Introduction After finishing our dissertations, coming back from Christmas, our second class was filled with our Creative Futures lectures. That is when we officially started the work towards our marketing/display for our films. You could produce a brilliant film but if it comes to the end of year show and your table showing your film…Continue Reading Creative Futures

Intro From the start of first year I think we were all aware that our final project of final year would be a short film, which I have been eagerly waiting for since starting the course. I admit that ever since the very first group film we did in 2D in first year, I knew…Continue Reading Final Year Major Project – Film – “Old Wounds”

This is our main assignment for this year. For the assignment we are assigned groups and get partnered with the game design students. The project itself is to make a game prototype. We had to work together to create a largely story driven game, using noticeable artistic techniques throughout. The groups comprised of ten or…Continue Reading Vertical Slice Game Project Assignment

For this assignment we had to create a short 9-11 second animation synced to a sound clip/sound effects/music. We were allowed to chose to do either 3D with a supplied rig or hand drawn in 2D. I chose to do 2D. The sounds in my clip consist of a voice line and several sound effects….Continue Reading Animation Development Project (Synced Sound Animated Short)

For this project we had to design and create an interior environment in SD and then assemble and render it using Unreal Engine 5. This project was done in a group of six. My group consisted of myself, Josh, Liam, Kharis, Adam and Jonathan. Once we had gotten our group together we went through the…Continue Reading Environment Group Project

For this assignment I had to write a CV, write a cover email and make a show reel showing my best work to date. When creating a CV, it needs to be laid out in a way that is simple to comprehend and gets across all of the most important things about yourself. It should…Continue Reading CV & Cover Email

For my walk and run cycle and body mechanic I decided to make it in 2D. I used Krita for this. For my walk cycle I was just aiming for a casual looking walk, nothing expressionistic or anything. I got my inspiration from just watching people walk in videos and in real life. I started…Continue Reading Walk Cycle, Run Cycle and Body Mechanics (2D)

For this assignment we have to create a cute character. The idea being organic modelling. For the lessons over the first few weeks of the assignment, we were shown how to use blender to sculpt shapes and create models. I found the sculpting part enjoyable once I got the hang of it. Over the weeks…Continue Reading Assignment 2 – Cute Character

Going into year 1 of Animation I was excited as I had little to no experience in the digital side of animating. Up to that point all I had done was stop-motion animations in school using models I had made or Lego. I was excited to learn how to animate using 2D and 3D software,…Continue Reading First Year Reflection

    For this assignment we had to get into a group to create a 3D animated short film. The premise of the film was nature and we had to create a character each. Our group was formed pretty quickly and consisted of myself, Liam, Josh, Adam and Kharis, as we were all familiar and…Continue Reading Animated Narratives