Ulster University Animation Student Blog
WEEK 11– ONE TO ONE FEEDBACK TUTORIALS & ANIMATING 2D EFFECTS For Week 11, we had one on one tutorials with one of the lecturers. I was paired with Sarah who looked over my rough animation and suggested I hold the pose before the shock and exclamation point. This, I found out, helped aContinue reading Week 11 – One to One feedback tutorials & Animating 2D effects
WEEK 10 – REFLECTIVE BLOG & PEER REVIEW & ANIMATING ANIMALS During Week 10, our lecture was on Animating Animals in which we had a talk from Sarah on how to animate quadrupeds and bird wings. We looked at the book, The Animator’s Survival Kit by Richard Williams for guidance and reference. SheContinue reading Week 10 – Reflective Blog & Peer Review & Animating Animals
WEEK 9 – ANIMATICS AND SECONDARY ACTIONS During Week 9, our lecture was on creating an Animatic for our animation and the secondary actions within animation movements. We looked at how to go about creating an animatic, focusing on timing for camera edits and movements across the frames. Animatics do not have to beContinue reading Week 9 – Animatics and Secondary Actions
WEEK 8 – STORYBOARDING & ANIMATING WITH FORMS Week 8, we had a lecture on Animation Storyboarding. We looked at the main components of creating an animation storyboard including the synopsis, staging, storytelling, composition and creating animatics. We were told how to make an effective story and storyboard by looking at other animation studios’Continue reading Week 8 – Storyboarding & Animating with Forms
WEEK 7 – ANIMATION PRINCIPLES For week 7, we discussed the main animation principles and had to examine how balls bounce in order to practice timing and spacing in animation. We practiced using arcs as well as how squash and stretch can help make animation look more effective. We looked at references such asContinue reading Week 7 –Animation Principles / World Building
WEEK 6 – WORLD BUILDING / ONE-ON-ONE TUTORIALS This week we were able to move into the Design A World group that we enjoyed most, and although I loved the ideas and concepts that I and other groups thought of together, the group that I returned to was Group 3 with the shattered world.Continue reading Week 6 – World Building / One-on-One Tutorials
WEEK 5 – CHARACTER DESIGN / WORLD BUILDING During Week 5 we were studying character design and what makes an effective and memorable character as well as how to create our own. We looked at well known example from cartoons such as Buggs Bunny from the Looney Toons as well as characters from moviesContinue reading Week 5 – Character Design / World Building
WEEK 4 – COLOUR In week 4, once again our lecturers had mixed up the Groups for our design a world project and so this week, I was moved into Group 5. Their world and story were based on the constellations and how a select few people were given these powers, however they hadContinue reading Week 4 – Colour
WEEK 3 – TONE AND VALUE During the lecture for Week 3, our lecturers had rearranged the groups, so I was moved into Group 4 whose story was based on a science lab that experimented on animals, turning them into hybrids. The world is Post-Apocalyptic and the first half of the story is basedContinue reading Week 3 – Worldbuilding / Tone and Value
WEEK 2 – COMPOSITION AND PERSPECTIVE During Week 2 we were taught about composition and perspective, one of the main animation fundamentals. We were told about how composition is used in cinematography and animation, as well as the different kinds of compositions that can be used with techniques such as Rule of Thirds, TheContinue reading Week 2 – Worldbuilding / Composition and Perspective