Ian M Stead - Animation

Animation has always fascinated me. I began working on my own computer animations when I came to RPI. Here are the results of my first modest steps into learning how to animate.

Animations on this page require Windows Media Player and Shockwave Player. Shockwave Player is available for free here and Window's Media Player is available for free here

If you are unable to stream the movies due to a slow connection, try downloading them first to your hard drive: Right-click on the movie you wish to download, then select "save target/link as" and save it in a folder on your hard drive.

Childrens' Story- April 2002 - Present

This is my latest project to animate a classic childrens' story (it's a surprise which one, can you guess from the images?). The secret will be revealed in June when the animation is finished.

Alien Outpost- Spring 2003

A 5 second animation made for the Alien Outpost CG VFX Challenge. The background cliff is a collage of photos I took of rocks and a sunset, the buildings and ship were made in Softimage XSI.

Play! (2.4 MB)

The Trap Door- Spring 2003

A 60 frame animation made for a flipbook for my Animation Survey class. I drew all the frames in one Photoshop Image then imported them into a Director project.

Play! (276 KB)

An Old Shoe Story- Spring 2002

This project was was to animate the story of a discarded shoe that comes to life. It was inspired from Who Framed Roger Rabbit and is set to jazz.

More Info // Play! (3.4 MB)

Reactor Side Chats- Spring 2001

This "mockumentry" animation is about the appalling plan the nuclear industry has to recycle and dilute nuclear waste into consumer products.

More Info // Play! (6 MB)