Study Task 8 - Work Freelance/Self Employment

Day Rate

I whipped up a spreadsheet to calculate my day rate. To simplify it, I assumed I will be a full-time freelance animator in the UK (the UK.GOV website is very convenient!):

Since my annual income was beyond the Personal Allowance Limit I had to pay 20% income tax.

Income Tax rates and bands as of now (2018-2019) from the UK.GOV website

But £10.23 seemed a bit low... it was just over minimum wage! 

I then used YourRate to calculate an estimated day rate:

£17 per hour seems more appropriate, YourRate got to this number by multiply the rates by two to account for taxes and savings. Since the average animators hourly rate is about £15, as a freelancer I'd charge £17 per hour, or £136 per 8-hour working day.

Study Task 2 - Bless you

Bless You - David Barlow-Krelina

I stumbled upon this animation through an article, outlining David Barlow-Krelina's latest work Caterpillarplasty. Although it did interest me, it didn't catch my eye quite like his previous work Bless You.

I really liked the experimental vibe of it, the art style and ultimately the simple concept of a sneeze.
This made me look further into fish eye, and try to get a 2d look with 3d assets.

http://www.skwigly.co.uk/david-barlow-krelina/

I recreated the digital fish eye effect in after effects, by applying the CC Bulge effect on a 2d animation in After Effects;

This however, wasn't very effective since the source footage was 2d. I should attempt to try this in 3D now but alas, time is a cruel master.

This "experiment" made me consider in specialising in compositing, especially in the context of compositing 3d and 2d assets together