Showreel?!

   So I gathered up all of my animations since starting the course and well....not as great as I had hoped. There are a few in there that I'm quite proud of, but I think i'd be embarrassed to send this off to a potential employer because its definitely not industry standard - even though my speciality is probably backgrounds. I think i'll have to do more animating so I can improve my skills and therefore improve my showreel! I have to admit though, it's quite cool to see all of my animations from first, second and third year altogether, it's making me nostalgic!

colouring the big splash

So, I coloured in the splash, but there's something about this that just isn't right, the hole gets smaller at the end I think it has something to do with that, it just looks a bit weird, I might try doing another one from scratch to a) practice and b)get it right. it's progress though, right?

More animating

   So, we have to hand in 30 seconds of test animation soon and I really want to do more animating this year so I thought i'd have a go at a head turn. This is Vincent's design at the moment, it may change but for now, any animation I do i'm just going to do with this design until we have a new one. I really struggle to keep the volume the same even when I use the lightbox (or onion skin - whichever programme I'm using) and my lines just aren't smooth enough, but I did the best that I could, at one point I could see that the head was getting really small so I re did it as best as I could but you can still see that it gets a bit smaller, especially the ears. Also, the lines are very shaky, the animation is not smooth at all, I know sometimes you can get away with it if that's the style you're going for but in this case I think it needs to be more smooth. I mean, considering I came onto this course with no previous knowledge of producing animation, I'm pleased with what I've done even though at this stage, I probably should be better than what I am. But practice makes perfect so I'm optimistic :)

Rick and Morty!!!!

   Okay so my housemate and a few other people told me that I should watch 'Rick and Morty' and I was unsure at first because I don't really watch these kind of shows but I thought I'd give it a go anyway and see what it's like. A) I love it and B) the backgrounds are literally COMPLETELY my style, I look at them and could probably mistaken some of them for my own work it's crazy! I've researched the studio and they have so many jobs advertised and a general application and I might go for it, it looks amazing and I really think I could do well there! I've kind of been feeling like i'm not good enough lately and my confidence and motivation is quite low but then when I discovered this, I felt SO inspired! If I plan my time effectively I'm going to try and produce my own backgrounds in my own style to build up a portfolio, I think there's a reason that I discovered this show and I just have so many hopes for the future now, hooray for motivation! (ha! how long will that last?)

Papa Poule - Layouts?

So Lucie has just uploaded the first animatic of the film so I've taken it upon myself to neaten up some of the frames and draw some layouts, I think they look alright to be honest, I'm quite happy with them.

Papa Poule - Background Tests

Lucie has made some brushes to use for backgrounds, and as the 'lead background artist' I need to get used to the brushes and the colour palette and adapt also to the style that Lucie is going for, so these are a few examples of what I've been doing. The style is quite simple which is how I managed to produce these quite quickly. I'm currently in the process of making a background workshop pdf which will show the background artists step by step what they need to do to be able to produce backgrounds in this specific style. Hopefully Lucie approves, we'll see!

Pirate Ship Deck

This is a very early concept for the pirate ship deck, i'll need to play with colours and overall style, detail and set up but it was just an idea whilst things were just beginning. I really need to work on my lighting and stop using just block colours like I usually do, I need to actually paint.