My Pixilation animation attempt

This is my first attempt at a pixilation animation, in dedication to Ray Charles is 50th anniversary. The image quality isn't great, as there was a problem with the filter over the flash which meant the images appeared darker then I wanted.

Pixilation Animation Research

This is a great example of a pixilation animation used very well in Regina Spektor's music video for her song 'us'. The video shows a low budget pixilation with limited props can be put together professionally to make a great music video.

Life Drawing session

 

In this life drawing session we used spot lights to change the way that the light hit the body. The light positioning meant that the shadows contoured the body in different ways. The model also rotated so we had to draw from different angles.I am pleased with the results however not a lot the detailing has appeared on the photos, so I may try and scan the pictures in to add definition.

Cut out animation research

This is an absolutely excellent example of cut out animation, used to promote travel with United airlines. The style of which the story is told and the detail in the design of the characters is where I am taking some of my inspiration from with my next task. The brief was to design and create a cut out animation based on a fairytale, myth or legend. I am choosing to base my cut out animation on Dinas Emrys, the story of the two dragons. For many of you that don't know the story, there is a reason why Wales has a red dragon on the flag. Stay tuned for if you want to hear the story, cut out animation will be uploaded soon

Ray Charles

 As i am basing my pixilation on Ray Charles and have been listening to his music pretty much constantly throughout this week I thought it was only fitting that I sketched the man himself. I used felt pen for majority of the outlining and fine liner for additional detail. I had some left over graphite from the mural and so to use it up and as I had soo much fun with it last time I thought I would use the rest to add some additional tone to his face. It still needs some more smudging and I know that the shading is totally wrong but I like the effect it has on the over all piece.

Sound Workshop

This clip is from the stop motion Cannis, we took out the sound and re recorded everything to show how a change in sound can alter the way in which you perceive the film. In our case we tried to over exaggerate the sounds to give it a more comic effect, taking away the dark and solum atmosphere. Creditations: Chloe Longden, Alex Patterson and Faye Mclellan

When did Mickey Mouse first appear, and what was the name of the film/tv program?

1. Mickey's story starts with a rabbit. Disney Brothers Studio was just another cog in Universal Pictures' animation machine when, in 1927, Walt Disney created a character called Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
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3. (The character was later re visited and appointed a new name that would stick with the character for the rest of its career, a name that is now recognised around the world and make this rabbit the most famous animated character ever made)
4. The first two Mickey shorts drew no attention, but then came Steamboat Willie, the first animation to feature synchronized music and sound effects, hit the screen. The film premiered in New York on Nov. 18, 1928 and was an instant hit. A series of Mickey Mouse shorts appeared within a matter of months — including Plane Crazy, a short that predated Steamboat Willie in which Mickey plays a rodent Charles Lindbergh. The mouse was a national fad by the end of the year, and it wasn't long before the real genius of Walt Disney kicked in: marketing. Walt quickly started up a line of Mickey merchandise, and within two years the Mickey Mouse Club, a fan club for children, was up and running.
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Time Lapse

Its taken a couple of days but its officially complete. There are a lot of shots that I didn't have time to finish and add to the completed film, and there are also some mistakes that meant the camera didn't quite pick up as much detail in the light as I wanted. However as a first attempt goes I am pleased with the results. The piece of music to accompany it is soft and doesn't take anything away from the images, I think they work quite well together in that respect. I also added in a count down before the film started, I'm not sure what you all make of it however I felt that it got me in the zone of the movie before it had even started. Feedback is much appreciated and I definitely take all comments on board. (Special thanks to Alex, wouldn't have been able to make it without the camera and tripod) Creditation: Alex Patterson

Practise sketches

Drawing people is one thing, drawing animals is another. Trying to get to grips with the amount of care and attention to detail you need to be able to draw animals and mythical creatures like this.
Character ideas courtesy of Mark Crilley, I defiantly recommend checking out his work on YouTube he has very helpful tips and advice to be able to draw in multiple styles.

Apocalyptic Mural

Loving working with graphite, however its messy business. Started to add the graphite to the inked city that id previously completed in drawing class. I think the graphite gives the explosion a lot more depth and creates a very dark atmosphere within the piece. #workingprogress

Sand animation

Egyptian themed sand animation, I tried to depict the long journey down the river Nile through the various towns and small villages along the way. I actually rather enjoyed working with sand, i might try and make another sand animation soon.

Stop Motion workshop

Green screening and lighting the stop motion set of "The inventor of happiness", hopefully the photos we took may be used in future advertising campaigns and posters for the movie.

Editing and lighting

After our workshop day, I took it upon myself to try and edit some old photos of mine to see what they looked like in different lighting, brightness and colour contrast. The photo to the right is the original, and to the left is the edited version. The results were actually better then I'd expected and produced a very "in season" picture, I think ill call it Autumn waterfall.

Clear film stock

I tried to smudge a mix of colours along the film stock to create this kind of rainbow effect

Attempt at photorealism

My attempt at a photorealistic eye, courtesy of Mark Crilley check out his youtube channel if your into your art and animation. I added some some colour around the eye, thought it gave a nice effect.

Pre 1900 animation

The first moving images would have been seen using a Phenakistoscope, which was created by Belgian physicist Joseph Plateau 1832. It was a English photographer and moving image enthusiast Eadward Muybridge that produced this wonderful peace of motion picture using the same method in 1893

Film making

3ft of film stock to scratch into, to make into a short expressive, and imaginative film

Walking man sequence

Just completed all 12 drawings, thought I would test myself and give him a sword :)

This is the complete walking sequence, I repeated it a few times so that you can see the full motion. I think it looks good for a first attempt however there are some minor mistakes but ones that can be remedied over time. I think that the transition between the steps needs to flow smoother which will probably mean adding additional in-betweens. The limbs are also too jelly-like and I think would look better if the angles were a little sharper when hitting the ground.

Shot and developed some photos the traditional way

I developed the photos using liquids in the dark room, I found that feathers give the best results

A series of interesting 2 minute drawings

These peculiar looking silhouettes are the result of a 2 minute drawing session which involved us drawing the same life model in various poses using various different techniques. For some we had to draw the model from memory, with the lights turned off. We had to draw him without taking our hand off the paper, using our alternate hand, starting from the bottom and working our way up and we also had to switch with each other and complete each others work.

Ink Butterfly

Tried messing around with coloured inks, to get some different results. I like how the colours add depth to the picture, the lighter colours appearing further away while the darker colours remain in the foreground.

Results of messing around with ink

Although incredibly creepy I like how it has came out. Not too sure about the weird moth thing in the bottom right corner

2 minute drawing sessions

We were first asked to draw an animated character of ourselves then to draw the other students as the rotated there heads, so we could see the difficulties drawing at different angles.

Preparation for my first life drawing class

Started this drawing of my grandad a while ago, thought it was about time I finished it :)

The little girl and the snowman

This is part of the throw and catch sequence that started at the beginning of the week. Although the pencil is quite faint you can still see the full motion.

Fine art selfie with the gang :)

Messing around with inks, brushes, sticks and straws to make beautiful artwork

Our story made out of pictures, see if you can guess the story first before reading our interpretation of it. Lets see how close people can get..

The story reads; On a cloudy day in the north of Great Britain it became dark, a man sat on a bench and started to question his marriage when he hit a wall. So he had an idea to go out dancing and drink cocktails. He realised shortly after that he was a lot taller then his friends and decided to climb a tree. When he got to the top he felt ok, so decided to take a selfie with his camera, he then slipped and fell down. He then became seriously ill and died, his death was a mystery.

Just watched and dissected the matrix, it was interesting to break the film down into act's and sequences. It makes it easy to see the most important parts and makes the dramatic questions that change the film very obvious.

So at the end of the first act when Neo is faced with a life changing decision, whether he should take the blue pill or the red pill. You can understand the lecturers face palm when the random chinese girl at the back of the class asked if the pinnacle of the first act of the matrix was when Neo saw the girls tattoo...sigh

The long road to creating my animation

Day 1.

Learning how to structure a simple throw and catch sequence. Didn't realise how many frames it would take for just five seconds of film. However I'm pleased with the results :)