Category: Animation Studio

Portfolio Jessica Swann, B00809565, Animation Studio   Week 1 – Form and Shape           Week 2 – Composition and Perspective                       Week 3 – Tone and Value           Week 4 – Colour          Continue reading Portfolio

Final Animation   This was my final week working on my animation for our group project. I made lots of progress this week, as I was able to complete my animation which I have included below.     This week I made some more changes to my animation, based on the feedback that I receivedContinue reading Week 12 – Final Animation

Rough Animation   This week I continued my work for my animation sequence. This week I decided to work on a scene which involves the protagonist closing the door once she escapes into the new room.   Similar to last week, I first created a sketched version of the animation so that I could getContinue reading Week 11 – Rough Animation

Rough Animation   This week I started working on my animation. I decided to work on the chase scene as it would require the most effort as I would have to create a running cycle.   The scene shows the protagonist running down the hallway so that she can find somewhere to hide in theContinue reading Week 10 – Rough Animation

Animatics   This week we had a group discussion so that we could come up with a final design for our protagonist, so that her design would remain consistent in everyone’s animations. We eventually settled on our protagonist wearing a wetsuit, as it would make more sense for her to be wearing diving gear asContinue reading Week 9 – Animatics

Storyboards and Flour Sack Animations   This week we were looking at how to create storyboards. As part of our homework, we had to create a storyboard for our group animation.   Once everyone had been assigned a part, we started planning out our storyboards. It’s important that our storyboards effectively communicates what is happeningContinue reading Week 8 – Storyboards

Animation Introduction   This week was our introduction to animation. For homework we were asked to read a chapter from Richard William’s book “The Animator’s Survival Kit” and to produce three different bouncing ball animations.   I found the chapter to be very useful as it showed the different steps that are taken when makingContinue reading Week 7 – Animation Introduction

Group Work and Colour Studies   This week we got to decide which group we would like to work in. I decided to stay in the submarine group as I believe that the world is well planned out and I personally find the story very interesting. As the story is very horror based, it meansContinue reading Week 6 – Catch Up Week

Character Design   This week we took a look at character design in our lectures. When designing a character it is important to include details that can show part of their personality to the audience. Our task for this week involved coming up with our own character designs for our design a world project.  Continue reading Week 5 – Character Design

Colour   For week four, our lectures covered colour. We looked at colour scripts and talked about how colour can be used to convey emotions. This week we were given different tasks to help with our understanding of colour schemes.   For our first task we were asked to recreate one of the thumbnails thatContinue reading Week 4 – Colour