Oh and while we’re at it, here’s a lipsync exercise we did using Noodles (basically putting this up because it’s better than the other one ahahahaha ah haa… ha).
Character, background and audio file provided by VFS.
I mentioned this animation exercise that I did at VFS in the stream and yeah okay here you go :)
The character, Noodles, and the background were provided by the school. The task was to animate him notice the bulb is dead, change it, then leave the room when someone calls him on the speaker. We didn’t get given the soundclip in the end so that’s why he falls off the chair ahahaha yep 8T
Might as well fill in the gaps for the new folks- yes, and no. I’ve studied animation for four years; three at Newport in Wales and one at Vancouver Film School. I’m currently employed as a storyboard artist for an animation studio in Vancouver which is wonderful, but I hope to be hired as an animator in the future and make my own films in the long run. Mind you, even if I get hired as an animator, I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to call myself one; it takes a lifetime to become anything close to that.
This is the film I made while I was at VFS. I did another one called Dinosaurs in Flash which is up on my vimeo if you like this one :)
Ever heard of Robert Valley? Well, you should have, because I’ll bet anything you’ve seen his work. He’s the animating champ that has worked on the Gorillaz music videos, the Beatles Rockband opening, Tron Uprising, Aeon Flux and many many more.
Anyway, he’s been working on this stonkingly good graphic novel called Massive Swerve- the first book is available in print, but he needs you guys to help out with funding the next part, and hopefully an animated version in the long run.
You can check out his art and ideas in more detail over here. This man is a brilliant artist, and this is going to be his first real run at making one of his own stories a success; a true story that he was involved in, in his own style. Let’s give him a hand making that a reality, eh?
Even if you can’t afford to support him right now, spreading the word is half of the task- every reblog counts!