Sunday 27 March 2011
A is for Awesome!
This was done by a friend of mine,Mathew Rees, who works for Aardman. Just awesome! Check out his blog here
Thursday 24 March 2011
Retrospect
Following on from my showreel post it gave me a thought.
The thing I love about animation is how when you look back on your work and just think 'Urgh, what was I thinking? That doesn't work at all!' I love it because it shows how you're always developing as an animator and to pick out flaws in work you thought was pretty tight at the time of completion. It gives you a drive of aiming for better and pushing yourself next time. I think if you're ever to look at your work after time and think 'Yep that's still awesome and I couldn't improve it' I think that is the time to hang up your coat and retire.
I had a great example of it with the first year students the other day, they were critting their work from about 6 weeks previous and they all remembered their work better than it was and almost all of them knew they could do that exercise piece better again. This gives me an idea for the future to show students their work from the beginning of their year at the end as to show them their development over the year, for most it would be harsh viewing but all the better for it :)
The thing I love about animation is how when you look back on your work and just think 'Urgh, what was I thinking? That doesn't work at all!' I love it because it shows how you're always developing as an animator and to pick out flaws in work you thought was pretty tight at the time of completion. It gives you a drive of aiming for better and pushing yourself next time. I think if you're ever to look at your work after time and think 'Yep that's still awesome and I couldn't improve it' I think that is the time to hang up your coat and retire.
I had a great example of it with the first year students the other day, they were critting their work from about 6 weeks previous and they all remembered their work better than it was and almost all of them knew they could do that exercise piece better again. This gives me an idea for the future to show students their work from the beginning of their year at the end as to show them their development over the year, for most it would be harsh viewing but all the better for it :)
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