MFA Graduate School of Animation & Visual Effect
Angélica A. Agélviz Rodríguez Animation Portfolio
Life Drawing
“Aunt”. 18” x 24”. Gestural Drawing, 5 minute study. Tools: Sanguine Pastel pencil.
“Aunt”. 18” x 24”. Gestural Drawing, 20 minute study. Tools: Sanguine Pastel pencil, Charcoal.
Life Drawing “Grandpere”. 18” x 24”. Gestural Drawing, 1 hour study. Tools: Sanguine Pastel pencil.
Fine Arts
“Peacock Lovers”. 16” x 20”. Piece for the Expo “Perspectivas de Mujer” at Escuela de Bellas Artes in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Tools: Acrylic paint on canvas.
“The Fortune-Teller’s Cape”. 24” x 36”. Piece for the Expo “Feria de Cultura y Arte Urbana” in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Tools: Acrylic paint on canvas..
Fine Arts
“Cacao”. 14” x 17”. Still Life full study, done in class. Cacao fruit. Tools: Graphite and Prismacolor color pencil.
“Mixed Fruits”. 14” x 17”. Still Life full study, done in class. Mixed fruits. Tools: Graphite and Prismacolor color pencil.
Character Design
Character designs for Storyboard demo of “The Sea Shepherd�, which will be previewed in the following pages and is currently being worked on. (Top) Sketch designs and expression sheet of the main character, Moses: Selfish, slacker, stubborn merboy whose job is to care for a herd of manatees. (Bottom) Action poses of Moses.
Character Design
Character designs for Storyboard demo of “Faust - A Street�, which will be previewed in the following pages. (Top) Sketch designs of the main character, Faust. Solemn, stubborn and slouchy. (Bottom) Sketch designs of the main antagonist, Mephis(topheles). Sultry, sophist and sly.
Concept Art “The Sea Shepherd”
Storyboarding “The Sea Shepherd”
Storyboarding “FAUST”
Anijam RIT Competition RIT Anijam Anijam is a 24-hour animation competition. 2016 Theme: “When the Earth Stood Still”. Animation: “Gods’ Game”, created in collaboration with Team Fantastic Four. All music and sfx files are open-source, and can be readily found at freesound.com. Character Design, Story Concept, Storyboarding, Background Painting, Sound Design, Character Colorist and Supportive Animator, by Angelica Agelviz.
(Top) Character design for “Pudda”, one of the drunk gods on the short. (Left) Hand studies of “Pudda”. (Bottom right) Character studies of “Pudda”. (Opposite page) Screenshots of animation I worked on, heavily on background animation.
Anijam RIT Competition
Cartooning
Online webcomic, originally published in the national newspaper, “Metro
Puerto Rico News�.
Tools: Adobe Illustrator
Cartooning
“Sandmen”. Original one-shot comic, 20 pages long and published online. “Sandmen” tells the story of two youngsters (Jon and June) travelling a world made up of deserts and mountains, where they must find their respective “doors” to go back to their original worlds. Tools: Ink, scanner, Adobe Photoshop and Adope Illustrator.
Illustration
(Left) “Fairy Royalty”. 11” x 15”. (Top Right) “Fairy Wodland”. 15” x 11”. Both illustrations were made for the unpublished children’s book “Ambar: Un regalo de Dios”. Tools: Watercolor and watercolor pencil.
“Birth of a fairy”. 11” x 15”. Illustration for children’s book “Ambar: Un Regalo de Dios” and participant in Expo “Surrealismo Ilustrado” at Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Rio Piedras. Tools: Watercolor, watercolor pencils and Prismacolor color pencils.
Angélica Agélviz is a young artist of Puertorican and Venezuelan descent. She graduated from Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Carolina with a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, and has studied art all through-out her young life. Since early on in her career, she has taken great pleasure in illustrating stories. It has always been a dream of hers to illustrate children’s books and be an animator in a children’s movie or television program.