#summer brief

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Using some early roman sculptures of some children that I grabbed from an online gallery, I built up a little concept which slowly dwelled down the horror department 👍🏻.

The sculptures reminded me of the automaton from the film HUGO so i decided to give it a wire/ skeleton which then turned into a bulky black silhouette.

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I always find it funny when old timey looking people end up in the complete opposite environment, so for this character i decided that this man with a fancy moustache from the 1800s should go to a metal concert. In the end he made quite the appearance and even got himself a pin for his lovely tie.

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Weekly One Second Animation no.4

I was meant to be giving blood the week of this animation. It didn't happen because the appointment was cancelled. I had been psyching myself up for months in preparation because I'm scared of needles. I dedicated this animation to a simplistic little guy running left to right with his arm out holding a needle to illustrate me not having my blood taken.

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Weekly One Second Animation no.3

I went to a show called 'Weird Romance' this week. The first act tells the story of a homeless woman being hired to be the personality behind a beautiful simulacrum designed to advertise products. I loved this concept and made it the inspiration for this week.

As the light shines on Delphi (the simulacrum), Phil, her user, disappears from behind her. This isn't my most successful animation. I like the more detailed characters, the use of spacing, and the fact the two lights on Phil are red and blue and the one on Delphi is Purple but there are errors.

Phil's head lifting is slightly strange and seems to jolt forward before lifting, probably because of rotation point placement. The Lighting also seems to flicker and is more like a nightclub than a stage. This is because I tried to cram too much into my 1 second.

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Weekly 1 Second Animation no.2

This is the last animation based on 'Labelled' by Joannamation.

I wanted it to look more finished than my first one because the process was finished. I made the shopkeeper less expressive but more stylised by giving him a huge collar and longer arms. I added a spotlight because I wanted to experiment with nodes (blur, gradient, and transparency). Also, all of the movements are done with pegs.

If I could have spent more time on this animation, I would have drawn the dress I made for the video on the mannequin because my favourite part of the video is the acceptance at the end.

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Weekly 1 Second Animation no.1

The first week's animation is based on a Year 3 film I am assisting with. I made the dress for the main character and a suit for another so I thought these were key details to include in the characters I have portrayed here. The characters themselves are mannequins so I tried to reflect this by leaving the circles at the joints and excluding faces. In hindsight, I would have done the animation using white to make this even clearer.

During the animation, the characters dance together and I suggested a lighting change and a ballroom style dip due to the style of dress I made being a ballgown.

The lighting change is represented in the animation by a blue to pink background shift transitioning through white. I did this because they are the colours of the trans flag and the film deals with trans issues.

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Summer Briefs no.3- Centaurworld and The Clangers

Centaurworld revolves around a warhorse manoeuvring her way through a magical and silly world full of centaurs to find her way back to her rider. The longer she stays in the world, the more she starts to resemble it, becoming 'wibbly wobbly', resembling 'two beach balls'. The appearance of Centaurworld is something I would love to translate to elsewhere.

There is also the possibility that, due to their being two distinct art styles in the show, their are two ways to translate one character into the desired art style.

The Clanger's characters were knitted by the wife of Peter Firmin, Joan Firmin. I would love to knit a character as part of this task. I also feel that the round bodies and short, stumpy legs will compliment the style of Centaurworld well. There is also the presence of armour in both shows which will be fun to adapt.