What roles Were you Given?
I was assigned to work with Clo, who striaght away from looking through there blog I loved their artwork. I was able to get in contact with her quickly, and she sent me a PDF the next week with all the character design information she needed doing. I have so far only done characer sheets for her trying to simplify her style and make character turn arounds. I would love to keep working with her over Easter, try to do some background and animation work.
Did you complete the Work? What feedback did you recieve?
Unfortunatly Clo had some second guesses about her film which halted my work abit after the second character sheet. All of us tried to encourage her that her story was fun and really inspiring on her plans to use mixed medium. Not sure if I really got through to her about how excited I was to work on her project, but I know what ever she decides will be amazing and im fully avalible to keep workin on it.
What could you have improved on?
I’m pretty confident with my character designs and turn arounds since its something I’ve been doing for years professionally and for fun. I wish I could have done something alittle more out of my comfort zone but I understand i was there to support my second year and not demanmd certain roles from them. Over Easter I’ll be sure to ask for more complicated work or something very different. The only thing I could have really improved on was the speed at which I worked.
How does the Role you were given relate to the industry?
Pretty standard, she gave me quick and consise feedback about style and what she wanted and it actually felt alot easier than most commission work I’ve done.
Did you enjoy the experiance?
Absolutely I loved Clos film idea and style, I was so excited to start helpinh out on it and I hope she still wants help over Easter!
What was successful during the collabortation?
I’m honestly very nevrous talking to anyone, so I tend to deflect any situation with humor, or trying to make people laugh on first meeting me so there is less of a professional scary enviroment. I still don’t know if thats the correct way to approach a situation like this but, Clo definetly made me feel more confident in my abillities and how to collaberate with someone I’d never really met before.
What was challenging about the experiance?
The biggest challenge i think was Clo’s confidence if she does decided to changer her movie basically 1/3 of the work I did for her can’t be used. Of course that is nothing compared to the amount of work she will have to do if she changes her mind, but its still annoying haha.
What new skills/ techniques did you learn?
I was alittle worried I wasn’t going to be able to adapt to Clo’s style, but I did a better job than I thoguht and she seemed really happy with the outcome. I definitely learned to have a bit more faith im myself.
How did you utilize the skills you gave learned so far on this course?
This course has been amazing for me I’ve learned so much and improved so much in animation. I’m having the best time with the best people. That being said again character design is kind of my thing before this course, so other than the specific character design lectures that really forced me to push my character designs and think about details that show their personality.
What would you bring into your practice from this experiance?
Confidence!
Also thinking about how i can designate work to others as well when we work in a group. I’m hopefully working ina group on the 48 hour animation competition and I’m just going to keep on trying to build my skills and confidence.