Rose's Portfolio
Client/Competition
11 Second Club Competition
Over the Christmas holidays, I took a part in the January 11 Second Club Competition. I had been wanting to participate in this for a while and I was excited I finally got the chance. Even though I didn't score very high I am still proud of the process I have made since portfolio. This has inspired me to work even harder and improve my skills. I want to take part in this competition again at some point in the future.
Ritzy Animation - Client Work
I got invited to do a test animation for Ritzy. We had a call with Dan Edgley and Vytautas where they briefed us on the project we would be working on. After which we were given the rig and environments. We got invited to go into the studio. I went there on Tuesday the 11th of April and the 13th of April. It's a very small studio but I found the environment very enjoyable to work in. Working in a studio was very different than working from home. When I work from home I tend to tear my day up into different parts and maybe work for 2 hours and then take 30 minutes break. In the studio, I worked from 10am to 6pm with an hour of break in the middle of the day. I was worried about adjusting to these working hours but I didn't have much trouble with it. I was impressed with the amount of work I had produced by the end of the day and it felt like I had a very productive day.
The feedback I got from Dan consisted mainly of working on exaggerating the poses more. Things like pushing the shoulders up and bending the body more to show weight. In my shot the character has to jump so I was told to make the jump bigger and stretch the body more so that when he lands the landing would be more impactful. The facial animation is supposed to be snappy and change from one expression to the next. When I had a big smile changing to a smaller one I had to be ease in the shapes better so that it didn't look too jarring.
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Overall I really enjoyed my experience in Ritzy I liked being in the studio. I found that working in a studio environment helps me concentrate better. I was worried if I would be able to work the whole day but I didn't have an issue with that.