Saturday 25 December 2010
Friday 17 December 2010
10 weeks of Animation training
CSM Character animation Term 1 from Frankie Swan on Vimeo.
I thought I'd make a small reel of most of my work from the first term at CSM. Bring on term 2!!
Tuesday 14 December 2010
On the northern line, week 10
just a few this week. Sleepless nights of trying to finish up animations for my first assessment affected my attention span on the tubes.
Sunday 5 December 2010
4 legged walk cycles. Week 9 CSM
4 legged animals from Frankie Swan on Vimeo.
The start of another character idea- 'Gullin' the Boar- who will of course reside in the Breca universe. Hopefully i will get the chance to develop him with plasticine over the Christmas hols.
Also I visited London Zoo on Monday with the aim to draw lots of animals but unfortunately it was absolutely freezing! I wasn't able to keep my tender hands out of my pockets for more than two minutes and so this is all i have to show from the trip.
Saturday 27 November 2010
Snake. Mood Change part 1. Week 8 CSM
Week 8 snake from Frankie Swan on Vimeo.
This will hopefully form part 1 of a bigger mood change animation involving the above character. I tried to go for a more 'Tex avery' approach this time so that i can play with more extreme poses, follow through' and squashes later in part 2. Next week we're onto four legged walks so its going to be a real challenge to realize all my ideas. Fingers crossed ill get it done.
Flash and After Effects Test, Week 8 CSM
Flash and AE test from Frankie Swan on Vimeo.
On thursday we were taught the basics of using 3D layers with a 2D animation in AE.
I quickly botched up a bird cycle in Flash as well as some background on 4 layers. I then exported all the layers separately as PNG files then imported them into AE. I could then pull the layers apart from a flat image into a 3D image (well more like 2 and half D) and move them around individually. I scaled the cycle to make it look like it was traveling fast from a distance and played around with camera movements and lighting. Its not exactly studio ghibli but to me it was a very helpful exercise. ill be using AE a lot more in the future me thinks.
Now if I can just find someone with a copy...
Monday 22 November 2010
Clean Up part1, week 7 CSM
Week 7 CSM clean up from Frankie Swan on Vimeo.
irregular posting this week which is down to celebrations of my birth on the weekend. This walk still needs some sorting but I need to leave it for now and continue with a bunch of other animations. Its going to be another busy week!
Sunday 21 November 2010
On the northern line, week 7
This week i was lucky enough to get some honest drawing feedback from a former CSM animation student Wesley Louis. He gave me some really helpful pointers as well as advice on my approach to drawing. Over the next few weeks i will be aiming to capture more gesture and character.
Saturday 13 November 2010
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