Storyboarding Blues.

Just a quick pointer, while I think of it. If you're ever storyboarding, start as small as you can and with a crappy sheet of paper. And use a pen. You just want to get your basic idea of what's happening on the screen and work from that. Sketch it out, so to speak.

This Is What Happens When You Try To Recreate That ONE Drawing.

P.S. Sorry for not blogging too much lately. I've been working hard on my film. As soon as my Pre Production Notebook is done I'll blog loads of stuff I've done. 

My Workspace.

Showreel.

I figure I better get this bad boy up now before it's outdated. Some of the work goes back about four years or so and some of it is as recent as May. So . . . yeah.

Fairtrade (Failtrade).

So this was my first real animation project in IADT. Fairtrade came in looking for a short animation to use as an informational piece. We were told it'd want to be around the twenty/thirty second mark and could be done whichever way we wanted to do it. I decided to go with Flash as it turned out that was the main animation tool in IADT and I figured I needed to learn it fast. I got about two weeks into the project and then some personal stuff got in the way and I needed to abandon ship for a few months. When I got back to it I simplified the idea slightly and got my little nephew Andy.

I actually ended up getting a fairly decent grade for this and most of the people I've shown have been fairly happy with it. I know it's really simple and a little robotic but it was my first real attempt at Flash and I learned quite a bit doing it. My nephew also loves it and had a great time recording the voice.

A Predicament.

I find myself in something of a tough spot. We have just started the summer you see and I have quite a lot to get done. I decided very early on that I am going to try and knock out a draft of my thesis for next year during the summer. It shouldn't take more than two months really but it's no small task either. In a perfect world I'd also like to have all the pre-production for my fourth year film done as well. The two of these things could easily occupy me for the entire summer. However, I now also want to complete my third year film. It's the first film I've made that I've been truly proud of and I really want to see it to the end. There's a good minute and a half of animation left to be done on it.

To get these three things done in one summer is not going to be easy at all. The real kicker about the whole thing is that I start a new job on Monday. Forty hours per week with a good hour of commuting each way. So, let's do this.

New Beginnings.

So. Hello there *waves*. I'm Graham. I am very new to this blogging business. So I guess I'll start at the start. I'm an animation student, studying at IADT Dun Laoghaire. This is where I'm going to be posting and writing about most of my projects. I'm also gonna throw in any drawings or photos I've taken if I deem them worthy to be viewed by any visitors. So, there you go. Thanks for swinging by.