Vlamingen in de wereld

A while ago me and a friend, Isabelle Dubois, got contacted by Paradigma, a belgain television house. They asked us to make a small animation for 'Vlamingen in de werld', a department of the Flemish government which helps flemish people abroad.
Really nice people who give us a lot of space to 'play' and make something nice!

Here are some producionstills I made. The whole animation will be situated in a Belgian passport. Animation will be partially stop-motion, partially AFX.

I'm really enthousiastic about this one!

And here's the actual movie.

Lady Liberty

After my internship I got the chance to work for a payed assignment at 6+1. Thank you guys!
The idea was to remake the statue of liberty like the one that was used for 'Home Alone 2(or 3)'(doesn't really matter). Only the new version had to look surprized, since the prices of Brussels Airlines are so low to fly to NY.
It took a lot of my painting skills but in the end I'm pretty satisfied with the result! I learned a lot about my workflow and how clients think and switch their minds.

I always like it when people show how they came to the final result, so here's my evolution!

6+1 Intromovie

During my internship at 6+1, they asked me and my colleague to make a little intro-movie for the agency. This is what we came up with.
There's nothing wrong with a little absurdity!

All of the chracters were drawn in Illustrator and meticulously cut out. We had a lot of fun animating. It had to be animated blind, so my respect fot the early animators has grown even more!
Either way I'm really happy with the result

Brussels Airlines

Character design and backgrounds for an animation for Brussels Airlines. Sadly it dind't get finished when I ended my internship. Hope they make something good out of it!

I really enjoyed drawing the animals an backgrounds!
Here they are!

La Gourmande

My bachelorfilm!
Finished it a while a go and finally got myself to uploading it.
A long story short, more or less 5 months of work. The characters move rather harsh. I did it on purpose to save time and to blend more with the afx animation.

The story itself is about greed. Wanting to much, untill the very end.
Ofcourse, you're invited in seeing all sorts of messages in it, as long you are enjoying it!

Motion Graphic Volontaires

So here's another project of 6+1. The volontiers in Brussels get in the picture. Some crazy superman-dressed-offocial ran around in a cabinet in Brussels. Quite funny! Here's the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv2g_Wy7PZk

Either way, 6+1 asked me to make a quick intro/motion graphic and spend as less time needed on it. The result is simple but nice. Logo was made by on of the graphic artists. I broke it down and made ist look 3D-ish.

Booster Woningfonds/Fonds du Logement

I' m doing an internship at 6+1. An advertising agency in brussels. They're still small but the winds are blowing in a very good way, which makes the atmospere even nicer! .

Since they're still small, interns like me get more responsibility in campaigns. The folowing campaign was thought up by one of the creatives after a hard meeting with the client. He had no idea how the animation should look like. All he said was not to comicy and with a 'booster' feeling.
Animation department was got an open door and this is what we came up with. Eventually the site and poster got to look the same. Hooray!
Here it is!

Oh, and here's the link to the site:
http://www.boosterlening.be

RELICS

Friends of mine have won a wildcard sponsorship of the city of Antwerp. They've asked me to design a flyer and poster for their festival. It's an artfestival with lots of bands and poetry and cultural highlights, should be fun!
Especially with such a great flyer! Yes i loved making it!

Dead High Wire

A friend of mine plays in a band, Dead High Wire. Very Nice! Check it out! Come to there showes and make them happy!
Here's their myspace link.
http://www.myspace.com/deadhighwire

Beside all that he asked me to make a logo/cover for them and this is what I made for now. On or two things might change but overall I'm pleased with the result!

City

This one has been lying around for some time. Finished it just now. It's a gift for some friends who got themselves a nice flat. Hope they'll like it!
I drew the city with a POSCA 'permanent' marker on the glas and painted the siluetes on paper. Then I highlighted some of the buildings on the paper for some more depth. It's very cool when there's some light coming through, dropping a shadow on the paper!
Sorry for the pictures, my camera broke down and the glas gives one hell of a reflectioness mess!

Title & credits

Here are the title and credits renders. I decided to name my film 'La Gourmande'. 'The Gluton' in English, or 'De Gulzigaard' in Dutch, but in feminin then. Since the film is about gluttony and most french words immidiatly make you think of food. Pomme frites! Either way, it was nice to make something quick and creative again after months of looking at my storyboard en wrestling with sounds!

Clown

You got the stills, now it's time for the whole show. With sound! There you go, no problem. Enjoy!

Time for some updates!

Here's my second character, flying away on one of the motors of the ship. I feel happy when I watch him go! Go make something of your new, free life man!

Some Linetests!

I've began animating, finally. And here are some results! I kept the animations sober, hoping it will match the AFX animations. I started off with the Mermaid. Enjoy, I did! :)

Linetest Mermaid from Kristof Hermans on Vimeo.

Rough Linetest Mermaid from Kristof Hermans on Vimeo.

Linetest Eating Mermaid from Kristof Hermans on Vimeo.

Linetest Mermaid from Kristof Hermans on Vimeo.

Linetest Mermaid from Kristof Hermans on Vimeo.

Ship

The island-eating ship floating through the air, on a no-cloud day.

Ship from Kristof Hermans on Vimeo.

Fly

The fly. Animated in AFX. She's playing a very important role in my upcomming short.

FLY from Kristof Hermans on Vimeo.

Jack O'Lantern

A schoolproject that got a little out of control. It's the storyboard/animatic about the origin of Halloween. No sound, great colors! Figures are drawn in Illustrator, adjusted in photoshop and edited in premiere.It's designed for AFX animation.

Jack O'Lantern (Halloween) from Kristof Hermans on Vimeo.

clown

A few AFX animations I made for a schoolproject.

Loopje from Kristof Hermans on Vimeo.

Drafje from Kristof Hermans on Vimeo.

Bachelortest

Here are some concept/color designs for my upcoming short. it's about a greedyfloating-islandeating-apartyfalling-ship.

Bumper 2

A bumper I made for the cinema at my school. It's been a while since I animated so I had to learn some things again. A good practice it was! And I like it! Hooraay for animation. (no sound, yet!)

Slam from Kristof Hermans on Vimeo.

A few screenshots.

Bumper 1

Character and some screenshots of a short movie of mine.