Al....most...

I'm 2 scenes (1 still shot and 1 re-do of a shot I've already done) away from finishing.... I'm so delirious, but it looks like I'll get it done by tomorrow (hopefully). I cannot wait.

Updates

Not much in the way of ground-breaking updates- I'm just trucking right along. I feel like I'm going slightly slower than I should, so I'll be trying to speed that up. I'm one lip-sync away from getting a frame-by-frame shot animated, which means I'll have one more to frame-by-frame, and then the rest will be all puppet animation which should go a lot faster.

So that's me. How are you?

Rocococococo

I posted this in my personal sketch blog but I think it would be a good idea to have this here as a follow-up to my last post. I tend to take a lot of inspiration from what I see in real life, live-action movies, and sometimes music. I have a few artists and art styles I look to, but I feel I don't do this as much as I should. I'm working to fix that.

One of my biggest interests at the moment, and most likely the biggest influence on the final for this class, is the Rococo style. There is something so enjoyable about the superfluous, decorative style of 18th century French courts. It's beautiful, girly, and art simply for art's sake, not necessarily trying to be anything more.

So, having said all that, you saw some videos, so now have some images:





Fragonard <3



This shot is the essence of what I try to capture in my girly drawings: sexy, cute, and very classy.



Adorable 18th century French fashion: cute, feminine, but meant to seduce.



Glamorous princess fashion, Versailles luxury, and CAKES!! <3 <3 <3

AniMANIA

To get things started, here are some examples of animations I find inspiring:

I can't talk about animations I look to for inspiration without mentioning anime. I grew up with it, and it's influenced me more than I can say. Anime can be limited in animation, but it focuses on aesthetic and design elements, which I find very important.





Dramatic storytelling isn't something I see often in mainstream American animation. To be marketable, films tend to be family friendly, simple in plot, and humorous. While the film itself wasn't a total success in this area, I still remember the chills I got watching this scene; it was dramatic, dark, mature, and different.



And for artsy film's sake, here is a part of this year's Oscar winner:



Again, this is film has a mature, heartfelt story with a strong visual style. It was successful without necessarily conforming to the Disney formula.

Riveting

My name is Sara Talmadge, current animation student at the Savannah College of Art and Design and enthusiast for all things cupcakes. I was born and raised in Yokohama, Japan, until I decided I didn't like living in the same place for 18 years and moved to Savannah to study. My passions and pastimes revolve mainly around drawing, but on occasion I can be found watching movies or dreaming I was living in the Versailles palace.

This blog will be following my progress in my Digital Cel Animation I class, by the end of which I hope to have a decent short flash-animated film. I have yet to even open Flash (or Toon Boom), so this should be all sorts of riveting.