Author: Nicole Thompson

For the thirteenth week, I finished adjusting the animation based on the feedback I received the week prior and I added the shadows and highlights to the animation.   Lighting with Background   Now all that is left is to get the animation compiled, the names of the characters added and adding the music toContinue reading Week 13 – ‘Design a World’ Task

The final week of the first semester, week 13. For this week we finalised the presentation and presented them to the class. Compiled Animation from Presentation   Credit: Katie = 00:00 – 00:07 Danielle = 00:07 – 00:14 Nicole (Me) = 00:14 – 00:24 Rhys = 00:24 – 00:34 Tori = 00:34 -00:40 James =Continue reading Week 13 – Final Animation & Submission

For the twelfth week, I focused on adding colour to the characters of my animation. Also, I focused on adjusting my animation where necessary based on the feedback that I received last week.   Coloured without Background   Colour with Background I like the colours of the characters in my animation as they are veryContinue reading Week 12 – ‘Design a World’ Task

For week 12, we held one-to-one sessions to review our animations and make improvements were necessary. My feedback consisted of: Extending the length of time that the beer glass is slid down the bar Adjusting the shape of the foam erupting from the beer glass I found the feedback that I received to be veryContinue reading Week 12 – Presentation

For the eleventh week, I focused on completing my secondary animation and adding line art. This week’s lecture content was really useful to me as I am animation a liquid. Secondary Animation without Background     Secondary Animation with Background I like the way that my animation is shaping up, especially the way that theContinue reading Week 11 – ‘Design a World’ Task

For week 11, we were shown numerous examples of different people’s 2D effects. We also were given methods and examples of how to animate different effects like fire, water and smoke. I found this to be beneficial as in my part for the chain animation I have to animate beer as it’s slid around aContinue reading Week 11 – Animating 2D Effects

For the tenth week, we created our backgrounds for our section of the animation and began to rough out the animation.   Backgrounds Colour Scheme I chose to pick a warm colour scheme for the bar setting as I wanted it to feel welcoming. I chose to use brown for the outlines as I didn’tContinue reading Week 10 – ‘Design a World’ Task

For week 10, we were shown sections of the book ‘Animators Survival Kit’ and examples of different movements that animals make. We also were shown illustrations, gifs and tutorials of how to make and animal move when animating. It’s very important to get the timing of an animal’s movement correct or else it will lookContinue reading Week 10 – Animating Animals

For the ninth week, we created an animatic based on our storyboards. To create the animatic I just took the frames from my storyboards and played with the timing until I was satisfied. This will be used to see how the animation will look before putting lots of effort in and finding a mistake. AnimaticContinue reading Week 9 – ‘Design a World’ Task

For week 9, we were taught about secondary animation and animatics. Like with storyboards, animatics must be clear and easy to read. Animatics can also be used to find  mistakes before lots of time and effort is put into the final animation and it allows you to figure out the pacing of the animation.  Continue reading Week 9 – Animation & Secondary Action