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Kirbopher
Animation Artist, creator of over 100 pieces of Flash animation on and offline. Graduate of the School of Visual Arts, Class of 2011.

Chris Niosi @Kirbopher

Age 35, Male

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School of Visual Arts

New York

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Just Graduated! + Balancing Act (trailer)

Posted by Kirbopher - May 13th, 2011


Well, I did it folks. I graduated.

This week's been CRAZY. The Dusty Film & Animation Festival kicked off on Sunday night with the screening for all of our films. 4 straight hours of animated shorts by myself and my classmates played that night and it was a BIG hit. Many of which included some of these fine folks.

My film, "Balancing Act" was early on in the screening, #6 to be exact. Hundreds of people sitting in those seats finally got to see what I've been working on for not just a solid year...but in a way, what I've been working on for over a decade. Finally, my biggest project yet, a story I've been developing since I was in Elementary school, has made its first big step into the world. Here's the trailer for my thesis film: "Balancing Act"

I know I've been saying this on all of the last several blog posts, but huge thanks to EVERYONE who helped me with this. Everybody from my thesis adviser Richard Gorey, my classmates and teachers over the last 4 years, the folks that worked on the NiN10Doh! collabs who assisted with some clean-up, coloring and a LOT of backgrounds, my amazing cast of actors and sound designers and everyone who provided helpful feedback in making this thing come alive.

I also wanna congratulate everyone else who was part of my graduating year. You all did a fantastic job and we made a really strong year of students to represent SVA. In particular, BIG congrats to two of my best friends from school, Zach Bellissimo and Michael J. Ruocco (whom some of you know from their work on the first two NiN10Doh! collabs). The two of them tied for "Outstanding Traditional Animation" and Zach won "Best 2D Character Design" Dusty Awards on Tuesday night when the award show took place. MAJOR props to them, as well as Mirella Toncheva who won "Best Production Design" and Zack Williams who won "Outstanding Stop-Motion Animation" and "Best Stop-Motion Character" Design awards. You guys rock!

Yesterday we had the ceremony, took lotsa cheesy pictures, had one more party and headed our separate ways as graduates. Now it's time for the game to REALLY begin. I've got a LOT of things already on my plate, but I'm really excited to start working. I hope everyone who's reading this will stick with me and look forward to some of the stuff I have in store!


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Wow this looks a lot different from your usual stuff - In a good way. I'll definitely check it out.
(I believe you could've done without that earth-texture near the end of the trailer though.)

congratulations man

you made it and once and for all you will get a job now

sooo any job offers .

Congradulations! It's great to hear things are going so well for you. I can't wait for Balancing Act, and I'm really excited to see what's in store for the rest of the year. Keep up the good work, Kirb!

So... awesome. Reminds me a bit of Egoraptor. Will this be a single flash, or an entire series? Congrats on the graduation, by the way!

Awesome! Hire when you get a job! :D

Our kirb, no longer a ''dumbass college kid who likes to upload movies to a site'' but a PRO Animator!!

Congratulations!!!

Congrats, dude! You're finally an official animator! I can't wait for Balancing act to come out. Good luck in your future projects!

congrats dude!

I must say, as a fan of your work, I am highly looking forward to this. I like how you themed those bad guys after the classic game of Rock, Paper, Scissors.

some stoopid friggin pizza

CONGRATULATIONS on graduating, and Balancing Act looks awesome!

congratz

Thats great to hear man! We can't wait for whatever you decide to do. Congrats man.

I have been watching your work for years, and I look forward to what you do in your professional career.

Enjoy life man.

Congrats in graduating. The question is, where will you be after this?
Can't wait to see the film when it's done.

nice i like your work good for you and i cant wait for your new flash show it looks kick ass

I know the mike guy is based off of ultimate creature, chris is (probably) based off of yourself, the girl is based off of Rina-Chan (I think), so who is the Mantle guy based off of?

Nah, Kathy's not based on a specific person. If she were based on Kira, she'd be voicing her as well. :P

Nick is based on an old friend of mine from elementary school who I haven't talked to in years. However, I also elements of the personalities of my friends Mike Ruocco and Zach Bellissimo, as well as Chris Zito (who voices him).

Way to go Kirb! I can't wait to see it, if I ever get the chance. You're one of my favorite authors here, and I know you won't disappoint. As we say where I live, keep it kickin', dude!

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