June 2010
1 post
WatchREEL2010 Xue Hou
music “Chromes on it” by Telepathe
May 2010
2 posts
Portraits!
click to view in full size.
March 2010
2 posts
birds (ing)
Design for Strand
November 2009
2 posts
video title for MAD
Museum of Arts and Design 6s
rotoscoping.
May 2009
1 post
WatchMy initial idea for my thesis was to do a series of animation dedicated to several friends of mine who were born in February, March and April. It started with a conversation online between me and “February”, who at that time had a story for an animation and hoped that i could make it for her. However during the process of developing the story, it became more and more a story for...
April 2009
1 post
THESIS
fixed version without audio
just done with the first version!
I’ve been working on an animatic while shooting final footages. not much time left but i think it’ll really help. The old flower friend is tiny, weak and lack of personality,so i made a new one instead who will be there to seduce our little girl, a germ like flower grows inside of us.
need to finish the...
December 2008
4 posts
WatchITP Winter Show Project Fall08
Video sculpture, multi-source projection
Video shoot, post poduction: Ramona Pringe, Xue Hou
Dancer: Lea (NYU dance department)
Inspired by “Ballerina di 14 anni” by Edgar Degas, our ballerina has come to life on multiple layers of gauze/tulle. The fabric is inspired by the softness of the ballerina’s skirt, and with multiple sheer sheets, capturing the various...
the frame by frame book
I volunteered to make a small book for the coming ITP winter show. The book should include the images and descriptions of everyone’s video or animation work from the frame by frame class. And it will be placed by the show booth, so the audiences could get a better idea of the show pieces.
I think I become more confident about my graphic design skills after visual communication class, and...
WatchVideo Sculpture+Frame by Frame Final ITP Fall08
Single channel video sculpture.
Black and white cutouts in frames with narrative animation projected on them.
the story based on a Danish folk ballad character “Erlking”.
WatchVideo Sculpture+Frame by Frame final ITP Fall08
work in process
November 2008
3 posts
Portfolio
Viscomm Week 10 and 11
Flower
i guess this one is my favorite design, because it is so me. I love the white space, simple and clean.
2nd Version.
the animation thumbnails page. i have no idea what did flickr do to it, but if u click and view in full size, it should be fine.
3rd Version
WatchVisual Communication week08 ITP Fall08
info design
I counted the steps it took to walk from my apartment, room 445 and the delicious panya bakery to the ITP videolab, at which I spend more time than at home… well, anyway, the numbers are 975, 38 and 564. Assuming that each step equals to one frame, I made short clips of three runners with 975, 38 and 564 frames, which means they are 32 seconds,...
WatchFrame by Frame midterm ITP Fall08
ITP winter show Frame by Frame kiosk
credit: animated by Xue Hou, audio by Kazumasa Hashimoto
short animation about a romantic encounter between two aliens on a starry starry night.
the runner.
lick.
the set(1st try)
character test “alien”
October 2008
7 posts
Watch“Alien” character test
Watch“Alien” set test
Business Card
Viscomm Week07
I made four versions of my business card. Since the title is “animator”,i created some graphics in illustrator and applied them on the cards.
BUBBLES
the inspiration of this one comes from the short flash animation that i made for one of my favorite fashion brands Tsumori Chisato. (and secretly wish they would see it and hire me) The abstract bubbles are light and...
my first try on webpage design!
a friend of mine asked me to help him designed a webpage…a real challenge for me.
so this is what turned out. the contents were totally faked by me.
WatchVideo Sculpture ITP Fall08
Wintershow project brainstorming.
Credit
Dancer: Lea (NYU dance department), Videoshoot: Ramona Pringe, Xue Hou
Watercolor, Wine
I’ve been in love with the effect of dripping water color in to wineglass full of hot water and take photo of them~some truly stunning and magical colors and shapes!
and I used one footage of that on my winter show project brainstorming as well. the flow of the watercolor went perfect with dancer’s elegant gesture.
WatchVideo Sculpture ITP Fall08
Self Portrait version 2
Audio “Theme” by Kazumasa Hashimoto
September 2008
3 posts
WatchVideo Sculpture ITP Fall08
flash animation, black and white footage of me and candle lights.
done in AE and Final Cut Pro
Audio by Lonely Drifter Karen
WatchVideo Sculpture week two ITP Fall08
abstract animation “Tipsy”
a combination of black and white photo portrait, flash animation and candle light footage in AE
WatchFrame by Frame week one ITP Fall08
cats and parachutes, just for fun~
June 2008
6 posts
WatchVideo for New Media ITP Summer08
short animation about a tough little fish survives in deep water.
WatchVideo for New Media ITP Summer08
i think this is a good idea to have a video storyboard. it’s easier to present on class this way and see how the audio will go with the story.
audio “deep water” by Portishead
WatchVideo for New Media ITP Summer08
My first Vlog series, No.3
I shot video on Elim’s roof in Park Slope,Brooklyn during her house warming party~
WatchVideo for New Media ITP Summer08
my first Vlog series No.2
we were playing some kind of word guessing game.
just get a idea from the video and see how excited we were~
WatchVideo for New Media ITP Summer08
my first Vlog series No.1
I love how ridiculously big Elim’s pokers are! ha
WatchVideo for New Media ITP Summer08
A short documentary about an Ukrainian bookstore “Surma” with a history of 91 years in East Villiage, New York City.
by Tom,Karla and Xue
April 2008
1 post
WatchMethods of Motion ITP Spring08
my first flash plus AE experience is amazing!!!!! I’m officially in love with AE now~
two fairies are hanging out by the sea, in the woods and then have a party in town!
this is originally developed from my little flash animation for Tsumori Chisato,
one of my favorite fashion designer.
February 2008
1 post
WatchMethods of Motion ITP Spring08
my first clay stop motion
the making of anna - her body parts~~~
hours were spent on her tiny little hands.
the first anna was too tall and skinny, it was impossible for her to stand up and dance…so i made an anna version two. you can see both of them in the animation.