Birds

Following on from last week I've been doing more drawings of animals and birds.

Animals

Since our trip to Bristol Zoo I've been drawing animals non-stop!

Bristol Zoo Gardens

This week I enjoyed a trip to Bristol Zoo Gardens with some of my housemates. We had a fantastic time and, having not been since I was very small, I got rather nostalgic! There have been some new additions since I was last there as well, including gorillas and hippos.

Aptly, for those of you who don't know, the correct collective noun for flamingos is a 'flamboyance'. This little fact makes me much happier than it probably should! I find that flamingos are really quite lovely to draw. I also liked this Komodo dragon. Normally when you see lizards in zoos, they quite happily lie there, not doing very much, but this guy was very active. This both works for and against the artist; there are some great poses, but you only have a short amount of time to get them drawn!

Flash Collaboration

More sharing of work from second year this week. I helped out a coursemate, Steph, one of the stop-motion animators, with a little piece of Flash animation for her film. The premise was that Larry, a Sasquach photographer/enthusiast, has just sporrted a giant footprint in the ground. I animated a little thought bubble to show what he's thinking.

Thought Bubble from Julia Young on Vimeo.

Just a little piece of keyframe animation but it does the job! Go check out Steph's blog to see the making of her gorgeous puppets and all the other stuff relating to her film.

Summer Holidays

Hello all and happy summer holidays! I've been looking back on the year this week and thought I'd share some things with you. Thing number one; I found this photo of me from the day I finished animating. Take a look at tired-but-happy me with my stack of frames!

So tired, but so happy!

Thing number two; the lovely Bethan has posted some more of the backgrounds she coloured for me. Check them out here!

Thing number three; a production test for which I used AfterEffects for the first time ever! A big shout-out to Amber (one of the lovely third years) who helped me work out how AfterEffects works!

Production Test from Julia Young on Vimeo.

Thing number four that I should have mentioned a while ago; I went to see 'The Wind Rises' in London before its official release and my review of it has been published on Skwigly. 

I Tawt I Taw a Tweety Bird

Once again, I apologise for the title - I just couldn't resist! You've seen enough mouse sketches and tests to be forgiven for thinking that the mouse is the only character in the film, but he's not! Enter cuckoo:

Cuckoo Entrance from Julia Young on Vimeo.

Bringing it Together

Another animation test. It's the first piece of animation I've ever done that involves a camera move and so I put together the animation and background in Premiere to make sure that it actually works!

Composite Test from Julia Young on Vimeo.