Wales Trip

I recently went on a trip to Pembrokeshire in Wales as part of my animation course at Bristol UWE.
We were set the task of trying to capture the vastness of the landscape in our small A4 sketchbooks and also mixing this up with drawing the very small.

A change of environment after living in the center of Bristol was refreshing which helped me generate new ideas and gave me a fresh perspective.

Here is a selection of the photos i took while on the trip:

Show Reel Introduction to Animated Forms

A collection of my introductory work completed in the first 4 weeks studying Animation at UWE Bristol.

Clay Animation: Three Balls

This animation makes use of non destructive "replacement" animation. It involves replacing the clay shape/shapes with other pre-made and slightly altered clay shapes to produce the illusion of movement.

We had to design, test and construct repeat/replacement shapes in clay to create a stop motion animation. Then we had to prepare audio files and synchronize them to the the animated clay in live capture window in Stop Motion Pro.

Clay Animation Worm

Clay: Test

A short clay stop motion animation test.

Zoetrope: Test

My first attempt at creating a Zoetrope animation. The objective was to explore basic movement and fundamental animation principals through historical cameraless techniques.

Flip Book: Test

A quick first attempt at creating a flip book animation. The objective was to explore basic movement and fundamental animation principals through historical cameraless techniques.

Animating a Simple Puppet

Egg and Ball

Rolling Egg

Building on the animation skills from experimenting with sand on glass, i developed my newly acquired knowledge of animation timing by focusing on weight, balance and forward motion when animating a puppet/object through a simple motion cycle.

(Shot using Stop Motion Pro at 25 fps)

Sand on Glass: Test 2

My second attempt at animating with sand on glass. I tried to create a raindrop falling and splashing, however I ran out of time to finish it.

(Shot on a lightbox using Stop Motion Pro at 25 fps)

Sand on Glass Animation: First Attempt

This is my first attempt at sand on glass animation. The objective was to create a visual sense of rising, a pause of anticipation and then falling. I tried to create a wave like effect.

(Shot on a lightbox using Stop Motion Pro at 25 fps)

Thaumatrope Test

This is my first quick attempt at creating a Thaumatrope. The objective was to explore basic movement and fundamental animation principals through historical cameraless techniques.

A Thaumatrope is a toy that was popular in Victorian times. A disk or card with a picture on each side is attached to two pieces of string. When the strings are twirled quickly between the fingers the two pictures appear to combine into a single image.

Art Foundation Final Piece