50 Images v 2

Scratched my initial selection for the 50 images project, it was mostly images of family or locations I had taken. I was thinking I liked them because they referred to specific eras or events that bring me positive memories or locations that are so far from the everyday that they seem a little sureal. Miao said all photos have memories and I should maybe just have 1 for my family, despite the 50 images supposidly being a "personal" assignment it did make me realise my initial analysis was a little thin. It is hard to tackle this 50 images assignment and stay away from superficial things in common/connections between the images.
I've started collecting the images again using the revolutionary Google, using words that I think define areas of interest for me; comedy, fantasy, power, surreal etc.. I know what interests me but the assignment from what I have deduced is about analysing your own aesthetic, or thinking beyond the simple like/dont like. Even after speaking to several fellow MA Animation students I'm still a little confused, it seems so easy yet at the same time so hard to make myself convinced that my images will be taken "seriously". Perhaps i'm better suited to stricter guidelines.

As I collect images from the internet as well as the huge bank of images I have saved on my various PCs over the last 5 years for no reason apart from the fact I liked them I do start to slowly realise some connections. Just from the first 15 I'm starting to notice that all the images have a specific subject/object that is the focus of the images, not many are cluttered and the "magical" colours I mentioned in my Negociated proposal that I use in my work also seemed to re-appear in images I like, a lot of blue/teal/violet.

Random blogging, ended.

a Photo everyday

Found this cool video, it's from a supposidly new trend "take a photo of yourself for a year", I thought it was quite ingeniously done, very original.

Link 1

Update:

Found another one, this one is more serious but same sort of thing, I wonder who did the original.

Link 2

Life Drawing

I'm making progress on my Life Drawing, I think it's either I have some undiscovered drawing talent or I just convinced myself I can't draw. MiaoMiao's been helping me a lot as well as asking advice to Monsieur Dolf and even Nathaniel when he overcomes the initial "get someone else to draw it for you" when I asked what I needed to improve. It's quite easy when you draw everything initially as shapes no matter what it is.

MiaoMiao claims in Animation you don't need to be able to draw perfectly, but I think it would help especially if I want to go into character design and will need to be able to draw concept art before trying to create it in 3D. Both Leoni and the ginger tutor I can't remember his name were positive to the speed at which I improved despite Leoni thinking I was a BA student. She was dubious as to whether I drew my later attempts myself but I think tutors realise that I am keen to learn even if I don't know as much as the other MAs in terms of Life Drawing. The movement session was the best so far, although my first attempt at drawing a skeleton last lesson was quite successful, shockingly! :)

Wheels on the bus go round & round

The quote "Presentation is the key - it can make an average idea appear great, and vice versa" from the MAA1 Handbook sprung to mind after watching this animation a half or so after. The animation link is here, the visuals of the animation are very poor, but the sound really just amplifies the visuals. It starts of as an innocent flash for kiddies but then turns down a very dark path but due to the childlike animation it makes it funny not cruel. Maybe that is why some animators in flash movies stick to very simplistic animation for very dark subject matter (shooting people, etc..) it makes it almost acceptable since it is not depicting reality.

Take a look and tell me what you think! :)

50 Images!

Finally seriously started 50 images, was thinking about the "stream of consciousness", "do you know what that means Los?" asked my brother, "a series of ideas?", "No, I'm doing my school work atm, ooo a shiny bottle of coca-cola". Well I decided to write down on paper the first 50 words that came into my head, I also wrote down the room I thought them in.

Lounge: feet, gay, power, intelligence, disc, fear, pizza, bag, clothes, arms, wire, router, blook, pride, feeble, interpret, irrestitable, pipe, introvert, extrovert, incest, rollercoasters, wibble, index, religion, Russell, space time continium, rapier, scissor sisters, bear, box, flame, archer, spam, hate, duck, answer, question, light, pillar, skateboard, peg, dry, yawn, night, seat.

Reading back my list out loud one set of words read "introvert, extrovert, incest", to which my brother answered "I'm locking my room tonight", I politely chuckled then 2 minutes later suddenly realised what he meant.

Poundland, Heaven for a thief?

Saw a guy steal from Poundland.

Discuss

Let's begin

The prospect of having a blog I actually update regularly instead of every 3 months is both daunting and mind boggling! Hopefully if all goes well this blog will document my ideas regarding my MA in Animation as well as little anecdotes I feel like posting.

Enjoy!