom like character, whom Ghostly says lives nearby. And as friendly as Ghostly seems, beyond her and the task she is bent on finishing, there is an oncoming darkness only Ghostly seems to be aware of.

Letters to Steve Jacobs

Synopsis so far: 

A girl learns how to cope after a traumatic breakup without becoming apathetic, a person filled with hate, or lose the feelings that she had before while deciding to move on.

Destined to Be Dead

Synopsis so far:

A girl is cursed with scars and the tragic fate of being able to reanimate the dead for various hours while she is awake or conscious, being young and powerful, she is sought after by a "good" group of warlocks and witches that want to use her powers to aid them in their fight with resurfacing greater demons, in return for her help-they search for ways to help her gain control of her unnatural power.

Blood, Lust, Temptation: Warren's Task

Synopsis so far: (I think I have to re-read it all I remember is that it's about a human that becomes a vampire, and somehow gets pulled into the vampire royal family with wierd laws and rules among the damned about pretty much having sex-slaves, servants, and butlers.  I did not write it with as much sex and sensuality as I originally wanted, though I need to edit everything, which is why I would like feedback from people about my sensual vampire story.)

More Upcoming Stories to be added, uploaded, and e-mailed out!

website: www.fanfiction.com 

My username: apricotstar

These are fanfiction stories that I will be working on in the future:

Koga in my BEDROOM?!

Music Box: Rin and Sesshomaru...Sango and Miroku

Harry Potter: The Tale of the Gemini's Pentacle

And there is also a

Charlie Bone-Children of the Red King Series fanfiction story 

that I've discontinued (until I fix it)-will also be added.

Other stories and writings:

Rest in Peace my Beloved

Barn Fire

Butterfly Wings

On Hiatus

Untouched

Poetry:

Waiting

Traitor

He Hates Me Little Girl Gone

Dark Angel save me! Hear my Lonesome Lullaby!

Dreams of Wierd

Blue Petals

Maybe

I Will Love Until That Far Tomorrow

Better read my old comic online before I take it down!

This is the only piece of evidence online (aside from my photobucket if you go on that), where you can find my old comics-(yes, old, I worked on them between the ages of 15 and 18-before I graduated high school). No the artwork wasn't particularly great (yet), but these comics are comics I will be working on and have been working on for years, I will be updating them eventually, so here's the link:

Demon in the Shadows:

part 1

http://quizilla.teennick.com/stories/3508537/check-out-this-totally-awesome-home-made-comic-called-demon-in-the-shadows

part 2

http://quizilla.teennick.com/stories/3512317/check-out-this-totally-awesome-homemade-comic-1-demon-in-the-shadows-pt-2

KEEP UP WITH MY UPDATES! =:D
I'm trying to move my stuff from one site to another and continue working on my stories, if you can help please comment on my stories, thanks! =:]

Note: Most, if not all, stories on Quizilla are 6 or 7 years old, as I got older my writing has changed, when I graduated high school I was at the epitome of my vocabulary, grammatical, and story-telling skills having finished 4 years of Honors and AP classes, so, as of right now-I'm rusty, I have not had as hard-core training since I have finished high-school, although, I have more of an intent to finish my writing projects.

Recently-Sept 19

These are pictures I edited to get the feel and mood of the stopmotion animation I have wanted to do, their inspiration was the fallen angel/demon look from Supernatural. All 3 are testers.

Character Animation Final



Let me tell you EVERY one of the animations that I made in that video I spent countless hours of planning and animating. It sucked, but soooo worth it! I'll probably redo the sound for the first animation though. I hope you guys really like it. =:)

First Flash File in a long long time

1st 3D Character animation

This is the playblast, so I'll be rendering the final one maybe next week, I'll be installing the lighting today, so it will look a lot different as far as lighting is concerned. =:)  0.0" Oh my gosh man, how the hell did the video change angle as it uploaded onto YouTube?.....o.o......I'm so lost as to how that happened.

Character Animation References

I'm taking my first 3D Character Animation Class, (I'm planning on remaking my original character rig and using that too)
These are my references:



1st idea:



2nd idea:
vid 1

vid2



3rd idea:


I'll be animating these in 3D

So, this is the face and eye setup I finished with for my week 10 project. I'm still finishing up with my Advanced Lighting and Texturing Final project and I've gotta get my character rig for my final done by next week, wish me luck! :)

Currently...

The top two pictures are of the picture of the new seater puppies character that I have made for B.M, haven't gotten it rigged or animation ready just yet, I have my finals right now so I don't suppose I'll get that done and will have to give the project to them so that they can pass the project onto a new intern, but the third bottom most picture is of the photoshop drawing I made when I didn't have the lips made just yet.  I was going off of the black bikini top to color the bikini top of the model.

Once the quarter ends it will be the end of my internship, if I want to intern with them again, I will have to say so, but otherwise, I am making plans for the next quarter.

The bottom pictures are of the exhibit design piece I'm making in Advanced Lighting and Texturing.
These 3D Models I got from multiple sites like free3dmodels.com, google sketchup 3D warehouse, and one I actually got somewhere else, but at the moment I can't remember where, I have it written down somewhere though...Anyway-the models of the cartoon network characters aren't mine, they were made by someone else, however, I did build and make everything else.  The lighting has to be adjusted and a lot of the structures in the model have to be retextured, so it's still a work in progress, but I hope that you like the look of it so far.  It's my final.  =:)

Update!

So, next quarter I am planning to upload 2D animations on youtube, I will finally be working on some very needed 2D and 3D work which will allow me the chance to make short funny animations.

Get ready for some laughs, lol!

Box Girl with Animate Pro and more

Man, by the time I finished with this I was doing okay with Animate Pro. 102 frames?  107? Box Girl on Animate Pro (not my original cartoon)

So, the Creative Supervisor at my internship gave me an animation project which was an AMAZING opportunity since the company I'm interning for is a Men's T-shirt line company, and so I went ahead and jumped on the project. This video is a short preview of the bounce. The colored pictures are the pictures of the work I've done for the project. Sweater Puppies Animation

This is what I've done in Character Rigging so far:

Advanced Lighting and Texturing:

So, this is what I've been doing this quarter for those of you that would like to know. =:)