oh snap, its midnight thirty!

working for red's best

2011-12-01T22:00:00.000-05:00

got to drive to falmouth last month and shoot a boat called the equinox get unloaded by our truck. this is one of the things i do for work btw at reds best. check out our website and facebook for more of my work

2011-09-07T12:58:00.000-04:00

Friday Night Red's Best New England unlaoded and shipped a Giant Bluefin Tuna from our Boston Facility. This 718 lb fish was caught with a Rod and Reel by Michael Delzingo of the F/V Fish Bucket. Because of its high fat content this beautiful fish is on the way to Tokyo as we speak. Congratulations Captain Mike.

Filmed by Eric Morris and myself, edited by me and music by freeplaymusic.com

2011-04-18T21:43:00.003-04:00

2009 dann farese

things that i'm working on :D

2011-04-07T20:48:00.001-04:00

learning how to do proper lighting in maya to fit green screen people better

fairies :D

i'm making a green screen at work

i made reds best decals for the mic we are going to use for interviews (i didn't design the logo though)

just your average night

2011-04-04T20:11:00.002-04:00

photography by dann farese, editing by me

4/2/2011

2011-04-03T10:42:00.000-04:00

Dann Farese

finished :)

2011-02-28T18:55:00.000-05:00

i'd also like to thank GiveUpAlready for their fire brushes which i used for the explosion flames.

Halfway Done

2011-02-23T19:36:00.001-05:00

more for red's best

2011-02-16T08:46:00.001-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNuJz1XdowA

this is for their test website

Happy Valentines Day

2011-02-14T16:40:00.000-05:00

I got Call of Duty: World at War for my love for Valentines Day but since I'm poor and stuffs, he got a used copy of it. However sometimes Gamestop doesn't give you the original box for the game, and I hate those used game covers. So I sketched a cover for him :)

I call it, Call of Duty: Dann at War

I can does after effects!? Like they do in tosh.0!?

2011-02-02T19:03:00.000-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0qOzNmZCb4

yup :)

sometimes my boss asks me to make posters for her

2011-02-01T23:33:00.000-05:00

its not the greatest poster in the world but i was proud of my freehanding of the soccer ball (i touched it up with the pen tool) the grass is cheesey but hey its for a high school advertisement haha

So I Started Re-Coloring a Set for Red's Best

2011-01-14T21:27:00.000-05:00

i didn't build the set, whoever did that was amazing. i don't yet have patience for tiny details such as vines or plants when it comes to building sets in maya. i changed the desk color and plant colors.

A Year Later...

2011-01-02T14:21:00.000-05:00

i finally finished this:

also i got the animation job :D

Compositing

2010-12-23T16:59:00.000-05:00

So in my last post I mentioned I'm trying to get a job with AlwaysNow, they gave me a test to see what I can do with compositing (I'm guessing from this that I'm going to be doing a lot of this if i land this job) They do a lot of commercial work for Red's Best. The man in the video is Tom, he's one of the people who works there. This was the first time I've done green-screening since sophomore year in college. Not to shabby eh? Just like riding a bicycle. :)

Now lets hope I land the gig :)

(this video footage is copy-write to Red's Best and to AlwaysNow, I just made it look pretty in After Effects)

2010-12-06T16:27:00.001-05:00

going down to visit a studio called AlwaysNow in boston this friday, maybe even get a position there too :)

wish me luck!!

no arts to show yet. but hopefully soon

i wish this was in higher resolution

2010-10-11T14:32:00.000-04:00

some photography stuffs

2010-08-01T23:07:00.000-04:00

i woulda finished it but it was 3AM

2010-07-06T13:21:00.000-04:00

drew this leveling up on rare candies 4th of july.

TODD & TYLER THE GAME NOW AVAILABLE ON ITUNES

2010-05-23T11:51:00.001-04:00

<-- go download it now!!

2010 Animation Reel

2010-05-18T10:45:00.000-04:00

Video Game Cousin

2010-05-14T12:35:00.001-04:00

minijim

2010-05-10T20:36:00.001-04:00

made minidann's cousin minijim joyce
because every puppet needs a cousin!!

and below are the real life cousins!!

Mahogany Jim Turnaround

2010-05-05T19:57:00.000-04:00

Dannimated #6

2010-05-05T18:44:00.000-04:00

"matthew"

Remember This?

2010-04-29T09:04:00.000-04:00

well after 6 months todd and tyler the game is done hooray!!

now all we gotta do is wait for it to be launched and then it'll be playable on iphones/ipod touches all round the world =)

Dannimated #5

2010-04-28T20:29:00.001-04:00

Dannimated #4

2010-04-21T20:29:00.000-04:00

"dr pepper"

mahogany jim's colored in maya

2010-04-14T21:14:00.001-04:00

Dannimated #3

2010-04-14T18:58:00.000-04:00

2010-04-12T20:19:00.000-04:00

so i changed minidanns hair from clay to wire dipped in liquid latex

also mahogany jim is now in 3D

Mark Your Calenders

2010-04-05T10:09:00.000-04:00

Thursday, May 13, 2010 is the AIB Senior Animation Show
Time:
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Location:
Brattle Theater
City/Town:
Cambridge, MA
(off the harvard sq stop on the red line)

~The Show~
Graduating Seniors Jamie Budden, Kim Hui, Sara King, Katelyn Walsh, Megan Arthurs, Katia-Ricciarelli Reed, Amelia Piaker, Mina Sanwald, Morgan Cassidy, and featuring alumni Beth Vargas and Robert Laing will be screening their work at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline.

~The After Party~
Please join us after the screening for the after party in the AIB 601 Newbury basement!

Dannimated #2

2010-03-24T23:40:00.000-04:00

i glued a misfits thingy onto the back of minidann's vest cause the real dann has a vest with a misfits patch on the back lol :)

and here's the second animation!!!

minidann revisited

2010-03-17T20:39:00.000-04:00

i felt bad that my original minidann had no legs and no hands...so i've decided since i am going to make more prank call animations that he must be upgraded. i shall rebuild him and make him better...ahem anyways this is what he looks like so far
new body compete with hands and legs and feets!!
i used the same shirt from the original minidann (he needs pants!!) the head is going to be the same as well. i would like to try to upgrade the eyes though. they have seen better days and it is quite tedious to keep remaking eyes out of clay

this cat should be a professional model

2010-03-08T23:33:00.000-05:00

Munster on a rocking horse

also this one's just for fun :P

Dann + Mcdonalds = Dannimated

2010-02-25T11:00:00.001-05:00

and here's the animation:

nice rack

2010-02-22T21:08:00.000-05:00

work in progress

My Log

2010-02-17T12:25:00.000-05:00

i tried doing a cut log animation in class today...i enjoyed doing this, i felt like it kinda looks like a planet's inner core or something. i also liked the abstractness of not worrying about making a story or character design and whatnot.

Stop Motion Collab #2

2010-02-10T22:05:00.000-05:00

this time it was a collab with the lovely Morgan Cassidy

this was our first piece

and this was our second

Future Tattoo

2010-02-10T14:30:00.000-05:00

i've been working on this for a few years (well concept and design wise) but now he's finally finished. he will be my graduation present for myself, i am going to get him on my ribs. enjoy.

Some Oldies But Goodies

2010-02-08T11:47:00.001-05:00

2005

2005

2005

2005

2006

2006

2006

2006

2006

2006

2006

2006

2006

2006

2006

2006

2006

2006

2006, edited in 2009

2007

2007

2007

2008

2008

2008

2008

2009

Waltzing Morph

2010-02-06T19:21:00.000-05:00

so dann and i were feeling creative today, we went to the art store and bought clay and all kinds of stuff and decided we were gonna animate stuff. this was my animation. enjoy.

Stop Motion Collab

2010-02-03T13:08:00.000-05:00

collab piece with Andrew Dunn

some stuffs

2010-01-12T14:37:00.000-05:00

i cant wait to finish coloring this

color concept for girl done in illustrator

also a page of spiderman project for comic book and storyboard class

good news and bad news

2009-12-21T20:09:00.000-05:00

<-- also todd and tyler has a game icon now

good news, portal fixed so you can move to the next level (hooray)

bad news, this is what i was hoping to make

cept now the enemy plane shows up here...so right now, if you dont miss the buildings, you cant die

what i hope to accomplish

2009-12-15T11:56:00.000-05:00

that right there is gonna be the portal to the next level

so far having a bunch of technical difficulties cause its not working right and is showing in a random spot as seen below

2 Menus Done!!!

2009-11-30T20:11:00.000-05:00

moons added

2009-11-23T20:30:00.001-05:00

new modelling photo

2009-11-15T01:36:00.000-05:00

this time its by my lovely friend gillian fournier

she did an entire shoot using different girls and made each one of them into an alcoholic drink. i was a sangria.

buildings have been replaced!!!

2009-11-09T21:14:00.001-05:00

ladies and gentlemen

2009-11-09T19:38:00.000-05:00

i bring you...

a sneak preview image of the video game i'm creating for the iphone :)
the foreground actually is not mine and will not stay in the game...its just filler. background however is all mine

photo manipulation

2009-10-27T14:16:00.000-04:00

before
after

Todd and Tyler

2009-10-27T11:14:00.000-04:00

dann farese and tom mcgaw are todd and tyler; the two sons of satan

fun with GIFs

2009-10-26T17:56:00.000-04:00

"todd and tyler chalk fun"

"jumping"

hey there lil buddy

2009-10-25T23:45:00.000-04:00

caterpillar dann and i found walking home from the park today

more modelling

2009-10-18T23:46:00.001-04:00

by: dann farese

some modeling i've done

2009-10-15T23:39:00.000-04:00

by mark mullaney:

by dann farese:

More Photography

2009-09-17T00:02:00.000-04:00

action jumping shot

lake during the day

sunset over the lake (two photos actually merged together for this one)

sunset part II

all taken at lynn woods reservation

no toons this time...just photography

2009-09-09T11:29:00.001-04:00

dann farese on swings

sun setting over trees

sun setting over pond

all taken at endicott park in danvers

i don't even know where to begin

2009-06-22T00:46:00.000-04:00

well for those of you who don't know, that's my friend tom in the plaid. the guy behind him is mike bonafanti, the mayor of peabody. and this pic's a spoof of the show tom goes to the mayor...why? cause i'm really fucking bored....

self portrait turn around

2009-05-08T23:43:00.000-04:00

...epic fail on trying to make myself in maya but i like it none the less

wolf turn around rendored

2009-05-08T23:42:00.000-04:00

character turn around

2009-05-07T22:44:00.000-04:00

fun with maya

2009-05-07T20:42:00.000-04:00

before

after

a work in progress

2009-04-22T23:15:00.000-04:00

self portrait in maya

warrior girl

2009-04-21T01:51:00.001-04:00

Mahogany Jim CAN Fly

2009-04-01T12:33:00.000-04:00

fucking around in maya while showing my mom a demo on how you animate in maya...

dog carcass in alley this morning. tire tread on burst stomach.

2009-03-15T21:39:00.000-04:00

finished reading watchmen last night. fucking loved it! also inspired me to do a doodle of roscharch cause he's my favorite character.

pin-up girl

2009-03-06T16:48:00.000-05:00

i don't know why but lately i've been really into doodling pin up girls...

feminine walk

2009-03-04T23:22:00.000-05:00

pin-up girl

2009-03-03T22:48:00.000-05:00

"trippy" background

2009-02-24T21:09:00.000-05:00

for the "shrooms" animation

walk cycle with background

2009-02-23T20:31:00.001-05:00

annother background

2009-02-23T16:45:00.000-05:00

this one's for my animation "shrooms". its before the character goes on a shroom trip. watch the video below for the animatic version of what i'm working on below.

and now this

2009-02-18T00:56:00.000-05:00

something that didn't completely suck from self portrait

completed background

2009-02-17T20:50:00.000-05:00

and that

2009-02-16T15:16:00.000-05:00

tis a background that be a work in progress but it looks neat so i decided to post what it looks like half way through being finished. i just hope i do not screw it up by adding the foreground.

made that

2009-02-12T18:51:00.000-05:00

o.O

2009-02-12T16:57:00.000-05:00

yeah.... i made one of these.

don't judge me

and DON'T LOOK AT ME IN THAT TONE OF VOICE!!!!!