'Where There Here' at Comic-Con 2010

A sand animation, 'Where There Here' at Comic-Con 2010!

'Transparent Movement' won the Best Experimental Film Award at the Connecticut Film Festival

'Transparent Movement' won the Best Experimental Film award at the Connecticut Film Festival!

'Father and Sister' at New Hope Film Festival

Here is the promo article about the 'Father and Sister'
from New Hope Film Festival.

'Father and Sister': Characters

Here are some sample design sketches & parts for the characters.

Nun character Turn-Around sheet

Nun puppet chart 1

 Nun puppet chart 2

  Nun clothes parts

Character parts & replacements

'Father and Sister': Background 2-Church Entry Door

Here are samples of the layout sketch, background artwork, and replacements for the door of the Church Entry Door shot along with the final composite still image from the movie.

Layout sketch

Background artwork

Door replacement parts

Final composite shot

'Father and Sister': Background 1-Inside the Church

  Layout sketch

Background design

 Final composite shot

a short animated film, 'Father and Sister'

Back in 1999, I started to work on a short film with cut-out animation technique using actual paper puppets and parts. I had done more experimental films before, so my idea for this film was... something that I hadn't tried before: a comic cartoon. It was a fun process, yet operating the 16mm Oxberry camera for the first time, while moving hundreds of little paper pieces under the camera... was not that easy. I made some 16mm raw footage, and called it 'good enough for the experience'. Then I packed all these paper parts inside of a shoe box.

Years later, I found a dusty old shoe box at the corner of the closet. Inside, there were abandoned old puppets and artwork that never got to be shown. So I decided to give them another chance to see the world. I tried to keep the original idea based on 10 year old storyboards and plans (which ended up making things more difficult..., because in most of cases... I would have done things differently now.) I did change the the film process to digital, though: I scanned all the original paper parts, cleaned them up in Photoshop, then re-composited them in After Effects.

It was my side project for the last several years, whenever I had spare time outside of studio projects and teaching : sometimes a few weeks a year, and if I got lucky...a few more weeks.

Since the fall of 1999... carrying 1999's idea, design, storyboards through... its 2010 completion date... many many many days have passed by.

And finally, the film starts to be screened to the public through the film festival circuit.

Thanks to my crew, Amanda Nelson & Aaron Dabelow, my former students, who assisted me with the animation, and Spencer Dorn, who made the wonderful music for the film. And special thanks to my partner Todd Hemker, who help me with animation, compositing and editing as well as the support throughout this long... process.

Link to imdb

Link to the List of screenings

Soyeon's design samples for the Plant sequence: 'Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs'-End Titles

Design samples for the Plant sequence

The full growing plants were divided into 9 segments: 

top, middle, bottom & left, center, right

Here are 3 segments

Here are the screen captures from the movie below

Soyeon's design sample for the Incidental characters for the 'Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs'-End Titles

Here are some character designs & color/texture treatments for the End Title sequence for the 'Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs'

'Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs: End Titles'

YELLOWSHED (Soyeon & Todd) co-directed the end titles for the Sony's animated feature film, 'Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.

Clients: Sony Pictures
Production Studio: DUCK Studios

Executive Producer: Mark Medernach              Producer: Daniel Ridgers
Directors: YELLOWSHED (Todd Hemker & Soyeon Kim)

Designers: Justin K.Thompson, Paul Rudish, Chris Mitchell, Soyeon Kim, Michael Kurinsky
Lead Animators: Morgan Williams, Soyeon Kim, Todd Hemker
Animators: Hsin-Ping Pan, Hsin-I Tseng
Effect Artist: Jesse Gregg                             Image Prep Artist: Jinna Kim
Compositors: Todd Hemker, Erik Tillmans, Richard Ramazinski, Jesse Gregg
Technical Directors: Blake Robertson, Erik Tillmans, Richard Ramazinski

More information can be found links below:

Art of the Titles

Animation Magazine Article

Yellowshed blog

'Cart Talkers' Won the American Graphic Design Award!

'Cart Talkers' illustrations that I worked on for the Frito Lays (Agency: The Marketing Arm) won the 2009 American Graphic Design Award sponsored by Graphic Design USA magazine.

The 2009 award results are featured in December 2009 issue of GD USA magazine. My name is listed on the page... 220!

Here is the screen capture of Amercia Graphic Design Award website!

i sent you love....

 

Illustrations by Soyeon

story about a woman, sending her love to her husband...

Goldfish crackers: spec design for the commercial pitch

Animated commercial 'Planetarium'

Here are storyboard panels that I made for the 'Planetarium'

Screening:
Anim'est (Bucharest, Romania)
Anirmau (Lalin, Spain)
Cartoons on the Bay (Roma, Italy)

You can view the clip under YELLOWSHED website under Animation

Opening Title Sequence Animation for 'Sloppy Joe'

I designed, animated and directed the opening titles of the PSA campaign for California State University Long Beach. 

Images were created in Illustrator & Photoshop, with mixture of hand-painted textures, then motions were created in After Effects.

For more information, please visit its official website.

'Sloppy Joe' production notes

Here is the pitch material: rough thumbnail sketches and 2 style frames.

Process: Character was re-designed to match the graphic style of title sequence based on Aubry's original character design. Textures were hand-painted using acrylic and watercolor, applied into photoshop file. Then, all elements were imported in Adobe After Effects in 3D space. Joe character was animated in After Effects as well as jointed puppet.

Last shot of 2d hand drawn animation was done by Aubry: re-use of Sloppy Joe's drinking shot from the main sequence.

Here is an image I made for the Sloppy Joe website: link to the crew image (of myself)

The Park at the Mall of America - Halloween spot " The Drive"

Watch The Mall of America Halloween spot.

Production Company: Reelworks

Agency: Preston Kelly (Formerly Kerker)

Awards:

Anicomm Awards: 10 Best Animated Commercials of the Year, by Animation Magazine

Best Professional Awards, Siggraph Minnesota Electronic Theatre

Best Commissioned Film, Kalamazoo Animation Festival

Film Festival Screenings:

Holland Animation Festival (Utrecht, The Netherlands)

Anim'est (Bucharest, Romania)

Tehran International Animation Festival (Tehran, Iran)

Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (Seoul, Korea)

Citrus Cel Animation Festival (Jacksonville, Florida)

Kalamazoon Animation Festival (Carbondale, Michigan)

Murphy's Shorts: list of film festival screenings

Murphy's Shorts

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1538871/

Awards: Best Animation: Wildwood Film Festival

     Audience Choice Award: Reno Film Festival

 

‘Murphy’s Short’s’ has been selected for 30 Int’l film festivals. 

2009

October     Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (Leipzig, Germany)

Oct. 3-6    Animac (Lleida, San Sebastian, Spain)

Edinburgh Int'l Film Festival (Scotland, UK)

Oct. & Nov. 

                Red Stick Int'l Animation Festival (Baton Rouge, LA, US)

                Banjaluka Int'l Animated Film Festival (Banjaluka, Bosna/Hercegovina)

                Tindirindis Int'l Animation Festival (Vilnius, Lithuania)

                Forum for Int'l Animation Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden)

Nov.         Animateka Int'l Animation Film Festival (Ljubljana, Slovenija)

                El Meu Primer Festival (Barcelona, Spain)

2010

                Int'l Short Film Festival Detmold (Detmold, Germany)

                Square Lake Solstice Film Festival (Stillwater, MN, US)

                Minnesota Electronic Theatre (Minneapolis, MN, US)

                The Epiphany Children's Film Festival (NY, NY, US)

Apr. 1-4    Dawson City Int'l Short Film Festival (Dawson City, Canada)

                San Francisco Int'l Children's Film Festival (SF, CA, US)

                Citrus Cel Animation Festival (Jacksonville, FL, US)

Apr. 29-May 10     Los Angeles United Film Festival (LA, CA, US)

                Wildwood Film Festival (Menasha, WI, US)

                360/365 George Eastman House Film Festival (Rochester, NY)

                Foursite Film Festival (Ogden, UT, US)

                Reno Film Festival (Reno, NV, US)

                Nickel Independent Film Festival (St. John’s, NL, Canada)

Jun. 25     Detroit Windsor Int'l Film Festival (Detroit, MI, US)

                Jersey Shore Film Festival (Deal, NJ, US)

Jul.           Long Island Int'l Film Expo (Long Island, NY, US)

                Kids First! Film Festival (Santa Fe, NM, US)

                Washougal Int'l Film Festival (Washougal, WA, US)

                San Diego Children's Film Festival (San Diego, CA, US)

                SoCal Independent Film Festival (Huntington Beach, CA, US)

Oct.          Flatland Film Festival

Nov.         L'Alternativa Festival, Barcelona, Spain

2011         
Mar.        Sarasota FF, Sarasota, FL, US

               New York International Children's Film Festival

               Providence Childrens Film Festival

Jul.30-Aug. 6    Woods Hole Film Festival

Aug.         Cinematic Circus, Chilmark Community Center

                MUMIA - Monstra Animation Festival

2012

                Kid Flix Mix: The Best of New York Children's Film Festival

                @ Teaneck International Film Festival

                @ Utah Film Center

                @Aurora Picture Show

Frito Lays Ad Campaign 'Shelf Talkers'

A snap shot at Ralph's in LA.

This is another campaign, 'Shelf Talkers' after its first campaign 'Cart Talkers' using the same illustration elements that I made.

One day, I went for grocery shopping, and I noticed something very.... familiar..., when I was about to pick up a bag of chips..... My illustrations!!

So yes, I got the Lays chip that day with full of excitement!

Frito Lays 'Cart Talkers'

Individual element illustrations

Frito Lays Ad Campaign 'Cart Talkers'

Illustrations for Frito Lays 2008 campaign 'Cart Talker'

Illustrator: Soyeon Kim

Art Directors: Leonardo Santos/ Matt Fraser

Agency: The Marketing Arm

Intro to Keith Urban Music Video

Yellowshed (Todd & Soyeon) made an animated intro clip for the Keith Urban's 'Kiss A Girl' music video, which is also screened during Keith Urban's 2009 ACM award performance.

Symbolic icon 'Bird' was designed, animated in traditional methods (using papers, pencils), then inked using brush pens, scanned the images, then composited in After Effects. NY city background was created in Photoshop, then combined with digitally treated green-screen footage of Keith Urban.

In the final music video, this intro footage is followed by the main sequence that NY based animator/artist, Richard Borge directed, who created unique artistic look of photo montage/live action for the spot. The concept was written by Chris Hickey.

YELLOWSHED's 30 second intro clip was on Keith Urban website as a 'sneak peak preview' until the official music video came out.

You can see the full music video at youtube.

This is one of my concept designs.

It wasn't used for the actual spot, due to its concept changes.

Murphy's Shorts at the New York International Children's Film Festival

 

Murphy's Shorts, directed by Todd Hemker

Natural History Museum spots 'Tree of Life' & 'Dinosaurs' Awards & Film Festival Selections

'Tree of Life' (2007)

Awards

2008 Gold Addy Award

-Television

-Regional/National TV, Single Spots, Consumer Services, Travel/Tourism

2008 Gold Addy Award

-Elements of Advertising

-Animation or Special Effects, Video, Film

2008 Telly Award

Screenings

2008 May 31-Jun 5        AnimaFest: World Festival of Animated Films, (Zagreb, Croatia)

2008 Jul 11-20, 23-27    AnimaMundi (Rio de Janeiro/ Sao Paulo, Brazil)

2008 Oct 3-12                Anim'est (Bucharest, Romania)

2008 Nov 5-9                 HAFF: Holland Animation Film Festival, (Utrecht, Netherlands)

2008 Nov 12-15             BAF: Bradford Animation Festival, (Bradford, UK)

2009 Mar 1-5                 Tehran Int’l Animation Festival, (Tehran, Iran)

2009 Sep 28- Oct 7         Krok Int’l Animated Film Festival, (Kyiv, Ukraine)

'Dinosaurs' (2008)

Awards

2008 Telly Award

 

Screenings

2008 Sep 10-13             Animanima: International Animation Festival of Serbia, (Cacak, Serbia)
2008 Oct 3-12                Anim'est International Animation Festival, (Bucharest, Romania)
2008 Nov 10-16             Cinanima: Int’l Animated Film Festival of Portugal, (Espinho, Portugal)
2008 Nov 5-9                 HAFF: Holland Animation Film Festival, (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
2009 May 7-10               AniFest, (Teplice, Czech Republic)
2009 July 10-26              Anima Mundi, (Rio de Janeiro/Sao Paulo, Brazil)
2009 Sep 17-20,             Klik! Amsterdam Animation Festival, (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Transparent Movement: list of screenings

Award:

Best Experimental Film, Connecticut Film Festival

2nd Place in Experimental Film, Twin Rivers Media Festival

Nominated for the 'Best Experimental Film, Directors Circle Festival of Shorts 

Film Festival Screenings:

2009 

AniFest (Trebon/ Teplice, Czech Republic) May  1-4

Kalamazoo Animation Festival Int'l (Kalamazoo, MI, US) May 14-17

Twin Rivers Media Festivals (Asheville, NC, US) May 29-31

In The Palace Short Film Festival (Balchik, Bulgaria) Jun. 20-27

Anima Mundi (Sao Paulo/Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Jul. 10-26

Square Lake Solstice Film Festival (Stillwater, MN, US) Aug. 15

The Rome International Film Festival (Rome, GA, US) Sep. 11-12

Indie-AniFest (Seoul, Korea) Sep. 17-22

California Int'l Animation Festival (Riverbank, CA, US) Sep. 27

Moving Image Arts Film Festival (Toronto, ON, Canada) Oct. 16-18

High Desert Shorts Int'l Film Festival (Pahrump, NV, US) Nov. 6-7

Olympia Film Festival (Olympia, WA, US) Nov. 6-14

Anchorage Int'l Film Festival (Anchorage, AL, US) Dec. 4-17

2010 

Dam Short Film Festival (Boulder City, NV, US) Feb. 10-13
Big Muddy Film Festival (Carbondale, MI, US) Feb. 19-28
Lake County Film Festival (Grayslake, IL, US) Mar. 3-8
Davis Film Festival (Davis, CA, US) Mar. 11-13
Citrus Cel Animation Festival (Jacksonville, FL, US) Apr. 9-11
The Kansas City FilmFest (Kansas City, MO, US) Apr. 14-18
Griffon Int'l Film Festival (St. Joseph, MO, US) Apr. 19-23
Delta int'l Film and Video Festival (Cleveland, MS, US) Apr. 21-23
On Location: Memphis Int'l Film Fest (Memphis, TN, US) Apr. 22-25
Kansas City Art Institutes (Kansas City, MO, US) Apr. 29
The Connecticut Film Festival (Danbury, CT, US) May 4-9
Talking Pictures Festival (Evanston, IL, US) May 7-9
Artfest Film Festival (Harrisburg, PA, US) May 28-31
Gallery of Animation (Long Beach, CA, US) Jul. 15
Asian American Int'l Film Festival (NY, NY, US) Jul. 15-24
Asian Film Festival of Dallas (Dallas, TX, US) Jul. 23-29
Washougal Int'l Film Festival (Washougal, WA, US) Aug. 11-15
Landlocked Film Festival (Iowa City, IA, US) Aug. 26-29
Rappahannock Inde Film Festival (Fredericksburg, VA, US) Aug. 26-29
Sydney Underground Film Festival (Sydney, Australia) Sep. 9-11
Commffest Community Film Festival (Toronto, Canada) Sep. 22-27
Great Lakes Int'l Film Festival (Erie, PA, US) Sep. 22-29
SoCal Independent Film Festival (Hungtington Beach, CA, US) Sep. 26-Oct. 3
GIAA Festival of Short Films & Videos (Manhattan, NY, US) Oct. 1-3
Flint Film Festival (Flint, MI, US) Oct. 15-16
Banjaluka Int'l Animated Film Festival (Banjaluka, Bosna/Hercegovina) Oct. 22-27
Directors Circle Festival of Shorts (Erie, PA, US) Nov. 8-12
Red Rock Film Festival (St. George, UT, US) Nov. 11-14
Poppy Jasper Film Festival (Morgan Hill, CA, US) Nov. 12-14

2014

Monterey Museum of Art (Monterey, CA, US)

2022

Nov. 11    Nuit de l'ANIM' (Marseille, France)

a Short Film, 'Transparent Movement' 2009

One minute experimental animation, 'Transparent Movement'.

After having spent most time working on studio projects for the clients for years (which I enjoy..., but it's definitely different from doing my own), I wanted to perk up my nerves on my 'experimental' side of brain.

The footage was made based on two dancers moving behind the screen (back-lid). It was shot on video, then I printed out selected frames. I created various shapes and images by adding drawings or paintings on top, cutting out shapes and re-composing them in layers, then re-exposed them under the down-shooter camera. Images were also multiplied and/or rearranged in Adobe Photoshop and After Effects.

Music was composed by my multi-talented friend, Tim Samoff, who was actually my classmate from animation program at Calarts.

This film has been selected for Int'l Film Festivals, and am really excited and looking forward to showing it to the public!

imdb listing

Where, There, Here: list of screenings

Award:

-Best of REEL 13 Shorts (New York, USA)

Film Festival / Public Screenings:

-Hampshire Film Festival (Fareham, Hampshire, UK)
-REEL 13 Shorts (New York, NY, US)

-Comic-Con (San Diego, CA, US)

-San Diego Int'l Children's Film Festival (San Diego, CA, US)
-Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival (Seoul, Korea)

-Square Lake Film Festival (Stillwater, MN, US)

-Indie AniFest (Seoul, Korea)

-Hyart Film Festival (Lovell, WY, US)

-Seoul Extreme Short Int'l Film Festival (Seoul, Korea)

-Flip Animation Festival (Wolverhampton, UK)

-Biennial of Animation Bratislava, Int'l Festival of Animated Films for Children (Bratislava, Slovakia)
-Tindirindis Int'l Animation Festival (Vilnius, Lithuania)

-SoDak Animation Festival (Brookings, SD, US)

-Chicago Int'l Children's Film Festival (Chicago, IL, US)

-Anymasyros (Hermoupolis, Greece)

-Los Angeles Int'l Children's Film Festival (LA, CA, US)
- Rencontres Internationales du Cinema d’Animation de Wissembourg (Wissembourg, France)
-Seattle Int'l Children's Film Festival (Seattle, WA, US)
-Providence Int'l Children's Film Festival (Providence, RI, US)
-Redcat Int'l Children's Film Festival (LA, CA, US)
-Brussels Children's Film Festival (Brussels, Belgium)
-Wonder Con (SF, CA, US)
-San Francisco Int'l Children's Film Festival (SF, CA, US)
-LA Asian Pacific Film Festival (LA, CA, US)
-Family Festival (Fort Worth, TX, US)
-Seoul Int'l Cartoon and Animation Festival (Seoul, Korea)

2013

Jan. 26    Bay Area International Children's Film Festival, Oakland, California

2022

Nov. 11    Nuit de l'ANIM', Marseille, France