Category Archives: Animation

Simulated Work Experience

For the simulated work experience I collaborated with Alina Besanidou on her film “Meowmission: Impawssible”.  During the first meeting with the director, she presented a couple of tasks involving character design and layout, and a clean-up of a scene. I was … Continue reading

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Lipsync part 2

Here is my outcome for the second lipsync exercise. I’m not sure why, but I was doubting myself throughout the whole process for this one. I think because the audio already existed paired with visuals, so my main concern was … Continue reading

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Lipsync part 1

Here is my first attempt at the lipsync exercise with some minor changes after a first feedback. Once again, the thumbnails really helped me with the key frames stage and I tried to pair those to the audio as best … Continue reading

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Facial expressions exercise

Here is my result for the facial expressions exercise. Taking more time to focus on the thumbnails really helped me to relieve some of the pressure I face when drawings key frames, because unless the animation is a cycle, I’m … Continue reading

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Body Acting

These are the first few key frames and break downs for my body acting exercise. I think the hardest part is not to get carried away with too much action. Whenever I was trying to shoot the reference for this … Continue reading

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Quadruped Cycle

Here is my first version of a horse walk. I tried to break it down and animating the skeleton first as I knew the anatomy was going to be challenging and it helped immensely. The hard part was figuring out … Continue reading

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Mood Walk in progress

For my mood walk I’ve decided to have a child character going from a sad state onto a happy one after seeing a kitten. The initial sad walk took me quite a bit to get, especially when it came to … Continue reading

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Push exercise

Here is my second try at the push exercise. I started this on paper and eventually move on to TVPaint so that i could test the animation straight away. The traditionally drawn key poses helped me focus more on the … Continue reading

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Stop Motion Tryout

Here’re the results of a stop motion tryout session, working on a lift and push exercise. I had never worked with an armature before and it felt both interesting and challenging at the same time. I was initially having issues … Continue reading

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Follow Through Exercise

This is my first attempt at a simple follow through animation. I think I’ve come to understand the basic principle of it, but I think I’m struggling with something with a little bit more body mass than a string attached … Continue reading

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