Nick Park Nick Park is a British animator, director and writer best known as the creator of Wallace and Gromit, Creature Comforts and Shaun the Sheep. Park has been nominated for an Academy Award a total of six times, as well as receiving five BAFTA Awards including the BAFTA for Best Short Animation. His interest…Continue Reading Animation: Research
I had a lot of fun using Krita, and although it was confusing at the start, I quickly got the hang of it. Before the lesson, I had researched the 12 principles of animation, and found this to be really helpful when creating the bouncing ball piece. I decided to add colour to the bouncing…Continue Reading Animation: Krita
I really enjoyed creating these clips, and tried to include character and make them enjoyable to watch IMG_9415 IMG_9416 IMG_9417 IMG_9418 IMG_9419…Continue Reading Animation: StopMotion
I decided to create a character called “fat flop,” who is a cat that just can’t stop eating. I wanted my target audience to be young children, and for Fat Flop to be a funny character. His backstory begins when he was a kitten, he was abandoned in a bin outside of a restaurant. He…Continue Reading Animation: Character design
Upon beginning the animation task, we were told to do some research on the 12 principles of animation. These principles are important for understanding motion work and form the basis of all animation work. Squash and Stretch: This principle is considered the most important of the 12 principles. When applied, it gives the animated characters…Continue Reading 12 Principles of Animation Research