GRIND
Matthew Lago
Email: lago.matthewj@gmail.com
Phone: 973-525-0506
Project Overview
GRIND is a fully hand drawn, 2D animation. This is a project that combines my love for video editing, animation, and of course skate videos. When thinking of what I would create for my senior thesis I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone. This decision led me to consider animation, one of my favorite forms of media. Before starting the process I had never animated anything to this extent,
My Process
The process of making a lengthy hand drawn animation was a lot more work than I initially thought. Over the course of these past two semesters, I’ve created over 1,000 individual frames. The entire project was done completely with ProCreate on the iPad and later edited on Adobe Premiere.
My initial idea for the project was a completely different idea and story. However when I finally got to drawing it out, I first made a short skateboarding sequence for the intro. It inspired me to switch gears and make something I was more passionate about and the change motivated me to continue pursuing a project that I would enjoy through the arduous animation process. I’ve always enjoyed watch
In the past I’ve made motion graphics and effects for videos that I was editing. I had not dabbled in character animation until my thesis however. For the most part I only had experience doodling characters in the back of my notebook. I had to practice for a while before settling on a style that I thought would fit me. When I was comfortable drawing with my style, I spent countless hours on each s
Reflection
I set out to create project that I would challenge me along the way. To date this has been perhaps the most difficult project I have ever worked on. Before my thesis I had almost no experience whatsoever with hand drawn animation. The learning process was rough, but in turn it allowed me to gain an immense amount of tools that I have added to my arsenal for my future in the design field. It has in