Animated Narratives

Semester 2 Animated Narratives I was very scared to start this module as, before this year, I had never done any 3D work. I found watching previous year’s animation jarring as I didn’t think I could create something that complex. To my surprise, I found it more enjoyable than 2D animation. There was much more […]

We finally finished our animation after many things going wrong over the past week. There were many problems with the lighting not working and camera angles going wrong in file transfers, so we each had to add our original camera angles manually into the Masterfile. Sadly, my blendshape keyframes for scenes 2 and 5 didn’t […]

Over easter, I completed my part of the animation. I found it extremely fun to see my character come to life the further I got with my animation. I started off by keeping the movements of the character quite simple so I could block out where I wanted him to go without making things too […]

This semester, we started off my doing some animation practice. Using a ball and a wall, we were re-introduced to the 12 principals of animation. I enjoyed 2D animation last semester, so it was fun using the same principals in 3D. I then used the same principals to create this blob jump. Using the controls […]

As I modelled a skull for my 3D digital literacy assessment 1, I was already familiar with the basic shape of a skull. I used the same reference model to create the model. Even though my skull had exaggerated features, such as larger eyes and a smaller nose to make him look cuter, using the […]

Storyboard: I felt that my character’s expressions were an important part of this animation. He goes from feeling scared to sad to angry to happy in such a short period of time. In the beginning of my storyboard, I have a close up of the character, to show his intentions through his expression. He wants […]

During the week after our group was formed, we decided to each draw concepts of our favourite idea so we could decide which was our favourite. I decided to draw 2 character concepts for my elements idea. I took inspiration from actual elements of nature, and cartoon symbols of the 4 elements. Even though they […]

This week, we were told to form groups of 4-5 so we can start thinking of ideas for our assessment 2. For this assessment, we have to create a 15-30 animated short based on the theme of ‘nature’. For this assessment, I am working with Jasmin, Cloe, and Lydia, who I worked with last semester, […]

Over the past couple of weeks, I have been working in a new group on our Narrative Studies Presentation. The assessment was to analyse a short, animated film whilst considering the Hero’s Journey, Mise-en-scene, cinematography, sound, editing and how the animation evoked a reaction from the audience. We were given a lecture on narrative and […]

Before classes started this semester, we given the task of creating a 3D cactus in Maya. I was nervous to begin this task as this was one of my first times using Maya and there were many things with which I was not yet familiar. Once I started the tutorials, I found using Maya easier […]