Category: Professional Practice

CV     Cover Email       Showreel

Job roles Concept artist – a concept artist comes up with the initial designs and appearance for the project.   Character designer – a character designer designs characters based on the initial sketches of the concept artist, personality and physical traits that are given to them by the director of the project.   2D animator – a 2D animator creates motion by drawing still images that are put into a sequence that create the look ofContinue reading Assessment 1

CV CV Research These are some CV that inspired me, I like the simplicity and contrast of Andrew Coyle’s CV. I like the colour pallet of Chloe Hughes’ CV. The way Glenn O’Neill has broken up the information makes it very easy to read. I like the colours and boxes around the titles on MartinaContinue reading Week 12 – Feedback Session – CV, Showreel, Cover Email

This week I had to do mock interviews with Michael and Aodhan. Before my meeting Nant Studios came in and talked to me and some other people about assessment 1, I showed my observatory model, prop models and the different textures I had done. My meeting was supposed to be at 3:20 however it wasContinue reading Week 9 – Mock Interviews

To start the class, we were given a talk about studying abroad by Dr Chris McHugh. After this Henry talked about the mock interviews and talked about preparing for job interviews. He explained that before an interview you should research the company, practice common interview questions and find the location of the interview before hand so you won’t be late.   He also gave someContinue reading Week 8 – Preparing for your Interviews

This week Henry and Aodhan talked about creating cover letters, portfolios and showreels. These are the points Henry made about cover letters. Cover letters  A cover letter is a page long document that complements your CV  It should include info about yourself, relevant experience and why you are suitable for the role  Name and contact details should beContinue reading Week 7 – Cover E-mail / contacting & communicating with employers / Portfolio Design

This week in class we talked started by talking about what will be happening with the mock interviews and what we have to prepare, I need to research a job role I would like to do in the industry. We will be practicing being the interviewer and the interviewee with people from my class. AContinue reading Week 6 – Graduate Transitions – Donna Mageean

This week we started the class with a presentation on contract work, freelance and communication/networking. After the presentation we were had to do a task.   The task was to split up into groups and look at a scenario and figuring out areas for concern. These are the concern my group came up with: TheyContinue reading Week 5 – Job Contracts / Freelancing / Placement Talk

This week we had guest speakers in to talk about their experiences in the professional field. The speakers were: Zoe Woods – Blue Zoo (UU 2018 grad) Aisling McElroy – Italic Pig – (UU 2018 grad) Greg Woodcock – Dimension Studio (Swansea 2008 grad)   Zoe Woods Zoe wanted to work in the game industryContinue reading Week 4 – Guest Animation Career Talks

This week we watched some of the showreels we had gathered and discussed what made them good. The main points made about the showreels were that a loop animation on the title card looks great and shows the skill of the animator very quickly. Also add your contact information at both the start and theContinue reading Week 3 – Showreels