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Animating Outside the Lines: A Quick Dive into The Line Studio
Who are they? The Line is a BAFTA-nominated animation studio based in London, with a portfolio that boasts a wide variety of animation styles, primarily focusing on 2D animation. They started as a team of 6 animators working freelance, before growing into a fully functioning studio with clients and collaborations that range from Blizzard to…
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Invisible Architects: How Lead Animators Shape Animated Worlds
Behind every memorable animated character lies the intricate work of a lead animator, a creative who does far more than simply draw moving pictures. These artistic directors are responsible for establishing the visual language, emotional depth, and physical performance of entire animated worlds. It is the role almost every animator covets, and I too fall…
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Understanding the Role of a Storyboard Artist
Introduction to the role Storyboard artists are crucial creative professionals in film, animation, television, and other visual storytelling media. Their main role is to interpret a script or narrative into a series of sequential drawings that outline key scenes, camera angles, and narrative flow for a project. They are responsible for converting scripts into visual…
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Simulated work experience
The Year 2 student I was paired with was Zhimeng Zhang. Before I received any files from her, I managed to find her Instagram account and was immediately in awe of her work. Her smooth 2D animation and riveting art style captured my attention instantly, and I knew we’d work well together. Zhimeng was extremely…
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Unit 01: Body Acting Project
Practice-based research For this project, I chose to animate a classmate’s clown character, Pyrite. Pyrite is a creepy clown who is part of a homicidal clown cult, yet he struggles to participate in the violent acts that are expected of him. To incorporate this facet of his personality, I played around with story ideas that…
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The History of Stop Motion Animation
Stop-motion animation boasts a fascinating history that has evolved over more than a century. It is an enthralling process that requires painstaking manipulation of tangible characters, props, and sets, resulting in unique movie magic, crafted almost entirely by hand. Starting in the late 19th century, stop motion’s early experiments were pioneered by visionaries like Eadweard…