Portrait by Cloe Malard-Fowler Link to Cloe’s blog https://blogs.ulster.ac.uk/cloemalard/
I drew over the portrait here to simplify it, giving the illusion of atmospheric perspective. The magic of this world is mostly plant-based so I used the tapestries for storytelling (There could be two types of magic floral and fungi). The overgrown moss and trees holding up the second-floor breath life into the scene. I used a lot of rounded shapes to show that it’s normally a joyous place that completely contrasts the Headmistress sharp angular design emphasising that she does not belong here.
I fun idea my team had was drawing ourselves as the students of the magical school. I asked my teammates to draw themselves so I could correctly represent them in my scene and saved myself time designing characters.
Link to Cloe’s Blog https://blogs.ulster.ac.uk/cloemalard/
Link to Jasmin’s Blog https://blogs.ulster.ac.uk/jasminesheppard/category/animation-studio/
Link to Mark’s Blog https://blogs.ulster.ac.uk/b00809304/2021/11/05/animation-studio-magical-academia-fungi/
Link to Amy’s Blog https://blogs.ulster.ac.uk/amylong/
Limited animation is an economic approach to animation commonly used in Japanese animation using stagnant images. A large crowd shot like this would be too difficult to fully animate in the timeframe I had, but it’s important for the story to show the lives at stake. This also acts as an establishing shot for the change in location.
