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The annual collaborative project with the Royal Academy of Music which involves collaborating with composers to realize a site specific experimental music film.
Our video video installation based on the door that leads from Old Document Store to Rivington Room at The Shoreditch in London. 22/5/2017
BBC LISTENING PROJECT - my flaky friend
The idea of interpreting this conversation about growth and acceptance with flowers came from the graphic relationship between potential, growth and blooming, that I found while listening to Suzy and Bridget talk about the potential they see in people and in themselves and the disappointment that often comes with it.
This is the reason I choose to follow the growth of the pink flower, who is unsure of growing and blooming, something that flowers are supposed to do but when she had a bad experience with others, left her unsure about it. She fulfills her potential only when she finds a real friend, with whom she can learn from and bloom together, leading her to accept herself and finally open. Release date My personal experience against the white canvas that is starting a portfolio and what kind of projects helped me to understand the actual work as a storyboard artist.
29/4/2017
Speedpainting30- 40 minutes speed-painting focusing on studying composition and color. from real life and also famous movies.
It is a way of also warming up to start working on other projects with more energy and focus! 21/4/2017
Animation Industries here and thereIn a span of a week | came across with 3 different articles about Animation and Animation History. Since the art itself has only a little more than a century of existing it is still really crude and really secretive.
In one hand it is art in the pother is an industry that moves money and a message in the era of communication and mass production. And of course, it also depends o n the place in the world it is created (and this has to do with economic and political reasons). 18/4/2017
STORYBOARD ARTIST FIRST STEPS (3 /8) : About the PORTFOLIO of a BEGINNER STORYBOARD ARTISTThe portfolio is a key part of starting in animation and to keep a career on it.
That is why it was imperative to know what a good portfolio means To be able to develop a career and making the most of the different aspects of the animation course, not every piece is a portfolio piece and not all have the explicit purpose of adding to a checklist. In a career that requires practice and practice, drawing should come second nature and for this reason balancing the heavy projects with learning new skills and practicing was also a priority. This is what I called during the length of the MA as “personal practice” (opposed to professional practice)
21/3/2017
The Artistry of Samurai JackWhen I watch an animated series, the first thing that I ask myself is if it makes sense to it be an animation. Not everything does. And some stories are just animated for no reason.
This is one of those series in which the animation is one of the main story components. it would be nearly impossible to make such bold contrasting scenarios, and touch the humor on it so smoothly with scenes full on drama. The design, the scenery, this entire world makes sense visually and is not that easy to achieve. 11/3/2017
Anifry: passing a weight.Passing a weight between characters. Even tho I like the subtle things in this one, overall I am not happy with the movement itself. It has too many inconsistencies.  But I want to name what Chris calls housekeeping.
For working with two characters it is necessary and make things easier. Having two timings make thing messy, but the moment I know what I am doing I can worry about inbetweening. Also timing the small actions such as the grabby hands or the gentle push of the object to child; has a lot of acting by itself and acting is something I really like to do (that is why i am still stubbornly wanting to be an animator, even tho I am slow animating). The career prospects of storyboard artists and how to keep a professional practice as one.
25/2/2017
ANiFRY: LIFTING HEAVY WEIGHTThis week task: Lifting a heavy object. I find myself driven to traditional pen a paper, light box and pencil test animation. It makes thinking about the timing, planing the movement more tangible than being able to try it all the time, like it happens in digital animation. Even with the weird snaps in the neck and the nailed knee, I can tell that my guy, this guy is lifting something.  18/2/2017
Animation Practice: SQUASH AND STRETCHFirst animation exercise: A water balloon rolling down stairs. Or better, a weird slug. That is the definition of failed warm-up. The idea of these exercises are getting us to think about animation, movement by itself. And also to give us the bases of animation in general (be it d@, stop frame...anything). Even if it feels like a failed animation, the means to get there are also important knowledge and with this I wrapped the idea of timing.  Roll down weird slug, keep rolling
31/1/2017
Animation test: Heads rotationI took some of the characters of Percy Jackson and the Olympians book (that I recently read) and decided to design them and make animated head rotations to see how the designs and the style would work animated. Also as a practice to get use to TVPaint software setting myself a goal of making two characters a week in any free time I got between university projects. Rough design of the characters from the book:  22/1/2017
SCHEDULINGOrganization as key to achieve...anything
Working on several different projects at the same time during my MA led me to the first and more important lesson: organization is vital. As I have noticed in my research, storyboard artists (and freelance artists in general) need to be perfectly organized to tackle all the challenges of a production and keep the pipeline flowing, but the concept goes further, since work needs to coexist with independent practice, study and the ordinary life. The ability to multitask is appreciated in this scenario, and it’s something the industry values greatly, but, at the heart of it, what counts is efficient scheduling, skill that I had to learn during the first months of the MA. The time I spent getting to a workflow and learning how to prioritize aspects in a production or in my own projects was worth it, since now I know the way to perform more efficiently without stressing over getting things done. 17/12/2016
Book: The Storyboard design course Getting started with storyboards is not exactly easy, since there is not just one way to do storyboards.
They are made for the production you are in and they all change with the type of production. That is why this is a great book to get into the technicality of storyboarding. Bold, incredibly graphic with illustrated examples and to the point. This is part of the content list: 10/12/2016
WALk CYCLESTVPaint practice with walk cycles. Getting used to new programs. TVPaint is really versatile but sometimes it makes it really difficult. So it is better to make repetitions. Same story with walk cycles, and using some reference for them.  4/12/2016
New way to a classicBig changes in the Pokemon animated series in the new season and I again, was kind of divided between if it is good or if they are going for a more careless approach since with this series sometimes money overwrites anything else.
11/11/2016
Generating ideasLecture and Seminar to generate Ideas and the backbone of classic storytelling. PROCESS FOR BRAINSTORMING
There is no such thing as an useless commentary or idea while brainstorming. Looking for a concept that is VISUAL-SIMPLE-EMOTIONAL 8/11/2016
RAM ProjectLaunch of the Collaborative project between UWE and The Royal Academy of Music. Abstract Animation Site Specific Installation Art This is the best use for my last experience and add it to animation projects "cats make you want to stay in" : my past installation art + animationproject  4/11/2016
KING OF THE CARDS3 weeks project to make an hybrid 1 minute animation short between 3 people. It must include DEATH  PRE PRODUCTION
20/10/2016
STUDIO TOUR: The making of harry potterAt some point in my life all the stars aligned for me to go to the Warner Studios in London to see the Harry Potter Tour.
And it was so incredible magical!! I am telling it not only as a life long fan of the wizarding world, but as an artist that want to spend her life working in the preproduction area of films and series and what not. |
Being an artist is an ongoing process, be it as an industry professional or as a person always looking to learn and develop my craft. This personal blog is dedicated to my opinions about art and animation including topics like my industry opinions, research, art advice and personal achievements.
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