For this assignment I was in a group with Sean, Seana, and Benn. We had to make a 30-60 second animated short working with the theme of food. I had the ideas of the grim reaper getting a job on a farm, and a suicidal pinata hanging itself before a child’s birthday party. Sean andContinue reading Animated Narrative Reflection – Hung Like A Horse
When starting our group we ran into a bit of difficulty initially as for the first few weeks we never had a full group so found it a bit hard to communicate. Ryan and I both had the same idea of looking at the late 90s/ early 2000s cartoon network style and how streaming hasContinue reading Reflection – The World of Animation American animation poster Coursework 2
Initial start We had initially started off with Alexander, Joe, Ella, Dean, and myself. Due to most in the group not really knowing each other and being a bit shy, we initially found communicating to be a bit difficult as we didn’t meet up the first week but once we got to know each otherContinue reading Reflection – The World of Animation
I felt my animation of the shark cracking its knuckles worked well as I felt my use of arcs and timing helped to make the animation seem more fluid and natural. I am pleased with my first shot of the crab struggling to get out of the chair as I felt I had good useContinue reading Animation Studio – Final animation reflection
We started off this week with a lecture on how to use the bezier curve tool and the brush stabiliser in krita to get cleaner lines for our animations. I found the bezier curve a lot easier to use than the brush stabiliser but I think a lot of that comes down to I amContinue reading Week 10 – Animation Studio – Line Clean up and Colouring
For this week we had to start creating an animatic based on our pre existing world and storyboard. We started off with a lecture from Aodhan on how to use After Effects and Krita to create animatics. I again had the issue of no computer but I watched along someone else’s computer so i couldContinue reading Week 9 – Animation Studio – Animatic
A storyboard is a collection of panels arranged consecutively to show the planned action of a scene. This week we learnt about the different techniques used in storyboarding and what we should and shouldn’t do to make our storyboards easy to understand and visually appealing. We looked at the basics of staging such as aContinue reading Week 8 – Animation Studio – Storyboarding
We started off this week with a presentation on the basics of animation such as timing, spacing, and the twelve principles of animation. We then learnt about one of my favourite techniques in animation, Squash and Stretch. I like this technique as I feel it adds a lot of life and personality to any movement.Continue reading Week 7 – Animation Studio – Animation Fundamentals
We started off this week by learning the basics of character designs before jumping into creating our own. We learnt about taking inspiration from real life and always using reference. We then learnt of shape design in characters. We learnt that square characters tend to be safe, reliable and strong. Circle characters are childlike, friendlyContinue reading Week 5 – Animation Studio – Character and Concept Design
We started to learn about different colour schemes this week such as complementary, monochromatic, and triadic. Complementary colour schemes work with two colours opposite each other on the colour wheel ,monochromatic colour schemes work with one colour, and triadic colour schemes work with three colours equally spaced on the colour wheel. We also learned aboutContinue reading Week 4 – Animation Studio – Colour
