• Kota

Animated Short

• The Red Dot

45s Animated Documentary

• Milo's Farm

2D Rigged Animation

• "Outgoing Personality & Charm"

Lip Syncing Animation

• My Little Arsonist

Looping Walk Cycle

• Love & Lenses

Animated Creature Short

• Pickett

Loopable Droid Diorama

• Kidd's Cauldron

3D Animal Character Models

Kota

Animated Short

Raithe and his loyal dire wolf companion, Kota, just fled from a gnarly battle within the forest. Raithe briefly experiences a moment of panic before Kota gently guides him back to reality. This was an individual project where I wanted to explore the human & canine dynamic through the medium of 2D frame by frame animation.Project Highlights:
• Character Concept Design
• Background Design
• Character Animation

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• The Red Dot

The Red Dot

Animated Short

This is a 45-second animated short inspired by my friend’s unsettling encounter with his creepy neighbour. For this project, I experimented with an unnatural colour scheme and a cartoony style to portray the wide range of emotions felt throughout this story.Project Highlights:
• Character Design
• Character Animation
• Cartoony & Comic Book Art Style

• Kota

• Milo's Farm

Milo's Farm

Loopable 2D Rigged Animation

This loopable animation is a project where I combined both frame-by-frame and cutout 2D animation techniques. It features my original character, Milo, and his cat, Haybale, sharing a quiet moment of rest after a long day on the farm.Project Highlights:
• 2D Character Rigginig
• Cat Illustration & Simple Animation
• Background Illustration

• The Red Dot

• "Outgoing Personality & Charm"

"Outgoing Personality & Charm"

Lip Sync Animation

Juno and her partner Sebastian reminisce about how they met over a nice glass of wine in their simple, yet cozy, apartment. This was a project where I explored 2D lip syncing animation within Toon Boom Harmony.Project Highlights:
• Character Lip Sync Animation
• Background Design

• Milo's Farm

• My Little Arsonist

My Little Arsonist

Loopable Walk Cycle Animation

The local arsonist Aiden, strikes at it again. For this loopable 2D animation, I wanted to explore a lineless style and limited colour pallete. I also want to explore a more scratchy, textured art style for the backgroundsProject Highlights:
• Creating a Loopable Parallax Background
• Character Design
• Character Walk Cycle Animation

• "Outgoing Personality & Charm"

• Love & Lenses

Love & Lenses

3D Creature Animation

This is Jeremy the Bone-Jawed Lizard, the creature my group and I designed for a 15 second long animated short.Contribution Highlights:
• Character Concept Art
• Modelling + Retopology
• Animation
• Texture Painting
• SFX + Editing + Compositing
• Project Management

• My Little Arsonist

• Pickett

Pickett

3D Droid Diorama Animation

Stranded on a little island all alone, Pickett sits and waits for someone to come pick him up so that he can just get back to his crops. For this group project, my partner and I created a little farmer droid named "Pickett" who has a big head but so little thoughts.Contribution Highlights:
• Droid Character Design
• 3D Character Modelling
• Character Texturing
• Droid Animation

• Love & Lenses

• Kidd's Cauldron

Kidd's Cauldron

3D Droid Diorama Animation

Kidd's Cauldron was a solo project where I explored game design within Unity & 3D character modelling. Inspired by chill games such as "Lil Gator Game" and "A Short Hike" I wanted to create a short expierence involving simple tasks and cute animal NPC's. In the game, you help collect ingredients around a small park for Kidd's magical potion. Unfortunately, the game itself isn't available to play.Project Highlights:
• Character Design
• Low Poly Modelling & Character Rigging
• In Game Illustrations & Animations

• Pickett

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Pumkin's Pantry

Mini Arcade Game Design Project

A chubby orange cat named Pumkin needs your help to feed his hungry customers! Suck up ingredients and spit out fully edible meals to make your customers happy. This is "Pumkin's Pantry" a minigame I worked on with my friend Cameron. For this game I helped come up with ideas, playtesting, illustrating all in game art and assets.Contribution Highlights:
• Brainstorming Initial Ideas
• In Game Background & UI Illustrations
• NPC Character Designs - Friends/Celebrities

Hello! I'm Sophia (aka SourSauces)

ABOUT
I'm an animator and illustrator based in Auckland, New Zealand, currently studying at the Auckland University of Technology. I'm passionate about 2D animation, illustrative design, and project management within those fields. On the side, I dabble a little bit with game design and 3D modelling, but all in all, I just enjoy creating things that make people smile :)EXTRA
Apart from art, I like to travel, play Stardew Valley or hang out with my pups! I also enjoy drawing my friends' original characters or characters from what I'm into at the time. Feel free to check out more of my personal digital illustrations on my Instagram page.CONTACT
If you have any questions or would like to see my resume, feel free to email me at [email protected]