EVE WHELAN

Following on from the Stop Motion Animation seminar I wanted to create more of my own work using the suggested app. The theme I decided on was space, inspired by the final After Effects workshop for Process and Production. I created a little rocket and a starry background and started taking photos. The first animation below is more of a trial run, making sure that things looked how I wanted and I was moving the individual elements at the correct speed. I then created the second animation below, adding in extra elements like the planet, making the animation more complete.   Rocket_1 from Eve Whelan on Vimeo . Rocket_Journey_ from Eve Whelan on Vimeo .

Chris Ware is a graphic novelist who works in a somewhat unique way. Ware doesn’t tell stories like a typical graphic novel, where you read from one panel to the next, left to right and then continue down the page. Instead, Ware treats the page as a whole and creates one full scene with lots going on and dialog that doesn’t have to be read in a certain order; but once all read it will have built up a full scene. He also uses the language of architecture, almost personifying the buildings in his work, delving into the way the characters live and interact with the space to help you understand it further. He likes to start off working by hand then scans his work into the computer to add colour but doesn’t use the computer to add non-realistic colours, from the millions he has available at the click of a mouse, he sticks to colours that are more real and believable.                 A piece of work Ware created...

In the seminar we were told about a stop motion animation mobile app for creating quick and easy animations. After looking at William Kentridge in a lecture (and the previous post) in a small group we created a little animation of a boat using newspaper, plain paper and charcoal. The process was simple create a background base of a sea, on a newspaper spread which we added to with each shot. Then created a few separate elements to move individually, such as the boat and clouds. The first animation we created was a quick trial of just moving the boat across the calm water to work out the pace and angles. The second animation we created was around the idea of the boat sailing across the sea as it becomes progressively stormier. For my first two attempts at stop motion animation, and in a short space of time, I am pleased with the result, the way it looks handmade with no worries about each shot being perfect. Stop Motion Animation - Boat 1 from Eve Whelan on Vimeo . Sto...

Using the Shorter English Dictionary, 1936 edition, volume 1, Kentridge created an animation drawing on the pages and using the existing text as an effective background. Kentridge is a South African artist who uses his countries history of apartheid as a topic for his work. The book he uses, the use of text as ‘ground’ and image and the meaning behind the text all play important roles into making the result as meaningful as it is. The use of the book Kentridge picked could have been chosen for a couple of reasons, firstly for the quality of the paper and the ink and the way they interact together, the way they can be worked upon. Secondly, the book could have been chosen for its particular subject, in this case a dictionary which tries to bring meaning to everything and bring it all together to be one, quite the opposite to the apartheid of South Africa, keeping people separate. The use of the large blocks of dictionary text as ‘ground’ means the text itself becomes a kind of...

In both the lecture and seminar, we discussed the correct and incorrect ways to work through and present a research and development document. Making sure you display your work throughout the document in a linear and coherent way. Starting with research, of course, looking into your given topic and really getting a feel for what you are dealing with. Then looking at particular artist pieces that are relevant to the topic and the initial ideas you get; responding to their work in your own style. Then moving forth into potential routes for your project to go down; having multiple ideas is key to working out early on which ideas will and won’t be successful. Development of the ideas continues and then you pick one idea to push forward and refine further. Resulting in multiple final pieces, which can be printed and mocked up, or displayed in their own final piece document. The layout of your research and development document is extremely important, making sure all of your work is displaye...