Gabriel Aronson

Welcome to my blog!

Hi, My name is Gabriel!

Visit my portfolio at gabrielaronson.com!

I am a freelance animator, motion designer and art director, currently based in New York. I have a BA in Scenic Design and Puppetry from Sarah Lawrence College in New York and a Graduate Diploma in Motion Graphics from Chelsea College of Art and Design. My background in theater influences my work in many different ways, particularly my enthusiasm for critical discourse and collaborative problem solving. I bring to the table a broad range of experience, and love working with creative thinkers on exciting and challenging projects.

If you would like to find out more or discuss an upcoming project, don't hesitate to contact me at

gabrielaronson@gmail.com

Here you will find a collection of my work in scenic design, motion graphics, photography, and other areas.
Click on the left-hand side to choose which category of work you'd like to view.

New Projects

I'm currently working on some projects involving illustration and miniature sets.

Here's a preview:

Flashback!

I was looking over my series of photos with Katie O'Sullivan, and decided to revisit some shots that didn't make it into the previous line-up.

History Channel Competition

This past month I won a finalist spot in an animation competition sponsored by Aniboom and the History Channel! I was the community pick, voted to the number one spot out of about 250 entries!

My entry is below:

Watch more cool animation and creative cartoons at Aniboom

I am now working on my finalist submission for the grand prize! Below is a sneak peak at some of the scenes I'm working on.

In the Creator Spotlight!

My piece Mrs. Bobbitt has been featured on Aniboom, as well as an interview with me!

Click here to read the interview and here to watch Mrs. Bobbitt on Aniboom's channel.

Theobaldgasse 7

Photos from the building in Vienna where I grew up.

Storytime

Plan•it

This is a response to a brief that asked us to imagine a clock or ringtone for the iphone display.
My concept is an alarm clock with an interface inspired by an orrery, as well as an old alarm clock. There are virtual 'pegs' that you can move around orbits to set the time.
I liked the idea of time being represented on a continual scale, as opposed to a clock and a calendar seperately.

Pursuit

A short animated piece created as a response to research I did into Fischli und Weiss.
My aim was to infuse geometric forms with personality. I suppose one might call it character animation in it's most basic form.
Visually, I was inspired by the credit sequences of Saul Bass and Maurice Binder.

My work featured in "Broadcast Now"

A still and a brief description of my animation for Mitchell and Webb are featured in this article in Broadcast!

Imagine That!

A piece broadcast on the Red Button at BBC 2 in conjunction with That Mitchell and Webb Look

Mrs. Bobbitt

The story of Lorena and John Wayne Bobbitt in rhyme!

My Final Project for the Motion Graphics Graduate Diploma at Chelsea College of Art.
Toy Theater
Zoetrope
Thaumatrope
Jumping Jack
After Effects Animation

June 2009

The Demon Bridegroom

Here are pictures of the set pieces I built last summer (2008) for Andrea Dezsö's stop-motion film The Demon Bridegroom.

We Got Time - directed by David Wilson

It's been a while since I've updated with my own work, since most of my time is gobbled up by my course. I have, however, been involved with some very exciting projects.
Recently I helped out with a music video shoot for Moray McLaren's We Got Time directed by David Wilson of Blink Productions. This was an amazing experience, not only because it involved zoetropes, but also because I got to be in front of the camera! Granted, you only see my hands and chin, but it's an honor nonetheless.

View the quicktime and behind the scenes at David Wilson's Website.

It's Alaska!

Created for my course at the Chelsea College of Art and Design

This is a response to a type in motion brief. My goal was to create a pastiche of civil defense films as they might look cobbled together and screened on a broken projector, a reflection of Sarah Palin's paranoid and confusing statements. The audio is from her interview with Katie Couric.