Talk with Michaela

After we were briefed on both of the topics for this term, Michaela suggested people stay behind so we could get to know her and her work and vice versa. In this I was one of a few people whom had their work looked through. I showed Michaela both of my Instagram accounts. 

Main points of focus: 

• In my personal art has a good sense of composition and lighting
• This doesn't show through much on my student work account, most of the things I've shown are basic models and progress. 
• I haven't posted my group animation from 503 but as I was the art director, I did have a chance to draw in my style and use my type of shadow that I use in my personal art - which I wasn't too confident in trying to add last year. 
• I want to try using Blender because people who use that seem to make lighting and colouring look a lot easier than in Maya

• Practice more
• After the lesson, I downloaded Blender so that I could try to improve on my composition and lighting. 
• I think being in the group projects helped me improve from what's currently on my social media - and I will post some
• Thomas and Nadia have given me the rigs from their group animation so that I could practice animating in Maya - which I will do on this bog. I will probably also try to rig some of my own stuff. 

• The topics that I draw in personal life and uni are completely different
• This is mostly because I draw lots of pre existing characters that I can't post professionally for copyright and can't animate. 
• I struggle designing characters without a brief or a purpose. Kind of like doodling mindlessly and not being able to draw it professionally later - I struggle designing characters outside of university so I don't have any OCs or turnarounds. 
• I need to doodle more and not be afraid of breaking an aesthetic to post them. Possibly a story reel in my personal account. 
• I did animate Sigma from Overwatch as part of the European Animators Contest. First of all, I read the brief wrong. I'm not quite sure what happened because I wrote down the frame rate and time limit as if I had already read it - but I wrote down the wrong thing. It must be because of how much my eyes jump when I read, but it's my own fault for not checking again until submission. (I have definitely learnt a lesson) So this wasn't submitted. But after seeing the teams of more professional students entries, I know it wasn't good enough either way. I am still proud as it is lit well and fully in my style, but I can't post it for copyright. 

Sigma Overwatch Contest  (unlisted)