Experimental Design Reflective Blog Week One – Week Three At the beginning of this module, we were instructed to form pairs and discuss our favourite Irish folktales, or alternatively, the folktales from Irish culture that we found the most interesting or visually compelling. This exercise was a useful way of easing us into the project,…Continue Reading Experimental Design DES717 (79180) Reflective Blog
Ideation The original concept for my 10-second short started with a simple idea: a waiter carrying a plate of jelly. The goal was to showcase the animation techniques we had been practicing, particularly ‘squash and stretch’ and ‘follow-through motion’. However, as I began brainstorming, I realized that while the jelly could demonstrate these techniques, the…Continue Reading Timing for Animation Assignment 2: 10s Short
Week 1: Bouncing Ball First time using Krita and Wacom Cintiq 13 Pro tablet Helpful to revisit the basic principles of animation after having done BDes Hons Animation for the last three years It was tricky to work out how fast the ball should be travelling at certain points, especially as the arcs got smaller…Continue Reading Timing for Animation Assignment 1: Weekly Exercises
As an animation student, my interests and focuses have evolved significantly over the course of my studies. This year has been particularly transformative, as I’ve shifted my passion from 3D modelling to 2D animation and concept art- something I came to realise over last summer and during the first semester with pre-production in our major…Continue Reading Creative Futures Reflective Blog
Ideation, Concept and Research For my major project I worked with Aveen Fitzpatrick and Odhran McManus in my team. Because we’ve worked together on previous projects since first year, we felt that we’d be able to communicate more openly and efficiently with each other from the beginning of the project. The first thing we discussed…Continue Reading Final Year Major Project, “Art Block” – Reflective Blog
For our first class of the semester, we met with the games design students and were separated into our respective groups. My group consists of; The Animation Students Myself, Manny Maguire, Jack Williamson, Daniel McLaughlin, Harry Gregg The Games Design Students William Dodds, Owen Thompson, Dylan Brown, Ronan Wilkinson, Jude Kerr, Conor Currie Before our first class, I did some research into my assigned…Continue Reading Vertical Slice Project
Research and Inspiration For this project I wanted to practice my 2D animation because, growing up, I have always been fascinated by the art styles of shows such as Gravity Falls, The Amazing World of Gumball and Adventure Time among others. This fascination has continued into my adult life with shows such as Rick and…Continue Reading Animated Short Assignment
Walk Cycle Last Christmas and over the summer I experimented with animating some walk cycles in 2D, using blocking on the app procreate as well as rotoscoping with a ‘straight-ahead’ approach; From these exercises, I learned that there is more to animating a walk cycle than simply moving the limbs of the character back…Continue Reading Assignment 2: Animation
After considering the animation pipeline for some time, I have decided that what mainly interests me is character design and concept art, with a willingness to explore 2D hand-drawn animation as well. So, as part of my professional practice module, I started researching CV designs and the job criteria expected of a concept artist. I…Continue Reading Professional Practice Reflective Research Blog
