LEAVE A PRINT – RESEARCH

Originally posted on the MA Character animation course blog, published June 10th 2016. So then it’s over. Although the film is not finished. After a very unfortunate experience with an evil computer yesterday the film I intended to hand in was gone in the matter of minutes. I do have everything backed up, so that’s …

BACKGROUNDS AND CLEAN UP

Originally posted on the MA Character animation course blog, published May 29th 2016. After finishing my rough animation last week I started the task of finishing up all the backgrounds for the movie. Something I really hoped wouldn’t be a very time consuming task, and luckily, for once I managed to schedule it just right …

INSPIRATION FROM COMICS

Originally posted on the MA Character animation course blog, published April 17th 2016. I’ve been drawing for a very long time and even though I started thinking about becoming an animator really early (four-five years old) I have also considered drawing comics for a living. I eventually skipped that idea when I realised that I …

CHARACTER DESIGNS – INSPIRATIONS

Originally posted on the MA Character animation course blog, published January 20th 2016. One of my biggest challenges at the moment is finding the right design for the characters. Because of the story having such a serious tone to it I don’t want the animals to look too cute. Which is hard for me as my own style …

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Originally posted on the MA Character animation course blog, published January 11th 2016. So I’m back from Norway after the holidays. While I was home I was on a constant look out for inspiration for my upcoming final film and I got lucky as we had both snow and freezing cold while I was home. I especially tried to …

THE NEW MICKEY MOUSE CARTOONS

Originally posted on the MA Character animation course blog, published June 12th 2015. I’ve never really liked Mickey Mouse as a character, he was way to boring for me. Never really stupid and clumsy like Goofy, never had a temperament like Donald Duck and was never as likeable as Pluto. Minnie Mouse was even worse, …