🤩 Liel (lee-el) Bergoffen

“Welcome to Templeton, Pennsylvania: The ‘Most Isolated Town in America. This December, Templeton is expecting to celebrate their 100 year anniversary - but they aren’t expecting E.B. Ramone, investigative journalist.” -> Ahh!! It’s been unspeakably wonderful to collaborate with some of my favorite artists (and bestest friends!) - If you havent read chapters 1-4 of Things Are Afoot! already, what are you waiting for?? Available for free now on viewfindercomics.com ☝️ “Things Are Afoot! is an ongoing mystery/horror webcomic. Catch up with the story today!” Art & Story - Emilie Kelly (@viewfindercomics ) Voice - Owen Trawick (@owentrawickacting , @everybodysworriedaboutowen ) Audio - Liel Bergoffen (@lyfeberg ) Music - Styrofoam Boots / It’s All Nice on Ice, Alright by Modest Mouse #webcomic #horror #mystery #graphicnovel #thingsareafoot!

𝙰 𝙻𝙴𝚂𝚂𝙾𝙽 𝙸𝙽 𝙱𝙸𝙽𝙰𝚁𝚈: 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙴𝚁𝚂 𝙺𝚒𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸𝚌𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍, 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝟸𝟸𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚜; 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚋𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜. 𝙺𝚒𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚘 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚒𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝙸𝚌𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍. 𝙻𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎, 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚖. 𝙺𝚒𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚘’𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎; 𝚗𝚘 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚗𝚘 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚗, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍. Happy school year to those of you who celebrate! Check out the rest of the images + the teaser animatic on my website, linked in my bio, or posted here below :-) #MICA#stopmotion#robots#animatic#cartoon#scifi#art

𝙰 𝙻𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝙱𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢 · · · 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝙸𝚌𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙺𝚒𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙺𝚒𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚘 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜. 𝙳𝚊𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍, 𝙸𝚌𝚘𝚗 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎, 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙. 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍, 𝚟𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕, 𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜. 𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚞𝚗𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸𝚌𝚘𝚗 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚏𝚊𝚛 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝… · · · Happy belated thesis ! For my final two semesters I stowed away in the studio and focused on world building (in the literal sense lol). The final product is a fully sound designed animatic teaser and a collection of cinematically lit photographs featuring my puppet Icon and his conveniently identical counterpart Kirocco. It was tons of fun to make and I miss my studio (and my studio buddies!) every single day. Check out the images on my website lielberg.com ! Special thanks to Miles (@miless_world ) and Justin (@justinremo_print ) for voicing Icon and Kirocco!! #mica#baltimore#stopmotion#animation#robot

B there or B² * Thesis show, baby!! Opening reception is 5/16 5:30-8:30 — I’ll be in Decker Meyerhoff with my animatic, set, and Icon himself to answer questions and gab it up :-) See you there! * #stopmotion#mica#micamade#baltimore#robot#scifi

GFA SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: LIEL BERGOFFEN
 From mid-March through graduation in May, we are highlighting the incredible work of our senior General Fine Arts majors in our series of Senior Spotlights. Today we are featuring the work of Liel Bergoffen @lyfeberg 🌟🌟🌟 My name is Liel Bergoffen (she/her) and I am a senior GFA major! After graduation I am moving to Portland, Oregon to work the stop motion circuit and enjoy the great outdoors with my friends! One day I hope to direct animated film and television. Swing by my studio if you’re in Lazarus (244), and come see me and my work at ArtWalk 5/16-20 😊 @marylandinstitutecollegeofart @micapaints @mica.drawing

A Lesson in Binary: Test shots - If you’ve been wondering what I get up to at Lazarus here’s a sneak peek! The final will look quite different, (more colorful, for one thing) but I’m proud of the work I’ve done so far! Come visit me and Icon in studio 244! :-) - #stopmo#stopmotion#MICA#animation#robot

There’s no place like home? 🪩🕺 … Ceramic work from last semester <3 #ceramics#baltimore#mica

With Love: Portland, Oregon is the first in a series of profiles on American cities examined through friendship and conversation with its residents Its done!! With Love: Portland, Oregon is now available on Youtube! (The link is in my bio) Thank you to everyone who participated and helped bring this project to life! ❣️ #shortfilm#indiefilm#portland#oregon#documentary

Man I Love Fish 🎣 - I spent 120 hours on these please like this post - Reed, papier-mâché, acrylic paint, paper, stick Background for the first photo by Sabina Kallari on Pexels - #mica#fish#papermache#art#baltimore#sculpture

The Great Halloween Lantern Parade with @eva_lou_02 and @mica.fiber 🎃 This is my boy Daniel — colab with the lovely Eva Lou - #baltimore#lantern#parade#halloween#mica#dragonfly

I Dream of Cowboys Still images from my stop motion class last semester - Hello friends I’m back from my five year hiatus <3 - #stopmotion#animation#indie#indieanimation#studentartwork#lightingdesign#desert#sculpture#mixedmedia#art#aesthedic#baltimore#MICA