Filmmaker | Animator
Showreel
The showcase of work made in 2022/23
animation
Films
Thoughts About The Universe That Will Keep You Awake
Trash Can
The Only Shot
Other Projects
CATT
Racoon and his pizza toy
Do your homework
Workspace
Bear in action
Thoughts About The Universe That Will Keep You Awake
The full film is not available publicly at the moment because it is still on its journey to festivals.
film Trailer:
No matter how hard we will try to save the Earth, even if we succeed, one day the sun will die just like everything else around her. So, what's the meaning after all?
The film Thoughts About The Universe That Will Keep You Awake was initially inspired by James Webb's pictures that were released last summer. Sometimes I love to read about the universe, but the more you read about it, the more you realise how tiny we actually are. No matter what we do, our lives will not have a lasting impact behind the borders of our planet (or solar system). I noticed that people usually find these thoughts quite depressing, because what's the meaning after all?With this film, I wanted to explore the beauty of the meaningless and how freeing it might be. As humans, we tend to overthink every single action of ours which sometimes stops us from being truly authentic ourselves. So, what would life look like if you stop thinking about what others will think of you if you start dancing in the middle of a grocery shop?
Trash Can
Director's statement
Trash Can is a very special film to me because making it taught me a lot of things. It all started with an idea of a Raccoon and his pizza toy, but I had no plan for narration. While making this film it felt like the main character directed himself and I just went with the flow which made him even more real to me. With this film, I decided just to have fun with the animation and characters and I'm very glad I did so. This project helped me to deal with anxiety when the war in Ukraine started. These tragic events gave me an even stronger purpose - to make films that would help people forget their struggles even if it's just for a couple of minutes.
Trash Can is a short comedy film about Raccoon that tries to survive another day in an urban area. When he finally finds some food, his happiness doesn't last long.
The Only Shot
The Only Shot is a debut film about a young boy who explores the world through his imagination. His dream is to become a hunter; he believes this will make him a real man. 'The Only Shot' explores a darker side of a rural childhood and early acquaintances with death.
A boy procrastinates by playing mobile games instead of doing his homework.
The animation was made using TVpaint, Photoshop and After Effects.
A short story about an office worker who steals brilliant ideas from his co-workers and tries to become an employee of the month.
However, karma turns against himself.
For this film, I was in charge of character design and animation of these shots:
Loop animations that were made using Adobe Illustrator and plug-in DUIK in After Effects.
The short explanation film for CATTs charity.
Our task was to show how to correctly check balls for cancer prevention.
Director:
Producer:
Art Director:
Sound/Editor:
Imogen Graham
Greta Semionovaitė
Finn Morgan-Roberts
Rosina Wager
Character motivation piece about Raccoon who loves playing with a toy that looks like a pizza.Everything from concept to rig and animation was made by myself.
That helped me to understand the workflow of creating and preparing characters for CGI animation.
Drawing
original characters
characters for films
life-drawing
original Characters
Characters for films
Trash can
Initial character design research
FINAL character design
Character's walking cycle
Secondary characters
The Only Shot
1st character version
Within environment
Within jungle scene
2nd character version
Within environment
FINAL character version
Workspace
Protagonist's design sheet
Boss' character sheet
Coloured secondary characters
Desaturated secondary characters
Life-drawing
Hello!
I am a Lithuanian creator, a recent graduate of Animation BA at The University for Creative Arts. I would describe myself as a curious, playful and receptive human being.Over the last two years, I directed and animated three short films. I also worked on other smaller projects where I took either art director's or producer's roles.Most passionate about animating and designing characters. I find it fascinating, how using lines, forms and dozens of frames, you can create something that people receive as personality.I can work in both digital 2D (Photoshop, After Effects, TVpaint) and 3D (Maya). I love both mediums equally and there is no software that I couldn't learn to use.When I don't make art, I like learning about random things and daydreaming about travelling around the world.
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