Animation 15/8

Thumbnails done, and inbetween panels almost done as well. I will have the timing sorted before class next week so help me god... I still need to put a title screen in there somewhere, but I still have 12secs to play with currently so by the time I have tweaked everything Ill be at the 30sec requirement.

AH Animated clips could be a good way to colour my animation, simple blocky designs but effective at telling the tale. Flat colours would simplify things as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ9oov8KLwk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkEpnL9KacQ&t=8s

I need to watch my procrastinating closer before I let it get out of hand.

Photography 9/8

 Todays pinhole effort. I used one of the pre-made tin cameras because Id left mine at home. Its a slightly different angle to the one I took last week, but it has the detail that previous one was lacking. Im quite enjoying the blurred feel to these images, and playing around in the dark room developing the paper. I guess the sense of accomplishment is a bit bigger with an image that requires effort to produce.











I tried lino cut printing today. Ive done woodcut previously at school many years ago so I had an idea of what I was doing. Im actually int he process of developing a family tree tattoo, which is why I came up with this twisted tree design for my test piece. What I have learnt is to do a test ink so I can see what tool marks are still visible and adjust them before making my final prints. Now I just need to figure out how to combine printing and photography for my project.

Prof Prac 9/8

This week was the website proposal. I was a little lost at first as to what I actually wanted to do because a website wasnt really in my initial plan. However, after doing some research, I have come to see how beneficial it can be. A portfolio was something I didnt have until I had to create some things to apply at SIT, so having a digital record will be a step in the right direction. I think I will try and get the website out of the way asap so i have more time to focus on everything else.

As to the Southsure awards, I have had 2 Advertising subcommittee meetings and 1 installation meeting so far. Its been a learning experience for sure, and the next few weeks are going to be interesting. I just hope the few classmates that arent taking it as seriously as they should, pull finger and actually help out.

Animation 8/8

So, I was a little bit behind at the start of todays class, but I have now started inputting the sketches into Storyboard. I finally got off my butt yesterday and got Storyboard on my home computer so now there is no excuse for my procrastination. Even though drawing the panels on paper, and then redrawing them into storyboard is taking longer, I feel overall it will give me a better result because I can refine my images as I go. I have to be careful of the mistakes I made last semester , and make sure I actually do enough work each week.

I am 1/4 of the way through, so another few hours and I should be up to where I should be for this week.

Photography 2/8

After inverting and patching the fingerprint, I can see potential in the photo after all. Identifying the building going straight up on the right hand side helps to clarify that the image is looking directly up.  At this point I am not going to change the hole size, but I think I should take a new test photo in better lighting, a more open area and with the tin in a more stable position. The lighter grey suggests that there was actually light hitting the outside edges, and just needs some tweaking to get the conditions right.

Right now I need to come up with a concept for my project, that incorporates positive/negative spaces. Im a little lost at this point in regards to ideas. Possibly a dark townscape, using printed designs in the shadows? Digital or physical construction? Digital means easy corrections, blending, the ability to create several different compositions with the same images but physical means i can use the actual prints themselves, creating contrasting textures, can draw directly onto the images with pen/pencil.

Professional Practices 1/8

Researching the Job Market

- do your research and know what you want
- have realistic expectations
- set meaningful job search goals
- look for opportunities to network
- continue to expand your horizons

What Do I Need To Know About the Job Market

- what industry do i want to join
- what country would i like to work in? city? area?
- how much money does that industry make?
- what are the job forecasts for that industry for one year? one decade? twenty years from now?
- what position would i like in the industry?
- what is a typical salary for that position?
- what skills does this position require? what skills am i still learning?
- what or who do i need to know to enter the industry
- where does the company stand in the industry?

What Do I Need To Know About a Company?

- what's their financial situation?
- what's being said about them in the news?
- what does their website say?
- what do their customers say?
- what do their employees say?


Job Market Research Exercise

What industry do I want to join? Graphic Design/Advertising, Animation
What position do I want to hold? Animation artist, game developer, graphic designer
What skills do i have and what skills do I need? Have - Drawing, photoshop, toon boom animation, story telling, problem solving, Maya, Unity. Need - Networking, professional presentations, work experience, long term experience with maya, photoshop, unity, toon boom.


Generate a list of 3 companies that you would be interested in working for locally, nationally, and internationally.

Local
- Emotive Design
- Back9 Creative
- Market South

Nationally
- Weta
- Kaleidoscope 3D
- Rocketwerkz

Internationally
- Disney Pixar
- Nickelodeon Animation Studios
- Dreamworks Animation

There is a distinct lack of animating studios in invercargill, however Rocketwerkz in dunedin has been a gaming company that Ive been keeping an eye on since I heard they were setting up there. Partially because my other half played DayZ a lot when it first came out. Im definitely torn as to exactly what direction I want to take career wise, but it is definitely in the digital art stream.

Animation 1/8

Storyboards storyboards storyboards. Using Ruby's suggestion, my story now begins at the rivers edge and jumps straight into the interaction between Draco and the little fish. This definitely cuts out some of the fluff that I had in the original story. I still struggle with pacing in my head, but as discussed with Ruby, Ill have a better idea of just how long my animation will be once I have got my thumbnails finished, and shifted over into storyboard in a couple of weeks. I need to research some different perspective angles for drawing Draco, as Im only comfortable currently with the side on view. Note to self, go back to original Spyro references and see what I can find to help. Add in some Toothless references as well, particularly the clockwise spinning motions from How to Train Your Dragon.