LAUAN502 - Possible Career Paths

I have been researching possible places I could work in the future. 

1. The Line

The Line is an animation studio based in London. They often make animated advertisement commissions for other company's as well as contributing to projects such as League of Legends animated music videos like 'Giants'. This would be a very suitable place for me as I really enjoy games and having fun with animation, which they seem to be suited to.


2. Cartoon Saloon




Cartoon Saloon seems to be a nice alternative. They are an Irish animation studio based in Kilkenny who create feature length 2D animated films, such as the award winning 'The Breadwinner'. This seems like a place where I could focus on my works rather well.


3. Bluezoo





Bluezoo is a british animation studio based in London. They offer a wide variety of animation formats, such as CG Animation, Stop Motion and 2D animation. If I were to join this studio, I would have to find an area to specialise in, as they seem to offer a variety of positions.


4. Studio Yotta



Studio Yotta is an American internet animation studio that fully focuses on 2D animation. While this option is highly unlikely, I am very interested in the work they produce, and would jump at the offer of a position at this studio.

LAUAN502 - Digital Portfolio

Over the last couple of years I have been building up my art portfolio on twitter. This includes production work, final animations and digital artworks I make in my spare time.

Twitter Link:

https://twitter.com/SalsaberryBoi

LAUAN502 - Competition Submission

Over the past weeks I have decided to change my ideas for my competition submission. Instead of doing something related to Tomatina, I have made a simpler, shorter animation loop for Loopdeloop.


Background:




References:







Final Animation:





Upload on Vimeo:

Guacamole and Chill (Loopdeloop Submission: Mushy) from Rhys Elliott on Vimeo.


What went well:

- Nice use of colours and well drawn models.
- Well made background.
- Nice and fluid animation


What to improve:

- More in between frames to increase fluidity.
- More detail in the backgrounds.

LAUAN502 - LinkedIn Account Set Up

I have been updating my LinkedIn account to further increase my contacts and network in the animation industry.

 







I will be building up my portfolio in order to show my work.

LAUAN502 - Studio Brief 3

For Studio Brief 3 I was in charge of creating a brand logo for our collective group.


I was mainly influenced by 8-bit looking studio logos.



Presentation:




My contribution to the presentation was mostly research and the logo.

LAUAN504 - Documentary Weekly Blog

Over this week, I have been working on more backgrounds for our documentary animation. I have completed a various number of backgrounds, as well as created a sketch for one of them.

Map of England (Ft. Wales)




This background is a basic map of England. I will be animating for this background and will add some text.


Burning Londinium 




I have created the illustration background for this scene in particular while my partner will be animating fire and the character in this scene. I have used multiple Londinium paintings as well as fictional cities such as King's Landing from Game of Thrones as a reference.

References:

Watling Street: Wide shot

 

I will also be animating some parts of this scene. I used various images of woods and one picture of Watling Street to create this background.

References:

Watling Street: Iceni and Roman Perspective

I used the same basic background for each in order to save some time.I made some minor changes in the background. 

Forest Background Sketch:

A rough sketch for one of the final backgrounds in the animation.

What to improve:

- Lighting on the forest backgrounds.

What went well:

- Good lighting and shading on the Londinium background.

- Well structured backgrounds.

- Good use of colour.