Introduction For my latest and final module assignment, I have been tasked with creating a 3d animated production short in partnership with a chosen group, consisting of Seána Mackin, Adam McCeery, Benn O’Neill and me. This is a group of people with whom I have already had experience doing a group project in a previousContinue reading Group Animation Reflection
After completing the design of the research poster and presenting it to the class, it is now time for me to look back and reflect on the difficulties and challenges I faced and the many things I learned about the film industry to improve my knowledge for my future in this area. I was sortedContinue reading Poster Reflection
Winner – Samuel Chovan Introduction For this assignment I was put into a group with four other people in my class as we were given random short films to provide a full analysis of and then present them to the rest of the class; for this task, my group were given the film “Winner”, directedContinue reading Group Presentation of Film Analysis
As I am finished with the three main phases of this assignment – Research, Character Design and Modelling – it is now time for me to make a reflection post and look back at the whole development process of this character and what went right and what went wrong. When I was researching the artContinue reading Reflection
This is a blog post which will detail my development process in the modelling stage of this assignment. I made sure to take screenshots of my model throughout the modelling phase of the development process in order to use them for this very blog post, not only to prove my use of various techniques whichContinue reading Portfolio
Ideation One of the most important elements of this assignment is the designing process of the character which I will be modelling. As the final model shall be based off the art style of Genndy Tartakovsky, I had to research his art style and find out how he designs characters, what makes them appealing, whyContinue reading Designing A Character
Genndy Tartakovsky is a renowned animator and filmmaker, well-known for his distinctive, stylized visual storytelling. His works, which range from Samurai Jack to Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003) and the Hotel Transylvania series, are distinguished by their dynamic, yet simple designs, fluid action scenes, and potent atmosphere. This blog will examine Tartakovsky’s unique style ofContinue reading Genndy Tartakovsky
At this point we have begun creating our animations using what we have learned in Krita and (speaking for myself) I have created a rough video scene for my animation with very sketchy lines and no colour to it, however thankfully this week we were taken through something that I believe would help me withContinue reading Week 10: Line Clean-Up and Colouring
This week was revolving around the concept of animatics and their importance to the production pipeline of an animation and films in general. Animatics are essentially animated storyboards which are made with the intention to figure out the timings of the scenes that will take place in the final animation. the animatics are also sometimesContinue reading Week 9: Animatic
As the title suggests, this week we were going over the topic of storyboards, not just their importance in the production pipelines for animations and movies and films, but also the various techniques animators may use when creating them along with the various do’s and don’ts. Storyboards are roughly hand-drawn key frame sequences of theContinue reading Week 8: Storyboarding