During my research I found that there was going to be some common expectations throughout all the animations, of course in class we learned why we follow certain rules to create realism or a natural flow of movement, but breaking it down there’s certain aspects of movement that need to be focused on. The firstContinue reading Animation Strategies Research and Development
This year had so many ups and downs for me, at the ripe age of 29 I’ve finally started university, learned to drive, happy at work, but the one thing that I’ve felt like I never had was enough time and money to actually get through the year. A lot of my problems came fromContinue reading Year One – Reflection
Pre-Production From the beginning we tossed around a lot of ideas, some garnering more attention than others. There were 3 core ideas, Counter Intelligence, Journey to the top of the fridge and Sacrificial Fruits. None of which came to fruition but did drive us in the right direction, the night before I one ofContinue reading Development Log
1000 Word Blog When the nations of animation were being chosen I wanted to do American animation, its something i grew up on, and lived through the golden age of its development, to how we see it today. When our group got together for the first time (Benn O’Neill, Hannah O’Hare, Darian Campbell and NathanContinue reading 1000 Word Blog
Research My research went deeply into the 4 pillars as I thought this was a good way to explain what the visuals, their purpose, and how they in tandem, elevated the short films (The Boy and the Robin) impact. My group leaned more into the message of the film, but I wanted to take aContinue reading Reflection
The Work Itself and My Thoughts About the Semester From character design to storyboarding and everything in between, this experience has been an incredible journey. I’ve had so much fun, but I’ve also discovered a lot about my shortcomings in this medium. Moving forward, I know I need to be more intentional in my approach,Continue reading Animation Studio – 500 Word Conclusion
Well the time has come, I have enjoyed the process of creating a 2D Animation, but I have to admit, I’m not happy with the final product, I found myself revisiting the same frames over and over, trying to make the character more dynamic, or even turning the characters head, or something, just to hitContinue reading Week 10 – Clean Up and Final Animation
This week we created animatics for out animations, but I quickly realized that mine lacked enough movement to capture the energy I was aiming for. The pacing felt slow, and the visuals weren’t as dynamic as I envisioned. So, I decided to revise the beginning, which unfortunately didn’t align with my original storyboards. Although thisContinue reading Week 9 – Animatic
To begin this week, we started off with a flour sack animation, mine by all accounts falls short of my standards, but I’m here to learn and what might be rough around the edges now, should only get better. So roughly speaking, the task was fine, but again I’ve ran into the issues with squashContinue reading Week 8 – Storyboarding