Benefit Burns

A three week project for my RISD Spring studio design class. The assignment requirements were to create an animation based on a landmark we had physically explored. I looked at the Ambrose Burnside House along Benefit Street in Providence (URL: www.athomeinpro....
This was my first time using Google SketchUp and a Wacom tablet for a hand drawn animation.
Since Benefit Street is rumoured to be haunted by Edgar Allan Poe's spirit, and the fact that he spent time in Providence at some point in his life, I kept in mind his story, 'The Fall of the House of Usher', when making this animation.