INTRO Satoshi Kon was a Japanese animator, director and manga artist born in 1963. He started off his artistic career doing manga, with his first manga being a short story called Toriko published in Young Magazine. He would later become an assistant to manga artist and Akira creator, Katsuhiro Otomo and collaborate with him on…Continue Reading World of Animation – Group Presentation (Satoshi Kon)
Animation Studio – Group 5 work (Space Olympics)
The group I started off with was group 5. We all came up with a bunch of ideas for what the subject of our animation would be and we ultimately decided on Space Olympics, where humans and a number of various alien races compete in Olympic sports. I started off doing character designs for various…Continue Reading Animation Studio – Group 5 work (Space Olympics)
World of Animation – Japanese Animation (Studio Madhouse)
Madhouse is a Japanese animation studio started in 1972. The studio came around when several animators from the now defunct anime studio, Mushi Productions. The studio was headed by manga artist Osamu Tezuka (creator of Astro Boy, Princess Knight, Dororo and a number of other series) and was known for adapting several of his works…Continue Reading World of Animation – Japanese Animation (Studio Madhouse)
Animation Studio – Character Designs
Here are the characters that I designed for the group 6 project. Here is one of the witches that I designed. Since the world the animation is set in has mushroom people, I designed a few. and here is a few incidental characters….Continue Reading Animation Studio – Character Designs
Animation Studio – Color analysis
My favorite animation/director’s use of color is Yoshiaki Kawajiri. The examples I will use are from Ninja Scroll, Cyber City Odeo 808 and Demon City Shunjuku. Kawajiri’s works, especially his early work, is known for their use of a limited color palette. His earliest work had a blue overlay over the screen which became iconic…Continue Reading Animation Studio – Color analysis
Animation Studio – Color
This is concept art for my animation idea. A mountain location. I rendered it in analogous color. A panel from my storyboard rendered in secondary color These were color tests for my animation. Since it was a sci-fi setting, I wanted to experiment with the color to create a sense of a bizarre alien…Continue Reading Animation Studio – Color
World of Animation – Chinese Animation
Chinese animation (also known as Donghua) is animation created in China. A common theme within Chinese animation is adapting famous stories that originated in China. An example would be the story “Journey to the West”, a story about the adventures of Sun Wukong, the monkey king. The story is one of the most well…Continue Reading World of Animation – Chinese Animation
Animation Studio – Value
Value in art is illustrating a continuous scale from light to dark, blending them together in the process. Here are location drawings for the concept of my animation. I used value to visualise shading and texture. Here’s a storyboard where I utilise value….Continue Reading Animation Studio – Value
Animation Studio – Perspective
Perspective in art terms is where a 2 dimensional image is given a 3 dimensional feel, through the use of illustrating or creating artificial surfaces that emulate how they would be viewed from other angles. Through animation, perspective can exaggerated by drawing angles that contort the forms of the characters and backgrounds. An work that…Continue Reading Animation Studio – Perspective
Animation Studio – Group idea
Here are some of the ideas my group has chosen. Space Olympics Wizards in the Mafia Politicians fighting to get into office An alien planet made of scrap metal A world of people without filters My group chose the Space Olympics as our theme, where all the planets in the solar system participate in the…Continue Reading Animation Studio – Group idea