Proposal

Career Intentions


I enjoy quite a few different directions you could take with Animation: character design, layout design, digital painting, 2D character animation and storyboarding. I generally like anything that is to do with digital drawing or painting. For now however I think I would like to focus myself on 2D character animation as I think it is the career path I am most compatible with. I love bringing characters to life and in particular, dealing with emotions.  After leaving University I would like to start out in a small company to gain experience in a working environment before moving onto freelance after maybe a few years of work, or even joining up with a larger studio.

Skills


I possess knowledge of Photoshop, Painter, Flash, and After Effects. I am comfortable with designing and working to a commissioners brief as I currently work as a part-time illustrator, dealing with a variety of clients. I think the areas I need to gain a little more confidence in are animation and human/animal anatomy so I will spend plenty of time this year refining those skills.

Pipeline


I plan on making a series of short character animations; some with humans and some with animals. I will do a bit of planning for my third year film as well but will mainly focus on animation tests, as my third year film is something I would like to work on over the summer. As I work primarily by drawing, all of my animations will be in 2D on either Flash or Photoshop. I will finish the year with a showreel of hopefully between 1 and 2 minutes. I will be able to constantly edit this showreel over the summer and next year to improve it and make it good enough to send off to potential studios.