3 things: tastemakers, communities of participation and unexpectedness

Kevin Allocca watches YouTube videos. For his job!

http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_allocca_why_videos_go_viral.html

Fresh Animation by PES

I really enjoy the craft of the stop motion pixilation animation of Pes.
 
http://www.eatpes.com/
 
Pixilation animation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixilation

 

The Story of Animation - by The Animation Workshop

 

Animation is a sequence of events. They can be labelled along a timeline as the "3 P's":

1. Pre-production planning (where all the fun is)
2. Production (where the hard work and satisfaction is)
3. Post-production (where everything comes together and the adrenalin rush subsides)

2nd years please watch this video clip and take particular note of the 10 second part between 2.26 to 2.36!

 

How many different jobs are covered in an animation procuction pipeline? I wonder if any one may care to list them in the comments, please? 

Mind the GAP

"Mind the gap", is what a robot says when you step off the London Underground.

 

But in this animated text motion graphics piece by David Shiang Liu, the GAP is also the difference between student animation work and skills and an experienced animator's work and skills.

 

 

It is easy to expect too much off ourselves and become discontented with our student work and what seems to be too slow progress in our animation work. Try not to defeat your self. Expectations and impatience are two evils a craftsperson must face, acknowledge and conquer with dedicated and regular practice. Animate every day.

 

Or as Dory says in 'Finding Nemo', "Just keep swimming".

 

(And Ian Lacey might add when talking about learning animation, 'Just keep animating but do most of it outside your comfort zone'.)

 

Where expectations and imaptience are evils, challenges and practice are the tools to become, firstly a competent craftsperson, then a master craftsperson, and finally a contented one.

 

Australian Made Stop Mo Animation in Post Production

Captain Awesome 2D and comic book style design mix

Thanks Lydia (2nd Year) for pointing out this interesting student film
from the Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark. The mix of comic book
page images in an animated comic book style and over-exaggerated 2D
animation has plenty of appeal (an animation principle).