Computer Animation Arts

A nice little over-view... watch and learn!

Thought you might be interested in this... Free, open-source storyboarding software called Storyboarder .  I learned about it from Animation Tidbits and you can find out more about it here .

Check out this video of the wonderful Michael Haneke talking about the importance of storyboarding. This may be especially important for any folks in year 1 as you approach the new term and your next project. Enjoy!

Courtesy of the great concept art blog Film Sketchr , some industry insights into the role and production of animatics ...

Hey Guys! Found some interesting stuff that might help when it comes to storyboarding or animatics. There is a show on Cartoon Network called Adventure Time. Some of you may know it (its amazing, watch it) Well they release a lot of storyboards and pre production content for Adventure Time neatly packaged in a scribed format. "Evicted" Storyboard This is the board for 'Evicted' Its pretty useful to look at some of the directions and how you could use their techniques. I will certainly be using there format and a cleaned up version of their board, which I will upload at the bottom. Also they have done some animatics. And to add on top of this, they also release backgrounds and Character Designs- Here are a selection. So yeah. Interesting stuff. Here are some links for your eyes. Adventure Time Storyboards Adventure Time Animatics Adventure Time Art Art of Adventure Time Thanks Callum

Some really lovely examples of storyboarding from Corpse Bride, courtesy of Living Lines . You can see a lot more here.

UCA's Broadcast Media course has just set up its group blog - and I encourage you to follow it, as it's going to be a rich resource in terms of film-making, lighting, directing and performance - all aspects that translate directly to your creative responsibilities on CGAA - for examples of content already posted on the Broadcast Media blog, see below!

I saw this sumptuous concept art and story sequences by Nicholas Kole - and thought of you... and there's more here .