https://vimeo.com/
http://www.behance.net/travis_
http://travisfowler31.tumblr.
http://www.youtube.com/user/
http://www.linkedin.com/in/
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Web Links
https://vimeo.com/
http://www.behance.net/travis_
http://travisfowler31.tumblr.
http://www.youtube.com/user/
http://www.linkedin.com/in/
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Writing Prompt
1. I am Travis Fowler. I am from Russellville, Arkansas but I’m currently staying in a dormitory in Memphis, Tennessee.
2. I create animated stories. I also like to draw sketches of things that inspire me and make them into comics.
3. I’m always throwing around ideas, from serious issues to simple word play. After a while if an idea sticks with me I follow through and start developing it into a story or a character. After a lot of sketches I if the story persists I feel a strong need to capture it in comic or animated form. As soon as I commit I hit the ground running and start the project. I think school has taught me to make sure to get all my important details in line from start to finish before I jump into a work (unless I’m wanting it to be full of holes by the end.)
4. I come from a small town and with a small, personal school. I have never been too enveloped by the art scene so much as my own interests in cartoons. I spent my entire high school career drawing comics (amounting up to almost 400 pages worth of graphic novels over the four year period). My love of visual storytelling led me to study Graphic Design at Arkansas Tech University. However my love for making posters was not nearly as strong as my love for animating in flash and making cartoons in the school newspaper. Thus following a recommendation to Memphis College of Art I’ve been concentrating on honing my skills as an animator where I hope to make my love of cartoons a career.
5. I heard about Memphis College of Art from Hannah New, a high school peer of mine, who recommended the school to me.
6. One of favorite things in the world is lighthearted adventure. The idea of seeing something new and facing great odds has always propelled me into fun ideas. My body of work often deals with the idea of testing the bounds of the everyday and going off into a lighthearted romp into the uncertain.
7. I am currently working on my final animation for my BFA in Digital Media. Agent Aries: Super-Powered Spy is a colorful action piece about a gogo girl saving a nightclub from robot dancers. It’s light, fun, and exciting; things that I love best.
8. Over the past few years my work has become more direct and dynamic. I have learned to pace a story and bring out the most with my ideas. One of the biggest keys to this is to regularly second guess myself. An idea may seem good now, but does will it hold up later on? Critique has made me aware of my own shortcomings and taught me where to look if something I’m doing doesn’t seem right. My skills at drawing and capturing movement realistically have gotten better in the past few years, and I’m often trying to break apart my drawing style to create something more uniquely me.
9. I probably wouldn’t be an animator/cartoonist if I hadn’t watched my first episode of an anime called “Ruroni Kenshin.” Until that point I had always though of cartoons as a straightforward comedy, a Disney movie, or an action series. Ruroni Kenshin is a historical, action series using heavy amounts of romance, comedy and drama. This series showed me what a cartoon could be. Genres can blend together and give the audience much more than a laugh at the end. This is what made me love cartoons.
10. One of my favorite artist is Osamu Tezuka. His devotion to his enormous body of work and his interest in all different kinds of stories has inspired me to devote myself fully to my work and consider new ideas.
11. I would love to work with John Lassiter. His playful style and creative storytelling have yielded great results in his movies. He also seems like a fun person to work with.
12. One of my favorite artworks is Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute.” The opera is a classic fantasy adventure that gets turned upside-down by the end of the first act. The characters are both archetypal and dynamic as the plot rises into a quest exploring love in a physical, emotional, and spiritual way. The hero peruses his lofty goals, but the other characters keep the story from taking itself too seriously. I also love the music. Many operas are slow and dreary, but “The Magic Flute” keeps a good pace and the music is a lively as a modern musical.
13. I’m often inspired by music. When I hear a song, I see a story. The 4th Movement of Beethoven’s 5th symphony and Dvorak’s 9th Symphony have recently been inspiring me to make an adventure period piece involving the antiquated idea of arch rivals.
2. I create animated stories. I also like to draw sketches of things that inspire me and make them into comics.
3. I’m always throwing around ideas, from serious issues to simple word play. After a while if an idea sticks with me I follow through and start developing it into a story or a character. After a lot of sketches I if the story persists I feel a strong need to capture it in comic or animated form. As soon as I commit I hit the ground running and start the project. I think school has taught me to make sure to get all my important details in line from start to finish before I jump into a work (unless I’m wanting it to be full of holes by the end.)
4. I come from a small town and with a small, personal school. I have never been too enveloped by the art scene so much as my own interests in cartoons. I spent my entire high school career drawing comics (amounting up to almost 400 pages worth of graphic novels over the four year period). My love of visual storytelling led me to study Graphic Design at Arkansas Tech University. However my love for making posters was not nearly as strong as my love for animating in flash and making cartoons in the school newspaper. Thus following a recommendation to Memphis College of Art I’ve been concentrating on honing my skills as an animator where I hope to make my love of cartoons a career.
5. I heard about Memphis College of Art from Hannah New, a high school peer of mine, who recommended the school to me.
6. One of favorite things in the world is lighthearted adventure. The idea of seeing something new and facing great odds has always propelled me into fun ideas. My body of work often deals with the idea of testing the bounds of the everyday and going off into a lighthearted romp into the uncertain.
7. I am currently working on my final animation for my BFA in Digital Media. Agent Aries: Super-Powered Spy is a colorful action piece about a gogo girl saving a nightclub from robot dancers. It’s light, fun, and exciting; things that I love best.
8. Over the past few years my work has become more direct and dynamic. I have learned to pace a story and bring out the most with my ideas. One of the biggest keys to this is to regularly second guess myself. An idea may seem good now, but does will it hold up later on? Critique has made me aware of my own shortcomings and taught me where to look if something I’m doing doesn’t seem right. My skills at drawing and capturing movement realistically have gotten better in the past few years, and I’m often trying to break apart my drawing style to create something more uniquely me.
9. I probably wouldn’t be an animator/cartoonist if I hadn’t watched my first episode of an anime called “Ruroni Kenshin.” Until that point I had always though of cartoons as a straightforward comedy, a Disney movie, or an action series. Ruroni Kenshin is a historical, action series using heavy amounts of romance, comedy and drama. This series showed me what a cartoon could be. Genres can blend together and give the audience much more than a laugh at the end. This is what made me love cartoons.
10. One of my favorite artist is Osamu Tezuka. His devotion to his enormous body of work and his interest in all different kinds of stories has inspired me to devote myself fully to my work and consider new ideas.
11. I would love to work with John Lassiter. His playful style and creative storytelling have yielded great results in his movies. He also seems like a fun person to work with.
12. One of my favorite artworks is Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute.” The opera is a classic fantasy adventure that gets turned upside-down by the end of the first act. The characters are both archetypal and dynamic as the plot rises into a quest exploring love in a physical, emotional, and spiritual way. The hero peruses his lofty goals, but the other characters keep the story from taking itself too seriously. I also love the music. Many operas are slow and dreary, but “The Magic Flute” keeps a good pace and the music is a lively as a modern musical.
13. I’m often inspired by music. When I hear a song, I see a story. The 4th Movement of Beethoven’s 5th symphony and Dvorak’s 9th Symphony have recently been inspiring me to make an adventure period piece involving the antiquated idea of arch rivals.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
End of the Semester
Since my last post (almost a month ago) I've probably logged in another 120+ hours of work. I'm about a week behind my original schedule (11 shots). Right now I have some 40+ shots, many of which are the most difficult shots to animate.
Overall it's been a challenging semester. I've definitely gotten a lot more comfortable with long hand drawn scenes.
I'll be recording the dialogue for Aries this weekend with Stephanie. Over the break I'm going to be making as many backgrounds as possible. Crowd spots would be very helpful. Some rough lip syncing animation would also be useful so I could really make the acting good next semester. I'd also like to do a little bit of theme music work (I've got a keyboard and garage band.)
I've made cover letters for Duck Studios who have a 2D animators wanted page on their website and Titmouse Inc. who have an open submission link.
Overall it's been a challenging semester. I've definitely gotten a lot more comfortable with long hand drawn scenes.
I'll be recording the dialogue for Aries this weekend with Stephanie. Over the break I'm going to be making as many backgrounds as possible. Crowd spots would be very helpful. Some rough lip syncing animation would also be useful so I could really make the acting good next semester. I'd also like to do a little bit of theme music work (I've got a keyboard and garage band.)
I've made cover letters for Duck Studios who have a 2D animators wanted page on their website and Titmouse Inc. who have an open submission link.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
11-14
After about 12 hours of work today I got back on track completing (until critique) the moped landing scene, the riding scene, the glimps of the airplane, and the airplane shots. I still need to add a cutaway of Aries looking to the side, then glimpsing the plane. Overall I'll probably have to add several of these snippits to smooth the editing and give Aries more personality.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Work update
With my internship done I can focus all my time on Aries. I'll be really buckling down till.... Spring.
Nov 12th spent the night working on tweaking a lot of my unfinished or critiqued shots. About 7 hours or so.
Nov 13th spent the night working on shot 9 (landing on the moped). 9 hours. Didn't get as much work done as I scheduled. I'll have to work hard to catch up.
Nov 12th spent the night working on tweaking a lot of my unfinished or critiqued shots. About 7 hours or so.
Nov 13th spent the night working on shot 9 (landing on the moped). 9 hours. Didn't get as much work done as I scheduled. I'll have to work hard to catch up.
Monday, October 29, 2012
October 29th
Spent about 5 hours jumping around on a few shots.
Shot 4 (Aries hitting the missile) and Shot 7 (Aries landing in giant beach ball).
Shot 4 (Aries hitting the missile) and Shot 7 (Aries landing in giant beach ball).
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Resume Draft - to Disney (or any character animation type position)
Travis Fowler 350 North Oaks LN Russellville, AR 72802
(479)-857-4020
travis.fowler.31@gmail.com
Objective
To
obtain an animation position at Disney specifically dealing with character.
Education
Memphis
College of Art
Candidate
for Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2013
Digital Media Major with a focus in Animation
GPA-3.32
Creative
Skills
Scriptwriting Character Design Music Composing
Storyboarding Editing Voice
Acting/Singing
Cartooning/Comics Acting/Performance Sound Effects
Computer Skills
After Effects ToonBoom
Animate Pro Maya
Final Cut Pro Photoshop Illustrator
Flash DVD Studio Pro InDesign
iStopmotion Logic
Pro Dream
Weaver
Activities
and Awards
2012 1st Place Winner of Memphis College of Art 24 Hour
Animation Lock Down.
Memphis College of Art Brode Gallery
Exhibition.
2011 Memphis College of Art Digital Media Fall Screening.
1st place winner in the Arkansas College Media
Association's cartoon division.
2010 1st place winner in the Arkansas College Media Association's cartoon
division.
2009 1st place winner in the Arkansas College Media
Association's cartoon division.
2008 Co-founder and president of Arkansas Tech Computer Graphics Society.
1st
place winner of the University of Arkansas Community College in Morrilton Phi
Theta Kappa writing contest with psychological narrative "Gum Ball
Machine.”
Honorary
mention for Arkansas Tech's Third Annual Student Juried Art show and Arkansas
Tech Lakepoint Art Exposition.
Employment
Experience
Animation Education Event,
Memphis, TN
Designed, storyboarded and
animated characters acted out by Tom Kenny at White Station Middle School. Explained the process of animation to
students and guests. Managed three
assistant animators to successfully meet deadlines.
Click River Valley, Russellville,
AR
Animated company’s butterfly logo
for a more modern website banner.
Summer 2012
The Arka Tech, Arkansas Tech
University, Russellville, AR
Cartoonist. Created weekly cartoon strip following
the antics of a bewildered college freshmen on a big college campus. This
included designing characters, writing original content for weekly deadlines,
illustrating all artwork and telling a complete narrative within a standard
format.
Fall 2008 - Spring 2010
References Available on Request
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Work time Oct10th
Worked about 8 hours, though my pace was slow tonight.
Jumped around on making characters for the nightclub, Aries spinning around and the prince chuckling.
Jumped around on making characters for the nightclub, Aries spinning around and the prince chuckling.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Researching jobs - California
Biggin's be: Disney, Pixar, Dreamworks, WB, CN, Nick, Sony
But what else...
Duck Studios seems legit and wants 2D animators. I'll need to email them to see if they're still into it. If so, it'd be a great foot in the door.
Hyperion Pictures- don't know if they're hiring.
But what else...
Duck Studios seems legit and wants 2D animators. I'll need to email them to see if they're still into it. If so, it'd be a great foot in the door.
Hyperion Pictures- don't know if they're hiring.
Researching jobs- New York
Titmouse is a really good studio in New York, they have a drop box and encourage applications.
Curious Pictures is reputable though their site doesn't have any career info. Buzzco is an ad group that looks like it'd be on the lower mid.
Not as much as I figured.
Curious Pictures is reputable though their site doesn't have any career info. Buzzco is an ad group that looks like it'd be on the lower mid.
Not as much as I figured.
Researching jobs- Vancouver
Looking at Vancouver studios. Nerd Corps looks good, kinda high on the medium level. There are several Flash based studios that seem low key like Atomic Cartoons, Pork and Beans, Ooga booga. All of whom have positions for animators open (though experiences is nessessary and/or preferred.)
Mercury Filmworks looks official and they have open submissions to work for them but no specific openings aside from a graphic designer. DHX is also in Vancouver, though this one is pretty high up there and looks like experience is key.
Mercury Filmworks looks official and they have open submissions to work for them but no specific openings aside from a graphic designer. DHX is also in Vancouver, though this one is pretty high up there and looks like experience is key.
More worktime
Keeping track of work time is pretty tough, particularly when I'm jumping around on scenes/projects.
Thursday the 4th I spent around 3 hours making the background for shot 3 and compositing it together.
Friday the 5th I spent 6 hours working on shot 30.
Sunday the 14th I spent about 2 more hours tweeking shot 30.
Monday the 15th I worked around 10 hours working on several different shots.
Thursday the 4th I spent around 3 hours making the background for shot 3 and compositing it together.
Friday the 5th I spent 6 hours working on shot 30.
Sunday the 14th I spent about 2 more hours tweeking shot 30.
Monday the 15th I worked around 10 hours working on several different shots.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Est shot of night club
Put in around 8 hours making this background. Still needs some critiquing and people to fill it. I'll need to figure out a quicker way to make my backgrounds while keeping in the same style (granted this should be the most demanding background.)
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Jobs Research New Frontier
Krickett and I have been planning our exit strategies and have recently decided to open up our options on where we'd like to move to. Atlanta is still an option but we are looking at Canada, New York, and the East Coast as well. A bit of a setback on progress though a step forward as well.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Hours update
Monday 9-17
8 hours prepping files, making shot 18 and keying shot 3.
Tuesday 9-18
3 hours doing shot 3 tweens
Wednesday
9 hours doing shot 3 tweens
8 hours prepping files, making shot 18 and keying shot 3.
Tuesday 9-18
3 hours doing shot 3 tweens
Wednesday
9 hours doing shot 3 tweens
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
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