PAT HARPIN

Short Animatic

2010-12-09T17:05:00.000-08:00

Speedy Burger Animatic from Patrick Harpin on Vimeo.

Here's an assignment from Jim Hull's story class. I put the animatic together in a night for a job interview, so thats why the female voice acting sounds strangely like a man who hasn't slept.

WELCOME TO NYC

2010-07-09T06:55:00.000-07:00

My first week at work, and I got my head stuck in the subway doors. After prying it open like a feral bobcat, this italian man pointed out a sooty black ring around my neck and arms. Life in the big city.

Third Year Film

2010-05-13T11:22:00.000-07:00

Turtle Pancakes from Patrick Harpin on Vimeo.

My little sister used to actually do this with turtles when we were little.

UCLA Orthodontists

2010-03-30T01:51:00.000-07:00

It's 10 am and I'm sitting with several pairs of hands in my mouth. There are 3-5 people standing over me, and they're arguing with each other in korean. I have no idea what's going on. This is an accurate depiction of my routine visits to UCLA Ortho to get my crazy lock-jaw fixed. They say I am a rare case, students talk in hushed tones behind the professor. UCLA is great and they're all geniuses, but you definitely feel like you're in a scene from Blade Runner.

Old Lady & The Devil

2009-12-07T15:09:00.000-08:00

Here's a Comic I did for Jake Faulkner's "Re-Envisioning America" exhibition at Calarts. Each artist did a piece inspired by an old folk song. Jake came to me and asked if I'd do a work based on the song "Old lady and the devil". I'd never heard it before, but once I listened to the lyrics I was sold. Kris Anka and I both procrastinated on our pieces, of course - and had to crank 'em out 2 days before the show. Despite lack of sleep, the exhibition went great, and I was damn glad to be part of it.

LONG TIME NO SEE

2009-11-23T21:36:00.000-08:00

So... I've been taking crap from people for not posting. A lot's happened since I last posted anything. I made it through the Pixar Story internship, which was one of the greatest things I've ever gotten to do. It completely changed the way I think about filmmaking; Like a dough-eyed farm-boy, they take you in and break you down. A beaten dog, you raise yourself back up to become someone who knows what you're doing (somewhat). My mentor Ted Mathot was super patient in working with me, and also helping me steer clear of disaster, "Ted I'm gonna do it all in one-shot till the guy's arm gets cut...get it? First CUT?" Mark and Pete & the gang were all awesome and really cared about helping us be better storytellers. I still don't have the answers, but I feel like I know the right questions to ask myself. Is this what it really feels like to be in this situation? How can I show everything in one image? Is this the shot that's gonna make the audience feel it? I'm just starting on the path to good storytelling, but they definitely set me on the right direction.

(boards from a bigger sequence I did in Jim Hull's Story class)

SCHOOL OF THE DEAD

2009-01-24T19:29:00.000-08:00

Here's a giant cut-out I did for the '09 Character Anim. Gallery Opening. Lately I've been into a lot of Day of the Dead art, and so I did some LA hipsters inspired by it. More of this to come.

More knights

2008-12-12T22:20:00.000-08:00

KNIGHTS

2008-12-12T22:17:00.001-08:00

BATMAN

2008-10-14T19:40:00.000-07:00

A bunch of the other animators started a contest to make your own version of Batman. I'm not big on drawing superheroes but I made one that interested me.

TEA PARTY

2008-10-10T17:57:00.000-07:00

GREASER CHARACTER DESIGNS

2008-09-17T22:36:00.000-07:00

HIPSTERDOM

2008-08-18T21:56:00.000-07:00

Here's a sketchbook drawing that I did studying LA hipsters

SKETCHBOOK

2008-08-07T10:35:00.000-07:00

CONVERSATIONS

2008-08-05T16:43:00.000-07:00

GRAPHIC DESIGN

2008-07-26T09:40:00.000-07:00

SOMETHING I DREW TODAY

2008-06-27T17:50:00.000-07:00

Here's my LATE LATE project for the "Animation & the Body" class at CalArts. I ended up having fun with it.

NEW YORK CITY

2008-06-22T19:17:00.000-07:00

Here's some sketchbook drawings I drew on the Greyhound coming back to Maine from NYC. I've never seen anything of NY other than Times Square, so I got a great introduction to the city.
I stayed at a cheap hotel for 3 nights with my girlfriend in Chinatown, down the street from Little Italy.

Here's us:

Village Hipsters:

FIRST YEAR FILM

2008-06-22T17:00:00.001-07:00

Finally figured out how to post my film on my blog.

More end of year drawings...

2008-05-13T04:49:00.000-07:00

Also painted some older drawings for the Job Fair.

Here's some portfolio stuff

2008-05-11T11:43:00.000-07:00

Arcade Story Concept

Roman Coppola

2008-04-04T12:34:00.000-07:00

I sat in on one practicum class by the guy. He doesn't do movies like his dad but he does these weird concept ideas for corporations. I've started writing what people say about their caricatures with the drawings. I think it tells you more about the person than just their picture.

Business mouse

2008-04-04T12:32:00.000-07:00

Kids in space

2008-04-04T12:27:00.000-07:00

there's plenty more where this came from...

2008-04-04T12:22:00.000-07:00

Here's a picture of my girlfriend Ajia.

Model wearing motorcycle gear

2007-10-17T14:52:00.001-07:00

Enclave Drawing- Ego Tripping

2007-06-06T20:37:00.000-07:00

For the the self indulgent section, the "I'm so dark and rebellious!" poems.

Enclave Drawing - "Nature Poems"

2007-06-04T19:39:00.000-07:00

Enclave- Myth Drawing

2007-05-29T04:31:00.000-07:00

The myth of Sisyphus rolling the boulder for eternity, but the nut is enjoying it. Got it from this guy: "The struggle itself is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy."
-Albert Camus

"Enclave" Drawings

2007-05-26T13:40:00.000-07:00

Here's two drawings I made for the High school annual poetry journal, "Enclave". It's run by the Yosemite Sam English teacher. These are for the War and Art sections.

CalArts Portfolio- Sample 1

2007-05-12T12:26:00.000-07:00

Here's some of the better drawings from my CalArts Portfolio. I don't know what it was that they liked about my portfolio yet, so I'll just post a bunch and maybe some people can get ideas. Mario Furmanczyk, a Senior at CIA who runs animatedbuzz.com (Really helpful site) said they like to see different styles, which makes sense, cause as an animator you'll have to draw all kinds for different gigs. Unfortunately I think he took down his Calarts Portfolio tutorial, but there are plenty of other CalArts kids who can give you advice on getting in. Without finding Mario's site, I wouldn't have had a clue about what they wanted. Just don't try to do exquisitely detailed stuff for your whole portfolio, give them some loose, impressionistic work as well. This could all be bullshit, so do what you will with it. That's just what all thes people seem to be saying.

Here's me trying to do some
animated figure drawing.

The woman at Portfolio day enjoyed this one of the big guy. I think drawing interesting subject matter can make a difference, even if the person looking at it doesn't realize that's why they like it.

The "street urchin" as my figure drawing teacher referred to him.

My English teacher

2007-05-11T20:55:00.001-07:00

Here's a drawing of my Mythology teacher Mr. Mclean. He really is a lot like Yosemite Sam.

In the beginning...

2007-05-11T17:40:00.000-07:00

I'll be posting work here for anybody who's into cartoons/animation. I'm going to Calarts for Character Animation in the fall, so there will be plenty more on the way. Enjoy!