Today in class, we had some guest speakers from previous years who now work full-time in the industry. They mostly spoke about their journey from student to becoming a part of an industry and I thought that this process was really interesting. The first guest speaker went into detail about the many jobs theyContinue reading Professional Practice- Week Four
During the time period from last week till this week, we were set with the task of creating a group presentation. The way that my group and I planned this initially was through using Google Documents in order to discuss what we would talk about in our slides. This was a joint effort andContinue reading Animation Strategies- Week Three
This week, I began looking into other artists’ showreels for inspiration for my own. As my style is mostly 2D based, I decided that researching styles that had this in common would benefit me well. The first showreel that I was really interested in was that made by the studio Cartoon Saloon. Although thisContinue reading Professional Practice- Week Three
This week, we began to learn the basics of Unreal and how to build a landscape using the engine, which honestly was a lot easier than I initially thought. I decided to create a rugged mountain scene with trees, shrubs and rocks. Although I am not too happy with the outcome, this was aContinue reading Animation Strategies- Week two
Today I wasn’t able to make it into class, however still got caught up with everything mentioned by watching the Blackboard recording made by one of our tutors, Alec. This lesson was mostly an introduction to the handbook and marking scheme of this module, which gave me a brief idea of what I needContinue reading Professional Practice- Week One & Two
This week was the start of our first module, Animation Strategies. Today in class, we went over the criteria and module handbook of our first set of coursework for this term and this was a great way to start this class and what our tasks are going to be for the next few weeksContinue reading Animation Strategies- Week one
