Red Riding Hood Character Turns

Here are my Red Riding Hood character turns from last semester; I could only find the Wolf uploaded on my blog, so I guess I never put them all up? Anyways, here they are.

Red:

Gran:

Anthony:

Wolf:

It's interesting to look back at the turns and see the changes these characters have gone through just over the course of a semester. I'm excited to continue to "work" with them and see where they go.

Buena Vista Street and Cars Land

This is a very late report of my last Disneyland trip in which I got a special preview of Buena Vista Street and Cars Land before the two lands opened to the public. Also, expect an art post in the nearish future!

The monorail trains all had their own "Cars" faces. It was a really cute touch. :)

The Elias & Co. building in Buena Vista Street. Everything was themed so well in that area-- it really felt like the 20s.

A cute detail on the Trolley Sweets shop.

A shot of both the ice cream parlor and Starbucks!

The new hats in California Adventure are Oswald ears!

The Buena Vista Street Starbucks has the old logo.

Entering Cars Land (not the main entrance)

The level of detail is awe-inspiring.

Luigi's Leaning Tower of Tires

They even had the flickering traffic light-- every detail from Radiator Springs in the Cars movie was there in real life!

This and the photo below are from the (long) line for Radiator Springs Racers-- the main attraction in Cars Land. I highly recommend it.

So many adorable cone creations!

Mater's Jamboree ride. Quite fun. :) It's a lot like the classic "Scrambler" rides at fairs.

My dad having a good time.

Another fun aspect of Buena Vista Street were the character actors. They were everywhere and interacted with you like you were a visitor to their town.

The trolley! I wasn't able to ride it though, as it was just on display for the preview days.

Very nice lighting for Elias & Co.

A blurry shot of Cars Land at night, but you can get an idea of the accurate neon lights. It's gorgeous all lit up.

A night shot of the Carthay Circle theatre at the end of Buena Vista Street. There's actually two restaurants within (one for the general public and another for special members-- much like Club 33 in Disneyland).

Just Some Doodles

I haven't doodled that much this semester, unfortunately, but here are some from animation class.

The top doodle is an accurate representation of myself. Frank Gladstone gives great critique, but sometimes it can get a bit harsh.

The bottom doodles are of my classmate Diego. That's exactly how he was when we went to Disney Inspire Days earlier this year. He also couldn't decide if he had "butterflies" in his stomach or not.

Portfolio for Disney Animation

This is my portfolio for the Walt Disney Animation Studios summer internship program. I'm applying for both story and character development.

Self-caricature

This is part of a storyboard for a project I'm working on based on Little Red Riding hood.

Gesture drawings. Each is 1-3 minutes in length.

Character turn for the Red Riding Hood project.

A day at the zoo

Artist: Marie Dal Porto

Contact me at: mariedalporto@gmail.com

Red Riding Hood Concepts

Here are some of the sketches I made when creating my versions of the characters of Little Red Riding Hood.

Here's my werewolf Anthony. He has no idea that he transforms into a werewolf once a month-- he doesn't remember the time he spends as a monster.

Our star, Red. She has a bit of an attitude problem, but that may stem from her belief that wolves killed her parents.

Red's Grandmother. She looks so sweet and demure, but she may have more unpleasant characteristics hidden away...

A comic: practicing the characters' interactions.

Some werewolf concepts-- Google search proved to be most helpful for practicing different werewolf body types.