Character Animation

For the second step on applications, the preparation of the rest of the materials took me another part of the majority energies.  From personal statements, and video introductions, to portfolios and certificate documents, I need to research the different features of each school, conferences, resources, and workshops, these are all really important to know. During… Continue reading Future direction on PhD_02: Personal statement and other materials

Around May last year, I decided to apply to a PhD program for my next four-year plans. The first move I took was to research several unis and check out what kind of PhD programs they hold and what kind of supervisors I would like to contact. There is a list that I expected myself… Continue reading Future directions on PhD： Research proposal preparation

01. ROLES and COMPANIES. In this section, I will demonstrate examples of different industrial roles that I am interested in and some potential studios. Interpretations of 2d animator & Storyboarding: A storyboard is essentially a series of drawings and annotations based on a script or story idea. Once it’s complete, the storyboard is used as a… Continue reading Understanding Industry

During this time of the simulated work experience with Victoria Milcheva. As an assistant, by referring to her original character designs, I mainly worked on the keyframes and in-betweens for her. Victoria’s animation is talking about an adventure story happening to a little girl within her drawings. In that fantasy, she explored the juggle with… Continue reading Report: Simulated Work Experience

How to make drawings from your imagination It means that you want to get to the place where you can express your own style and come up with your own creatives. Since I have been working on the section of character design, I looked upon Carlolin’s tutorial video, and it has inspired me a lot,… Continue reading Life Drawing: Perspectives

3 ways to practice gesture drawings Artist Research: Carolin Peters About Gesture drawings: There is a broad range between very expressive gestures that artists have developed signature styles or some gestures that are a little bit more generic and mechanical. Also in a really less time, it does not mean that they have to be… Continue reading Research on Gesture drawing

Some drawing reflection mainly from Vannessa’s session. 1. Beans technique. This is the technique that I find out really useful and inspired me to improve my drawing quality. and as an animation student, I felt it will be quite helpful to my character design as well. so I would like to summarize a few points… Continue reading Life Drawing Summary

The Unit1 presentation took place on 17th Nov. Title: The Revolution of Ink Wash Animation on the Chinese history. One of my favorite clips. (Meet the goldfish) From two perspectives. (Techniques and Aesthetic) The next milestone. 21-22rd Centuries APPLICATIONS The End.