Project 2: Week 1 Relfections.

Week 1 Reflections.

Days:	Monday 14th	Tuesday  15th	Wednesday 16th	Thursday 17th	Friday  18th	Saturday 19th	Sunday 20th
Work to Complete	Begin research on animal based animations.	Look at independent animations from smaller companies. Also look at all genres, not just animals.	Pick between 5 - 10 animations that relate to what I'm going for.	Look into more comedic roles in characters such as Carrot and Stick - Joel Trussel	CAD Session & more research for blog alone.	Documentation.	Reflection.

This week, I assigned myself to the researching of different animations, and letting them influence my character's initial sketches of it's walk cycle. 

Monday 14th October: I researched into mainly animal based animations, and found myself rather limited, as a lot of animations on animals were rather long and not focusing mainly on the character's movement. Although, "The First Time I Ran Away." did prove helpful with regards to four legged animals. 

Tuesday 15th October: I started to look into smaller animation companies, to try and see how lower budget companies would animate a characters walk cycle and what route they would take. I also spread out my research to all genres, not just animal based ones. 

Wednesday 16th October: I picked about 6 animations to research at that time, as I felt I found a good selection of smaller business animations, mostly from music videos. Fluorescent Hill proved to be a winner with its 3D and 2D dimensional sketchy music videos.

Thursday 17th October: I also looked into Joel Trussel's work, where I found "Carrot and Stick." This animation caught my attention immediately because the way it had been filmed and edited was completely different from the rest. 

Friday 18th October: Had CAD session where I was able to put together the research to be ready for hand in, as well as noting specific websites for more independent animation companies. 

Animation Research (2)

L'Orange Gutan; Gluko and Lennon.

Gluko and Lennon, are two characters created by the company L'Orange Gutan. Their story is that of adventure, when they help the super hero called Superfluous gain back the power of flight by retrieving his cape from the enemy.

The style of the animation is 3D animation. This is clear through the use of shapes, colour, fading and movement, which is crystal clear and in high definition. I was attracted to the video through it's colour, I really love the vividness and contrast that the film gives, which enhances the fantasy element to it. There also aren't any harsh lines throughout the film so all the colours, somehow, end up blending together.

Guilherme Marc: Tyger.


Tyger is an animation mixed up of 2D and 3D techniques, I think that this animation caught my attention the most because of the way it has been produced. The characters throughout this animation are mainly 2 dimensional, made in a digital but flat format. Whereas the tiger, the main character in the film,  is a 3 dimensional model, who's arms and legs are controlled by people. I also loved the way that patterns had been drawing onto the film after it had been edited and produced. The 2D characters in the film have been made using only two colours, which, added with the sepia effect of the camera, makes them look as though they have a variety of colours, and the style they have been drawn in, provides a 90's theme and "Gorillaz," effect on the film.