I have recently been experimenting with photoshop in order to find a new medium to create animations. The animations that I have done are only shorts, but will be looped to a soundtrack to make complete audio visual peices. Once I have finished the audio on garageband I will upload the viseos to the blog and upload them on my website. Check back shortly to see the finished products.
I know it’sbeen a while since i’ve updated this blog, but its been really good seeing what everyone is up to now that i’ve revisited the site.
Apart from the day and a half a week when i see you,I have mostly been working for an income. My other main activity has been work with the photographer, Simon Roberts (look him up), on a weekly basis. One of the things I have been doing is helping with the post production for his latest project ‘We English.’ The entire work experience has given me a great insight into the different aspects of documentary photography, and encouraged me to focus on a project of documentary photography (If permission is aquired) over the next few weeks. I find documentary photography extremely interesting as it means the photographer has to live part of the experience they are documenting in some way. From the work I have seen, this often means there is an adventure invoved which is always a bonus.
I have also been researching the technical side of my web project, and Sam helped give me some encouragement that what I want to do could be possible so I am feeling good about that. I’m also looking forward to creating a visual mock up of the interface to show you all soon.
This blog was just an update really to show that i hadn’t fallen off the edge ofcyber space.
Yesterday I made a stop frame animation using pencil and an eraser, adapting the image to give it movement by expanding and adding to bits of the canvas. Its pretty rubbish, and the only redeaming quality is that is has a child like innocence… not to mention child like animation skills. I had trouble saving it in a format where i can display it on the web, but once i have, i’ll put it up on the blog as a benchmark to improve vastly upon.
Tomorrow I intend to start sketching and use the University stop frame animation suite to have a play around turning pencil doodles into some kind of moving short story… it will definitely involve an egg.
No eggs will be harmed in the making of the cartoon.
Image courtesy of http://www.freedigitalphotos.net
More info here from the bebo group, the scotch egg appreciation society. I must add that I have no official affiliation with this group, but I’m happy that they are dedicated to the cause of tasty picnic snacks.
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