Studio Brief 3 - Evaluate

Here are some notes I took in bullet points to form content for my presentation:

• What have you learned 
• Theory:
• Walk cycles
• 12 principles
• Stages in making an animation
• Practical:
• Maya
• After Effects rigging

• What do you want to learn?
• This year:
• TV paint
• Group work
• Next year:
• Character animation
• Special Effects
• 3D CGI

• What have you enjoyed during the year and why?
• In university:
• Weekly tasks in 403 - palatable, not too overwhelming, no time to procrastinate
• MAF - learnt a lot, watched a lot
• The materials and resources - kid in a candy shop, (the electric SHARPENERS!)
• Outside university:
• Friends! - amazing like-minded people
• Weather - Snow! - fascinating, awe-inspiring just like in the movies
• Independence - most important for creatives like us

• What have you disliked and why?
• Exaggeration task - slightly off topic, introduced awkwardly
• Doing it all alone/ no teamwork - difficult
• Essay writing - it's evil
• Confusing timetable - I'm not very organised

• What mistakes have you made and how have you learned from them?
• In university:
• Not saving in Maya - now I save a lot, even made a shortcut on graphics tablet
• Wasting time on one idea and then abandoning it - I should plan more
• Outside university:
• Gym membership for a week

• Has this made you consider how you do thing or will approach things in the future?
• Yes, I will plan more, maybe even buy one of those planner books

• What are your strengths and how will you develop them further and begin to apply them?

• What are your weaknesses and how do you intend to address them?
• Time management:
• Break tasks into smaller sub-tasks so I don't procrastinate
• Planning:
• Set a rule: No animating for ²/₇th of allotted time for task

• What did you want to get from the year? Have you achieved this? 
• Git gud - I guess?
• Learn 3D - yes, but still have lots to learn
• Teamwork - not so much, but did have chances between peer reviews

Study Task 10

Showreel

Study Task 9

Who's who?

David Firth

• An animator, writer and film maker
• Known for his unsettling animation style and characters, seen in Salad Fingers, and Cream. This 'unsettling factor' is what interests me
• Most of his work is distributed on the Internet, on platforms such as Youtube and Newgrounds
• Featured some of his work on the BBC
• Composes his own music too

Julia Pott

Link to video

• An animator, illustrator and comicbook artist
• Creates independent short films and also creates animation and illutrations for clients such as Sainsbury's, Oreos, and Toyota
• Also does the voice of the future clone of Emily in World of Tomorrow
• Cutesy, yet rugged art style intruiges me 

Felix Colgrave

• An animator and film director
• Creates independent short films such as Double King, and The Elephant's Garden
• Also makes music videos for bands and artists, such as DJ Mustard (Don't Hurt Me), Fever the Ghost (SOURCE) and Egg (Shoe)
• Focuses on all aspects of animation, his special effects (smoke and lighting) interest me
• Composes his own music for animations

Genndy Tartakovsky

•  An animator, writer, storyboard artist, who created many cartoon for Cartoon Network, such as Samurai Jack, Dexter's Laboratory and Star Wars: Clone Wars.
• Also directed the Hotel Transylvania animated movies. 
• Also produced Dexter's Laboratory and helped produce Powerpuff Girls
• The sharp geometric shapes of character design is something that interests me

Howard Wimshurst

Link to video

• A 2D-animator and film-maker
• Makes independent short films 
• Also made explainer videos for the BBC
• Made music videos for artists
• Logo design and animation
• Composes his own music for his animations
• I like the flowing, liquid masses of his characters' movements and the intensity of their movements

Jamie Hewlett

• A comic book artist, who co-created a popular comic called Tank Girl and also co-created the virtual band, Gorillaz
• Illustrator, animator and writer
• Created comics for a magazine called Deadline
• Created covers and artwork for bands like Senseless Things and Cud
• His art style, the boldness of the character designs is some I admire