SESSION 15: LINE ANIMATION STAGE 2 - THE BALL MORPHING INTO A CHARACTER

LINE ANIMATION STAGE 2

THE BALL MORPHING INTO A CHARACTER

FRAME 32 = BALL

FRAME 33 to 42 = the INBETWEEN FRAMES of the ball transforming in to your character.

FRAME 43 = CHARACTER

Starting at FRAME 33, create the INBETWEEN FRAMES of the ball transforming in to your character.

N.B. Your character should be a side view looking LEFT.
The next stage is the running/walking sequence where your character walks or runs across the page.

ANIMATION SESSION 15: Animation Practitioner 3 - BLU

• Blu is the pseudonym of an Argentinian artist who conceals his real identity. 
• He lives in Bologna and has been active in street art since 1999.
• In 2008 the Tate Modern in London presented an exhibition on the phenomenon of street art and invited Blu to paint on the Tate Modern building.

LINKS:
BLU website
BLU Vimeo Channel
BLU YouTube
Street Art @ The Tate

ANIMATION SESSION 14: CHARACTER DESIGN

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ANIMATION SESSION 13: CHARACTER DESIGN

ANIMATION SESSION 12: THE BOUNCING BALL EXERCISE

ANIMATION SESSION 11: STOP-FRAME ANIMATION EVALUATION

SECTION 1: TECHNIQUE
Explain the animation technique. How it works and how you achieve the technique. 

[iStopMotion | frames per second | onion skins]

SECTION 2: PRACTITIONER

Give an example of a professional practitioner, a director or production team that use stop-frame animation in their work.
Write a short biography and give details of the animation work they have produced.
[Jan Svankmajer | Sumo Science | PES | Aardman]

SECTION 3: CASE STUDY

Choose an example of your practitioner’s work (give the title and date it was created). Using images to illustrate, describe in detail the techniques used in the making of the piece of animation.

SECTION 4: BOX & LIMERICK

Describe the process of working in a group to produce the two short stop-frame animations in class. Use images and screen-grabs to illustrate the animation techniques you used.

SECTION 5: EVALUATION
Evaluate the stop-frame animation technique.
[technical quality | creative quality | compare with professional animations | appeal to target audience | use of equipment and software]

N.B. Use the photographs on Flickr of the project in your evaluation

FINAL LIMERICK VIDEOS

3P1(GREEN) - GROUP 5 - College Professor limerick


3P1(GREEN) - GROUP 4 - Godzilla limerick


3P1 (GREEN) - GROUP 3 - Monster limerick


3P1(GREEN) - GROUP 2 - Lady from LIckenham limerick SHORT


3P1(GREEN) - GROUP 2 - Lady from LIckenham limerick FULL


3P1(GREEN) - GROUP 1 - Tiger limerick


3P1(GREEN) - GROUP 6 - Spitting on a bus limerick

Practitioner Talk: Ben Blair - Character Animation

I've mentioned this a few times this year already about Ben Blair giving a inspiring and informative talk on his knowledge of the world of 3D animation last year. Here's a few links and other bits of information.

In 2010, after studying for degree at Huddersfield, Ben self-financed a trip doing the Maya Fast Track with Gnomon School of Visual Effects in LA. He is now being mentored by leading animators from Dreamworks.

BEN BLAIR'S BLOG: CHARACTER ANIMATION
SHORT FILMS AND OTHER RANDOM BITS
http://blairanimation.blogspot.com/

ONLINE ANIMATION COURSES:

iAnimate - Advanced Character Animation Training

http://ianimate.net/

Gnoman - School of Visual Effects

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/

Animation Mentor

http://www.animationmentor.com/

SESSION 5: LIMERICK STOP-FRAME ANIMATION

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