Crayon Fantasia

Crayon Fantasia from David Jang on Vimeo.

I just uploaded a new animation musical short with inanimate objects called, "Crayon Fantasia". I made this while I was at Gobelins and it came out in the end as a tribute to Fantasia. Enjoy~

My 2012 Character Animation Demo Reel

Young Soo Jang Animation Demoreel 2012 from David Jang on Vimeo.

During my time living in Seoul, South Korea I was lucky enough to work on Kung Fu Panda:Legends of Awesomeness from 2011 to 2012. I had just come back from France off a feature film and I was pretty burned out. But, I didn't want to miss an opportunity to work on this project, so I jumped on board. I am proud to say that during my time working on the series, Kung Fu Panda:Legends of Awesomeness was nominated for the 39th Annie Award for Best Animated TV Production in the children category, which was a first for the series, so I felt good about contributing my two cents in there. Here are some of my shots from season two. Enjoy~

If you would like to know more about how it was like for me working on the project and in Seoul, South Korea, check out my blog post here.

youngsoojang.blogspot.kr/2012/04/blog-post.html

And, thanks for watching.

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My 2011 Character Animation Demo Reel

If it's not working click here. http://www.vimeo.com/21692550

www.youngsoojang.com  (You can find much more of my works here)

Link to Resume

Responsible for all animation, lighting, compositing.

Rigs courtesy of GOBELINS l'école de l'image, Animation Mentor, Peter Starostin (Max) and Chad Vernon (Nico). Additional props from Turbo Squid.

Software used : Autodesk Maya, Adobe After Effects

Thanks to SupaFred, Mathilde Le Moal, Bart Boirot, Odile Perrin, Michel Raimbault, Cristele Jolens, Eric Riewer and last but not least Animation Mentor.

My first little short film

I am very happy to say that my first little short film from Gobelins will be finished and uploaded on my website(youngsoojang.com) soon. Right now, the music is being composed and baked as we speak. It's a simple story with two character balls entitled "C'est la vie" and the story is that the road to the top is hard and not everyone who you think might get there get there at the end. Sometimes, the person you least expect, make it to the top.

http://youngsoojang.com/Short_Film_01_Cest_la_Vie.html

A revised version of my lipysnc

I got some great critiques from FMX, so I thought I would put them to good use and start re-polishing my demo reel. My "Cut your Throat" lip-sync was first on the list. Gotta love the villains/people with complicated childhoods. Here are the corrections made.

1. Improving the subtleties of matching up the lips more with the voice 
    and working on facial muscles to move with the lips

2. Enhancing hand poses.
3. Working on more natural body movement 

4. Delivery of the timing on the fist at the end
    (Also added movement on the phone reacting to the slamming of the fist)

My work desk at Gobelins, l'école de l'image

KINDNESS?!!

Here is my new dialog animation in progress. I am almost finished with the left character and now I need to work on the right character. 
 Productive critiques are always welcome!