animated gif and supporting still images from a story I started Jan 2024
walk cycle submission for 2024’s Pictoplasma
animation I made inspired from a self-replenishing drinking fountain for cats
an animated micro-short about Santa and Prancer’s ennui about the capitalism of the holiday season.
animated with photoshop, published on instagram @daniellechenette
screenshots and youtube link (forthcoming) to my animated short “The Owl and the Grasshopper” for the LOOSE FABLES animation screening at El Cid in Los Angeles, CA on Friday December 1, 2023.
Over 30 animators were invited to select an Aesop’s Fable of their choosing and adapt it for todays time. Put together by the amazing Kat Ball.
My short was made with low poly 3d backgrounds in Blender with the 2d animation drawn directly onto the exported footage, the first time I have used this technique. The 2d animations were conceptualized and finished in photoshop. I then composited everything together in After Effects.
I had a lot of fun with this and learned a lot about my workflow along the way. I am looking to make a longer project with this method - stay tuned!
demo stills/film created in blender and composited in after effects
“Farm Hand” is a game about completing your shift in the packing barn of the small vegetable farm you are working on for the summer. Complete your tasks to get through the day while also taking every opportunity to relax and enjoy the natural scenery of the farmstead.
2022
hand drawn animations greeting the new year
ballpoint pen, marker, notebook paper
game demo for a game where you are awoken to your house covered in snow and you have to dig yourself out for work. Made with Blender and After Effects winter of 2021.
Music by Bill Evans - Skating in Central Park
Animations for Open Door Legal’s yearly fundraiser Gala, 2023.
Final versions, animatics and unused background
A collection of the work made during my motion design internship with Motion504 during summer 2022.
Projects;
1. Animated “Freezer Friends” Sticker Pack for Instagram
2. Design work rebranding “Tell Me About It” video series; style cards, lower thirds designs, speech bubble animated assets, lower thirds animated assets.
3. Animated motion sketches for client
Various TV bumpers/graphics made for MCTV Studios in Great Falls, Mass.
Graphics made with Blender and After Effects. Sound made with help from the great folks at Zapsplat.com
A three panel comic turned animation for my final project for my Motion504 motion design internship summer of 2022. Made in After Effects
Backgrounds, assets, and character design for an animated short commissioned by Homeless Health Care Los Angeles about overdose prevention.
Zoomsgiving video made to commemorate the unusual way most families are gathering for thanksgiving given the COVID circumstances.
(A little rough around the edges but made with love and haste to be posted in a timely manner on my personal blog)
2020
Animations made for Open Door Legal’s 2022 Gala Fundraisers
Animated assets and design for Sons of Zion “Break Up Song” Music Video
Creative Direction, 2D animations and assets by Danielle Chenette
Animation and Motion Design by the incredible Josh Burke
Assests for music visulizers for O3 Greedo, collaborations with the amazing Josh Burke
Animations for Open Door Legal’s 2021 fundraiser, featuring Keeshema and Maurice’s story
Check up on what your neighbors are up to from a safe distance via this monthly animated series hand drawn by Danielle Chenette during Quarantine in 2020.
This show premiered via Instagram TV but can also be found via Youtube.
Howdy, neighbor!
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH youtube channel
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH Instagram TV
Made with love from April 2020-Oct 2020
some exterior backgrounds followed by the accompanying animations.
On Thanksgiving weekend in the year 2020 someone stole my catalytic converter from my car in the middle of the night. Then I made this comic.
published on Instagram November, 2020
short hand drawn animated sequences drawn with markers of animals having fun
2021
180 character turn arounds for development for a small project that ended up getting dropped.
2020
selected illustrations and gifs for the live reading of Pop-Up Magazine