SVA MFA Computer Arts Portfolio
Carolyn Moore 2025 Application Portfolio
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Introduction
Portfolio
Animation, Modeling, Illustration
Paralysis
2024 - Blender, Procreate, After Effects, Premiere Pro
Paralysis is an animated short film that navigates themes of familial attachment and individuality in a surrealist context. It follows a girl who loses her mother at an outdoor market and frantically searches for her within the turbulent environment, encountering a range of otherworldly creatures. She ultimately comes to find her mother deceased at the same place where she was lost, indicating that she has been gone the entire time, and the girl has been chasing her own memory of her mother in denial of reality. I used blender and applied graphic 2D textures.
Beautiful Boy Diner Scene
2023 - Maya, Premiere Pro
I interpreted a scene from the movie Beautiful Boy into 3D character animation. The scene depicts a father and son having a complex and emotional argument regarding the son’s drug abuse. Created with sample rigs in Maya.
Paralysis Motion Tests
2024 - Blender, Premiere Pro
A series of motion tests based on my thesis film Paralysis. I focused mostly on experimenting with fluid simulations in Blender. I also practiced creating a sense of unease and a surreal reveal moment during the last clip.
Deadly Waitress
2023 - Maya
I aimed to create expressive character movement in Maya along with lip-syncing to an audio clip from Monsters Inc. I wanted to convey a dramatic yet slightly comedic tone.
Fine Dining
2022 - Maya
I modeled an intimate diner setting, depicting the interior environment right before it gets hit by a large projectile. I drew inspiration from pre apocalyptic scenarios such as the introduction of the Fallout series.
Black Sketchbook Sample
2023 - gel pens and colored pencils on black paper
A sample of pages from my black sketchbook in which I experimented with traditional media on black backgrounds.
Daily Sketchbook Sample
2023 - ink, colored pencils and marker on paper
A sample of a daily sketchbook in which I executed different prompts of technical approach.
Paralysis Key Image - 2023 - Procreate, Photoshop - I created a film poster of my thesis film Paralysis that takes a more figurative approach in terms of representation. I decided to depict the main character's face being swallowed by a fruit from the street market. My intention was to develop vibrant striking visuals that lean more towards a disturbing tone and ignites curiosity within the viewer.
Facing Transformation - 2023 - Procreate, Photoshop - A concept art illustration of a scene from my thesis film Paralysis. I wanted to play with exaggerated perspective and a dramatic color palette.
King Richard Poster - 2024 - Procreate, Illustrator - I illustrated my own imagining of a poster based on the film King Richard. I incorporated the characters, setting and allusions to themes while applying a pop art style.
Poor Me - 2023 - Procreate - I took a fictional character from the film Poor Things, and placed her in a surreal environment. I wanted to translate the dream-like tone of the film into the illustration using dramatic lighting effects.
Attainable - 2023 - Procreate - I created this illustration based off the idea of "killing your old self" in a literal sense. I wanted to convey the message of a person embracing their childlike qualities and ambitions in adulthood.
Incompatible - 2023 - Procreate - I created an imaginative realism illustration by starting with merging multiple photos together in order to depict a subject. I chose a photo of two girls sitting on a bench, a photo of geese, as well as a photo of a man shouting. I used these photos as reference and then composited those images and concepts into a cohesive depiction of my interpretation of "conjoined twins".
Dinner's Ready - 2023 - Procreate - An imaginative realism illustration of a little girl being served hot dinner. I wanted to depict the plate aflame in order to figuratively present the situation of a child being told to be grateful for whatever they receive (no matter the content or quality).
Pop Portrait Study - 2024 - Procreate - This is my first experimentation with the pop art style through a portrait study in Procreate.
Stay Alert - 2023 - Procreate, Photoshop - A loose and stylized concept illustration of the main character in my film Paralysis.
In Wait - 2024 - Procreate - My goal was to depict a child-like character in an unsettling way. I mainly took inspiration from horror video games like Little Nightmares and the Resident Evil series.
Mundane Peace - 2023 - Procreate - In this piece my goal was to experiment with digital hatching brushes in portraiture. I played with how the hatching texture establishes value and later integrated it into gradient mapping.
What Did I Do? - 2023 - Procreate - With this digital portrait, I experimented with altering proportions of facial features as well as specularity of certain textures in order to convey emotion and make the figure stand out.
Unknown Depths - 2023 - Procreate - A character concept related to a larger project, I wanted to illustrate deep sea creatures in a blatantly horrific way that also leaves the viewer struck by their beauty.