My Showreel

https://vimeo.com/117175987

Completed Animatic - Dancer

https://vimeo.com/117195666

Synopsis:

A young teenage girl, called Molly, aged around 17 years old is a plus size dancer. She has always been bullied for her size and thinking she can dance. At a competition she is again made fun of by a group of girls. Although they laugh Molly ignores them and dances, blocking everyone out. She tells the audience a story while she dances about how she became a dancer. In the end she come second in the competition, but she doesn't care where she comes, it wasn't about winning, it was about showing everyone that she could dance no matter what size she is.

I first came up with the idea at the Bradford Animation festival watching some of Joanna Quinn's work. I didn't have the full idea, i just came up with the basic outline. After talking to different people in the class they helped me come up with end result.

I feel the target audience would be mainly aimed towards young girls who are facing similar situations in their, maybe not through dancing but generally in life. Although i feel that a lot of different audiences might relate to being bullied, the younger audience might relate more as it is a young teenage girl as the protagonist.

I enjoyed making this animatic as it was nice to see the end result come to life. If i ever came back to this i think i would change some of the dance moves and draw then in different points of views and overall try and draw it better and in more detail.

Task 2 - Lip Sync

My Lip Sync - I have a plan

https://vimeo.com/117171712

Although i like this animation as my first ever lip sync, i would change a lot. Like making him not float across, making him less sketchy, making the table smaller or getting rid of it, as it draws you away from the lip sync itself.

Week 14 - Pumpkins

 These were the pumpkins we drew from.

I found this hard as i don't normally draw vegetables and it is something i am going to have to practice.

Task 3 - Walk Cycle

My sad walk cycle

https://vimeo.com/117171710

I am pleased with my walk cycle as it looks sad, which is what i was going for. I would add some more frames though next time to make it less jumping and flow better.

Task 4 - Reaction

My Bad Smell Reaction, done in Maya

https://vimeo.com/117171713 - side view
https://vimeo.com/117171711 - Front view

I was very happy with this animation as i had never used Maya before. I feel it is a life like reaction, although if i were to changed it i would changed where the body seems to sharply move forward.

Week 13 - animals

I wanted to try and draw something new so i decided to draw some animals.

Walk Cycle tests

https://vimeo.com/116338276 - test 1

With this test i was just playing around with how to draw a walk cycle and getting it right.

https://vimeo.com/116338279 - test 2

I then added a full body with arms. Although this is too stiff and leans slightly back which isn't right.

https://vimeo.com/116338280 - test 3

This test is what i plan to do for my final walk cycle. I was just looking at what the arms would look like on it.

Thumbnails for ideas.

 My online dating, i wanted to tell the story from both sides, so it moves to show the girl and the boy and their points of view all the way through.

 The Dancer idea is my main idea i will be making into a storyboard. at this point i had changed some things like add a screen to the background to tell the story of how she became a dancer in the first place.

My third idea i have done so it is in her own bedroom like any teenager would be and she is becoming frustrated that she cannot find a style that fits her. After remembering something someone once told her she realises that she could be a part of the all the different styles.

Task 1 - finished

Apple and Leaf reaction

https://vimeo.com/116338274

I was very pleased with the outcome of this animation. I feel that it looks realistic, although if i was to do it again i would do more research on the leaf and try to get it to flow more realistically.

Week 11