Florence Selfie

Today is my first day back from work after vacation and isn't that always the hardest? What should I do to get back into the swing of things? I would love your suggestions!

I am planning to make a big blog post of my trip for you! All the things we saw, did and best of all ate. For now here is a Florence selfie to hold you over.

Ciao mi amici! - Bye my friends!

Illustration Progress

For those of you who do not know I am illustrating a children's read-along book with amazing music! The story is, as you could have guessed, The Nutcracker! Here are some of my illustrations I have created so far and if you just can't wait until I am finished then make sure to download the album off of itunes for your friends, family and of course little ones. 

 Such scary eyes!!!

This is one of my favorite pages. I need to make a few touch ups but I really love it for the most part.

This one needs some work but I am excited at the drastic color changes I have made with the background and wanted to show you anyway. :)

7 Ways Adventure Time Is Just Like Your Best Friend Forever!

Happy to say I helped work on this video for Dream Mining! Any Adventure Time fans out there?

Where Would A Disney Princess Go For Vacation?

Here is my favorite Dream Mining video I have worked on to date! I made a lot of the assets I animated in it. Like Snow White in her bathing suit, Cinderella's dresses that Lily snap's on to screen and the You Tube thumbnail below. I'm getting the swing of things and I love my new job at Driver Digital ;)

I hope you enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed making it! Here are some other awesome videos I made recently! I loved the script for this Minion Inspired video and I had fun designing my first Super Hero look book!

My first Dream Mining Video :)

My first Dream Mining Video at Driver Digital. I helped add the emotions in "What's That Emotion?" Can't wait to see the movie!

A New Job!

I am happy to say that I have a new job! My goal has always been to get into a company that is based in Children's Media. Since I moved to New York I primarily worked at FleishmanHillard and some other places as well. They were all great experiences and gave me huge stepping stones in my career.
However, I am happy to close that chapter of my life and move forward to make the kind of work I want.
I said I have a new job but its really more like two new jobs. I feel lucky enough to have one great opportunity but beyond blessed to have two! First and most excitedly I will soon be an Editor and Motion Graphics Artist for the company Driver Digital!

Driver Digital is a children's entertainment company whose prime goal is to make kids laugh! I can't wait to start and show you some of the cool things I will get to be a part of. Some of the clients are Disney, Mattel, PBS Kids and other great children companies. I don't want to spoil the project I will be working on yet....so stay tuned!

Secondly, I will be creating educational materials for children with special needs at Rethink Autism on a per project basis. They are an amazing company that provides help to not only school programs and teachers but parents who need guidance as well. This is very special to me because when I was little I struggled with learning math and it didn't get any easier for me until I was taught how to count visually. This is one of the many things this company touches upon. Theres a million ways to learn something and I love what they stand for.

I don't have anything to show you yet for Driver Digital but you can check out my first project assignment for Rethink Autism. This one is based on a fairy tale theme and helps teach kids about memorization using fairy tales stories. Let me know what you think!

Digital Paint

Some progress on my recent illustration projects. I love watching designs progress. So here is stage two of each of these illustrations. Soon I will get to a more finished look and we can compare the results. :)

My New Muse

#instamuff #characterdesign finally! The fans have waited long enough lol

A photo posted by Stephanie Gibree (@stephgibree) on Apr 13, 2015 at 7:01pm PDT

Page #1

An in progress shot of an illustration I am working on for a children's book. I have been designing layouts for a few months and I am finallly in the painting stage! I still have to add more detail like the children's faces but I am really happy with the color palette. Painting is so rewarding, I feel great after working on this.

Sangria Anyone?

I made this at work for an invite to an internal party. My team won best new bussiness at the monthly all staff meeting. We won a literal cup and its huge. We get to pick what alcohol we want to have and they supply it every Friday for a month. That's the jist! I feel like it has a 60's vibe :)

Figure Drawing

I am excited to have found a new place to get back into figure drawing. That new place is Spring Studios its a great place to draw! If you're in New York I really recommend this. I have been to a few not so nice places in the boroughs. This is affordable, quaint and in a great area. Most importantly no matter how busy your schedule is you can make a class! They have several classes a day running through out the day.

 I also loved that there location was filled with different kinds of easels, desks and mountains of art books to peruse during model breaks. I also liked that its monitored not teaching, for me I just need the model not a full lesson. One of my many goals this year is to create a new portfolio and new figure drawings is a must. So here is the first of many "Figure Drawing!" posts of the year.

Microsoft Hololens

Good Morning!
Have you heard of Hololens? Its crazy futuristic madness. I made a mini infographic about it for work today. I dont know how to explain it so you should watch this video that will blow your mind.

Anyway, crazy right? The future is now...

Battle of the Videos

A video I created for our award-winning AT&T Device Launch video series for the Nokia Lumia 830. A combination of live action footage, motion graphics and animation, showcasing the device. My responsibilities included filming, editing, animating and designing. This is very exciting for me because this is the first video that I had full responsibility for and filmed.

However, just when life cant get any sweeter who but my little dog Mufflet steals my spotlight? Mufflet has reached stardom by appearing one of our Device Launch videos for the Kyocera! Check her out at 2:27!!!

Which video is better me or Mufflets scene?
 

Make Up Artist and Animator

I'm really excited to show you this video. Not only did I help design and animate but I also had a chance to use my make up skills as the make up artist for this video. Cosmetology has always been a hobby of mine. In college I would do hair and make up for my friends studying fashion design for there runway shows. This is really the first time since then I have had a chance to do anything with it. Even more exciting is its for an AT&T video. I'm thinking of collecting some images to make a mini portfolio of my hair and make up work just for fun. 

Fran Brill Retires

Famous puppeteer Fran Brill retires today after decades of showering us with her talent. I was lucky enough to meet her along with the rest of the Sesame Street family in 2009 when I visited the set. How did I get a VIP pass to Sesame Street? It just so happens that my Uncle also calls Sesame Street home and like Brill has been apart of the creative team since the very beginning.
P.S. She was also in one of the greatest films of all time "What About Bob?"
Here are some photos from my visit!

Save The Date Postcard Design

Here is a Save The Date postcard I helped design for my friends Rina and Jerry who are getting married.

Cinema 4d Cupcake

Cinema 4D Cupcake! :) Another awesome tutorial from Grey Scale Gorilla.

Cinema 4d Here I come

I am so excited to annouce that I have started my Cinema 4d classes, thank you Fleishman! Today was class #2 and I made a Banana Gram ;)
This idea came from Gray Gorilla Scale an awesome resource for 3d tutorials. It's not finished yet but its a start.
I am so excited to be modeling in a 3d program again. I loved using Maya in college but never got far enough with it. Cinema 4d is definitely easier than Maya though so this is a smooth transition.