New upload

I have just uploaded another video to YouTube. This was a group project including myself and two others from my class. This was our first project given to us at the beginning of the first semester, and it was definately something I had never done before. I was behind the camera and did a lot of the post production work. I think it's kind of cool for the first attempt :)

Research

One of my latest projects is to research an artist or animator and I have chosen to write about Nick Park.
I got this book the other day and it is really interesting. It shows original sketches from Nick's sketchbook as a student, of some well loved characters, and some that didn't quite make it into any films.

The Art of Wallace and Gromit (Wallace & Gromit)

It is a really interesting read if you are into animation or even if you just love the characters.

I never knew that Gromit was originally going to be a cat!

Animation Link

http://www.youtube.com/user/MichDeeh?feature=mhum
This is the link to my YouTube page to see some of my work in progress.

These are the two at the moment, my 3D animation and my Stop Motion film.
The Stop Motion was quite a test for me as it was supposed to be a group project but I ended up working alone as my partner was ill. I hadn't used the editing software very much before but really enjoyed finding audio and putting it all together in the end. The planning for the Stop Motion was very intense. Still haven't come to grips with it!

Sketches

OK, so here are a couple of sketches that I did last week. They took me ages and I copied them from an art book....which is my daughters!



Haha.......it doesn't matter that it was a kids book, they were BLOOMIN difficult to draw!

 

I want to take them into Photoshop and redraw them and colour them at some point. But at the moment they are just taking place in my portfolio.










 These next sketches I did a couple of days ago....just practicing my animal drawings.

I erased some of the print in Photoshop as it was very dark and grey....you can probably see some areas that I missed!










These are all being added to my ongoing portfolio...
I need to build it up for my end of year hand in.


I copied the pictures from a book called 'Animation 1' with Preston Blair. It shows step by step images how to draw different characters.

It's a great help for me as I am still trying to gain confidence with my drawing skills.