Month: November 2021

To finalise my storyboards, I applied Sarah’s suggestion of re-using shot 8 for the first two. In the end, I might end up leaving out shot 3, as Sarah pointed out it didn’t add much to the story, and since I have a lot to do it might be best to rid myself of it….Continue Reading Final Storyboard & Backgrounds

After receiving feedback from Aodhan on my animatic, I have changed it and updated my storyboard. Eden is no longer half demon because it seemed clunky and didn’t appear at all in the rest of the story. I’ve also been more conscious of where the characters are perceived to be in the segment, making it…Continue Reading Animatic update

Using After Effects and Premiere Pro, I turned my storyboard into an animatic. At the moment I’m worried it’s too long and the animation would be too limited, and regardless of length, I worry about the timing; I think certain shots ought to last longer but I don’t see how I could cut it down…Continue Reading Week 9- Animatic

This week we had to animate a flour sack jumping to practise our ability to keep the form and volume of an object in animating it. I’m pleased with the results of this little test. It mightn’t be the smoothest thing, but I’m slowly getting more used to working in Krita, and to the idea…Continue Reading Week 8- Animation Practice and Storyboards

We’ve picked our final groups for this semester, and having spent a few weeks settling in already I decided to stick with Group 9- the Demon Portal world. I have progressed the personality of my clown mask monster. His name is Piccolo, he wants to give you flowers….Continue Reading Build A World progress

As homework for this week, we had to practice and help our understanding of timing and spacing by animating three balls of different weights. For this I used Krita, which I had never used before, but once I’d made use of some tutorials I started to get the hang of it. Middling weight (tennis ball),…Continue Reading Week 7- Animation Workshop