Summer Project

Over the summer I was assigned a project to create 7 self portraits showing the 7 basic facial expressions; anger, happiness, sadness, contempt, fear, disgust and surprise. Each had to be done in a different medium.

For my angry self-portrait I used a mix or mediums, I used a bad quality photograph blown up on A4 to give it colour, then using a fine liner added in all the shading and detail. I finished it by adding my hair in with acrylic paint.

Surprise (Pencil - I probably could could have added some more shading to it give it more depth.)

Disgust (in biro)

Contempt (Acrylic paint)

Fear (charcoal)

Sadness (wax crayon)

Happiness (Plasticine)

Anthropomorphic Character

I have decided to use Gromit as my anthropomorphic character. He performs human tasks and has human mannerisms but still remains mute, unlike most anthropomorphic animals in animation. He communicates entirely through the expression in his eyes and eyebrows and with his body language, which you might also associate with humans. 

My Three Blogs

The first of my blogs is http://www.rednosestudio.com/blog.htm , Rednose Studio is an illustration company that uses unigue 3D models to create stylised illustrations. I chose Rednose Studio because I love the unique look of the puppets.

The second blog is http://blog.earsandwhiskers.co.uk/, it is run by a small animation company called White Rabbit Animations, and is a production log for their work, it is also a good source for new animators.

The third blog I have chosen is http://www.dragonstopmotion.com/blog/, Dragon Stop Motion is a stop motion software company. I chose this blog as it is good for finding out about new stop motion shorts and films, that I might not have otherwise come across.