MA Animation in the works!

Started to finally get focused! Laptop died so i'm having to survive with scraps when my brother decides to be generous with the internet ;)

Essay - As i said before decided i need to stick to what I did this course for, to find a job in computer games and not get too sucked into other peoples avenues despite it all being very interesting. My essay title is "Evolution of character animation in computer games" although a lot of reseach is based on the physics of the programs so I might just swerve a little and do an essay on whether computer games can be considered art.

Drawing - Again redirected myself towards my goal and my "observational sketches" are almost all of anime characters or computer game characters, I've started collecting lots of concept art from games and trying to copy and sketch them. The few Life Drawing lessons gave me a little more confidence in my ability and also how to do rough sketches of the body and then add detail.

DripSplatBoing - still not decided, probably going to do something with photoshop/after effects.
Taxonomies - I liked the "6 weeks in *****" one of the abstract videos with minimal lines to describe a journey. Also was thinking of audio songs that include lists Sloppy - Trainspotting theme tune, Baz Luhrman - Sunscreen. Hopefully Fridays audio lesson will clarify how to make good audio.

Masterclasses

All very interesting so far, in order of preference;
1) John Williams
2) Sarah Cox
3) Other blokey

John Williams was easier to relate too since he was younger and had actually attended UWN in the last decade ;) Took note of what he said about "concentrate on your strengths" and about not being too ambitious. It made me think how frantically I'm trying to learn to draw, trying to catch up with people who have done it for years -__-;. I don't think I really know my strengths yet, not in terms of animation, I'm still testing the water.

I have wanted to work as a Computer Games Designer and I chose MA in Animation with the hope of going on the Computer Game industry but now I'm not so sure, Animation seems to be so diverse =/ I realised I've started to wander and I need to concentrate on exactly what I want to do, as Miao said I can learn drawing as a hobby, i should spend time on my strengths! :)

What are my strengths o_O ..

It's been a while

It's been a while since I posted, after the eventful 50 images presentation I had a visit from my parents followed by a degree ceremony the following week and yesterday my 21st birthday. No rest for the wicked obviously. I'll split up my thoughts into different posts to make it clearer! :D