top of page
Search


Pre-Production in Industry
The pre-production stage is one of the most important stages in animation as it's the stage which fully develops the story and the...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
May 28, 20211 min read


'Umbrella' Part 5 - Animatic
Finally we move into the last stage of the project being the animatic. One thing that I didn't mention in Part 4 during my storyboarding...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
May 27, 20211 min read


'Umbrella' Part 4 - Storyboarding
Once I developed my characters enough it was time to begin storyboarding. As I mentioned in Part 2 I already did a tiny amount of...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
May 27, 20212 min read


'Umbrella' Part 3 - Building on Characters
After I knew what characters I wanted to be in my project it was time to develop them further and experiment with their designs. Before I...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
May 27, 20212 min read


'Umbrella' Part 2 - Story Development
For the next development stage on my project I wanted to create a story which wasn't too far out or too simple, just a perfect story...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
May 27, 20211 min read


'Umbrella' Part 1 - Concept Designs
To begin the pre-production of my new project 'Umbrella' I wanted to design some characters just to give me an idea on where I wanted to...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
May 27, 20212 min read


'Tricky' Animation Review
As a small exercise for myself I wanted to have a look at an animation we got shown in class called 'Tricky' by Jodie Ford and point out...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
May 27, 20212 min read


Designing Environments
For our task in designing environments we were told to consider a lot of things which would be a huge importance for us later on. These...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
May 26, 20212 min read


Concept Idea Development
During this lesson we were told to design our own characters keeping in mind the use of shapes from the previous lesson. Here I designed...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
May 26, 20212 min read


Animation 102 Evaluation
Our task during this module was to help improve our animation skills by observing different types of actions, translating them by using...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
May 21, 20214 min read


Animation Practice
SyncSketch link: https://syncsketch.com/sketch/04e4b29af9bf/ For these animations I decided to use Toon Boom instead of Maya as my main...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
May 18, 20214 min read


Semiotics
Semiotics can be defined as "the study of signs and symbols and their use of interpretation". They play a key role in society and are...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
Apr 7, 20212 min read


Character Archetypes
During this lesson we move away from different story structures and start focusing on different archetypes for characters in which we can...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
Mar 1, 20211 min read


Pose Practice on Buckid
For our introduction into this new module, we got shown this model known as "Buckid" which has been intentionally rigged for the use of...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
Mar 1, 20212 min read


Story Development for Animation
To continue where we left off in our previous lesson, we focus on looking at more types of story development methods, as well as being...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
Mar 1, 20212 min read


The Importance of CRAAP Testing
During my lesson in animation context, what I've learned which I've found to be incredibly useful is to use CRAAP testing on documents...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
Feb 22, 20212 min read


Story Structures
Having a story structure in any form of fictional story is definitely something that can detrimentally change how interesting a movie or...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
Feb 11, 20212 min read


Mozilla Hubs
For this lesson we were experimenting with what was a completely new piece of software to me called Mozilla Hubs. We were to learn about...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
Dec 16, 20202 min read


Team Project Evaluation
This is the evaluation of a team project I worked on with 3 other students on an idea to improve the quality of life of Peel Park and how...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
Dec 16, 20202 min read


Cabin in the Woods
To finish off our 'Introduction to Making Of' module for this semester our objective was to create a background environment design for a...
.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_320/file.jpg)
Matthew Leonard
Dec 14, 20207 min read
bottom of page