SELECTED WORKS

Leo created this video as his final project for a class on 3D animation at BMCC. The assighment was to make an animation that included vents, support pillars, pipes, turbines, an opening door, and a window. Leo chose make this sci-fi hallway. All textures are from Cinema 4D. The main challenge in this animation was to render the light properly.

Another BMCC class assignment, this time for a class on 2D animation. The prompt was to create an animated GIF of an object turning around using six frames for a full rotation (in Leo's rendering, an astronaut spinning). Because of the low frame rate, the end result has a vintage feel of 1970's Japanese cartoons.

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In this video, made for a class on Video Graphics at BMCC, Leo explored the parallax effect to create an illusion of 3D depth and immersion by moving foreground elements faster than background elements, and the camera in Adobe After Effects. He started by making two stop motion animations of the Mechs (giant, humanoid or animal-like machine piloted from the inside) drawing their sword on a green screen using Gundam figurines. After that, he imported the videos and the images of the last two frames in After Effects to remove the greenscreen and add effects and sounds.

The eyes of the first Mech is a green rectangle placed behind the footage due to the fact that they were also green and disappeared during the greenscreen removal process. The lightsabers effects were made by using the lightning effect and turning down the forking and turbulence of the effect. For the camera, Leo used 3D Layers and placed the background and the first Mech, and all of its effects, back. The second Mech was placed on the foreground. The camera moved between the two. Most of the sound effects came from a game and one from an anime that Leo found while looking for sounds that fitted the animation.

This was another 2D animation class assignment. The assignment was to create a walk cycle using a puppet to study the complexity of the human body in motion. The puppet was provided.

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In this 2D animation assignment, Leo had to demonstrate understanding of the principles of squash and stretch in an animated GIF.

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One of Leo's passions is Gundam. In this video, he used Adobe After Effects and the stop motion medium to animate a Mobile Suit Gundam F91 figurine. This was done just for fun.

Another 2D animation assignment.

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Another 2D animation assignment, this one to demonstrate knowledge of the path tool in Adobe Animate.

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A short teaser for the popular Netflix series Locke & Key.

This project was for a video graphics class. The assignment was to create an animation with a logo. Leo used a logo he had previously created for another class and imagined a boat rocking back and forth before tentacles appear to take it.

Leo used Gundam model kits to make this stop motion animation on his spare time.

The prompt for this assignment was to create an animated fantasy user interface (FUI).

Animation of a countdown clock.

This project was for a multimedia class. Students had to create a Public Service Announcement (PSA) combining two different mediums.

Leo decided to use Imaging and animation for the project because because his chosen PSA was very visual in nature.

This animation was commissioned by Leo's sister, Mari Rohde, a visual artist, when she was in highschool. The idea was to animate a poem. Mari provided drawings of the assets and voice-over. Leo animated using After Effects.