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New Animation Books
New Animation Books
A few new animation books to add to the collection. Looking forward to getting stuck into them. Links below if anyone is interested: Inside VFX: An Insider's View into the Visual Effects and Film Business Independent Animation: Developing, Producing and Distributing your Animated Films Creativity Inc: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the way of True Inspiration...
3D Modelling Practice
3D Modelling Practice
A model I've been working on as a bit of practice. I've mostly been doing hard surface modelling in my job so this was a good opportunity to practice something a bit different. Its a stylised 3D depiction of myself, which was created using 3dsmax. ...
Allosaurus Walk & Run Cycle
Allosaurus Walk & Run Cycle
As a generalist I don't get to do as much animation as I used to so its important for me to keep up with my animation outside work times. I've been meaning to animate a prehistoric creature for a while now so I had quite bit of fun with this one. I've also been working on improving my...
CIFF 2016 Animation Masterclasses
CIFF 2016 Animation Masterclasses
Last weekend I attended a few animation talks as part of the Cardiff International Film Festival. This was hosted by the Chapter Arts Centre in Canton and organised by Cardiff Animation Nights. The first talk I attended was by Joanna Quinn, a prize-winning animator and director who's won over 90 awards, including 2 Emmy awards, 4 Bafta awards...
Gem 'n' Huw Book Illustrations
Gem 'n' Huw Book Illustrations
A big bonus to my new job at Futurium is the varied amount of work that comes our way. It gives me the opportunity to try new things and really flex my artistic muscles. Recently I've worked on a series of children's books called Gem 'N' Huw. Below are a few illustrations I did for the books: Emotional education...
After Effects Logo Animation
After Effects Logo Animation
I've wanted to try After Effects for a while now so I spent this weekend getting to grips with it. I decided to attempt a small logo animation that I'll use at the start of individual animations and future showreels. I used a couple of really useful tutorials to do this which you can find here and here,...
New Job- Futurium
New Job- Futurium
For nearly a month now I have been working as a CG Generalist at Futurium, a Bangor based technology, marketing and design agency. This new job is both a role and industry change for me as I have predominately worked as an animator in the games industry up to this point. As a generalist my day-to-day work is...
Edge Magazine Studio Profile: Wales Interactive
Edge Magazine Studio Profile: Wales Interactive
Wales Interactive had a two page spread in Edge this month and I made it into one of the photos. I'm on the far left if you couldn't tell. ...
Modelling for Animation
Modelling for Animation
As an animator I've been tasked to rig and skin many a character model. Now personally this isn't the most enjoyable task for me but it is very rewarding once you've finally finished a character and it deforms correctly. However the main thing I've learned from all this is just how important edge loop placement is. Incorrect placement...
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