Hello, My name is Michael Fullilove. This is my second year student in the Animation/ Illustration program. I am from Sacramento, California and I transferred to San Jose State in the fall of 2014 with my Associates degree in Art New Media from American River College. I am still on the fence as to whether or not I want to go into visual development or animation, moving forward here, but I have always had a knack for character design and drawing the human figure in particular. During my college career thus far I have taken quite a few art courses as well as g.e.'s. A few include, digital painting, character design, color theory, facial expression and anatomy, figure drawing, light and optics and both 2D and 3D animation. When I finish here with my B.F.A. I would love to get into the gaming or film industry as a character designer and eventually become art director for a major motion picture or game. Here is some of my work:
These first two characters are from a short idea about a two crossing guards, who like to dance to direct traffic. One day they both get assigned to the same block and a dance battle ensues..
During my last year at American River College I was tasked with telling a story about a natural disaster. I chose the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. I made two neighboring cities in the Bay of Naples Pompeii and Herculaneum, as well as the volcano into characters. Here is some of that work.
I didn't really include any of the work I have done here and SJSU thus far, because it is mostly foundation based, but I hope to continue to improve and add to my portfolio was I progress through the program.
Here is a short 2D animation project from ARC:
