Gabriel Semaan
Animation Projects
Displayed here are my recent animated works from Exceptional Minds.
Cartoon rocket launch - 3D Creation Lab - February 2024
Made with Autodesk Maya, this is my first project in my first session at Exceptional Minds. Some parts have a plastic look to them.


Spider-Man bouncing - Animation Principles - April 2024
Made with Adobe Animate, this project I did in my spring session at Exceptional Minds showcases an example of the squash and stretch principle.

Seaweed tail - Animation Principles - May 2024
Made with Adobe Animate, this project from my spring session at Exceptional Minds showcases an example of the follow-through principle.

Sinewave - Animation Principles - May 2024
Made with Adobe Animate, this project from my spring session at Exceptional Minds showcases the same example of the principle mentioned in the Seaweed tail project.

Mario expression exaggeration - Animation Principles - May 2024
Made with Adobe Animate, the last project from my spring session at Exceptional minds demonstrates an example of the exaggeration principle. Mario's default emotion is happy, watch what happens when he becomes happier.

Animal character thumbnails - Intermediate 2D Animation - August 2024
Made with Adobe Animate, this is my first project from the late-summer session at Exceptional Minds. The concept of thumbnails was hard for me to understand at first until after the first few feedback responses from my instructors. The story behind this was a question I thought of: A squirrel and raccoon both go after food at different times of the day. What would happen if both animals saw each other at a particular time?

Cat character turnaround - Intermediate 2D Animation - August 2024
Made with Adobe Animate, the anthropomorphic cat from the thumbnails project is the character I decided to do a turnaround of.

Cat walk cycle
Made with Adobe Animate, this project showcases my anthropomorphic cat character doing a walk cycle
