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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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