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.

Old Art

Here's some older art of mine (some going back to over a year ago), just to show some pieces that I'm still fond of.

A couple of my original characters Bug (the little one) and Warlock. They're goat-boar-dog demon things.

This page and the next three are from my entry into the first annual O'Keefe comic contest at DVC last year. I got an honorable mention. :)

It's a Hercules beetle!

A friend's request- draw our entire group as llamas. I'm the right one of the two middle llamas.

Another friend's request- herself and her boyfriend.

A group shot of some characters of mine. The dragons at the top from left to right: Dusty, Phil, Ollie. The two humanoids at the bottom are Dwayne (left) and Zach (right).

You might recognize this from my profile image. My friend Jon and I created this creature a year or so ago-- the magical Bearbow. It's what's at the end of the rainbow. So don't go there.

Some hand studies. HANDS ARE HARD.

An oil painting of Kevin from Pixar's Up. I had a limited color palette.

A sketch of my dragon character Dusty.

My dragon character Phil

Friend's request- she wanted a "special" giraffe. :P

Spider-Man's Venom-- He's so fun to draw.

My dragon character Ollie

My dragon character Dusty having a lovely flight.

Gerald's Walk

 Edit: I finally got a Quicktime version of my animation.

For some reason, my Flash program at home won't let me convert my swf file to a Quicktime, which means I can't post it here.
I did post it on my deviantART page, though, so please check it out HERE.

The Evolution of Gerald

My crotchety old man "Gerald" in all his character-developing glory! (My scanner unfortunately chopped off some bits of a couple images-- the woes of having a huge sketchpad and only a medium-sized scanner.)

Flour Sack Drop

While I'm happy with the drop, I know that the slide off is jacked up, haha. It needed more fold on the top part to make it work. I'll hopefully find the time to go back and tweak it more sometime-- it'll be a matter of adding some new images in.

 EDIT:
Here's my updated flour sack drop. I think it's a little improved.

Paper Drop

I spent what seemed like forever on this animation, trying to get it just right. It's not perfect, but I'm still pleased with it.