This was a lesson I found extremely fun. Although it was something which I had not yet learnt throughout my school life, it was fascinating to see the different animations that others were able to create using different artistry and styles such as

Types of styles:

1. Anime
2. Disney Cartoon
3. Gaming

Techniques:

1. Rota Scoping
2. CGI
3. Project mapping

The animation world is an amazing thing, which producers use to target  a diverse group of audience. Today, it is used as a way to entertain both children and adults. In the past, animation was created for children and most famous for this was Disney movies. However, in today’s era animation is now also used as a form of entertainment for adults e.g. South Park, family guy etc.

One of the animations which we watched was produced by a New Zealand producer, Leng Li. In this short animation, his art was very colourful, using different techniques including scratching and painting onto film tape strips.

Another file that we had also watched was ‘mamoon’ by the producer Ben. This video in particular was very simple yet very meaningful and effective. Through this video I had interpreted that the characters my be middle eastern as the mother in the video is wearing a headscarf. The two are of the blue colour family, as you watch the video you realise that the red is taking over the blue and the mother tries to save him. This to me is an illustration of ‘war’. This could be a sensitive topic to most considering it is what’s constantly appearing on the news lately, especially within the middle eastern countries. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrBAcyLrk1o)

The distinctive language of animation can be surrounded as follows (anyone element (or more) might be intrinsic to an individual approach):

metamorphosis – the ability to facilitate change from one into another without edit.

 Condensation – The maximum degree of suggestion in the minimum of imagery.

 Anthropomophism – The imposition of human traits on animals, objects and environment.

Fabrication – The psychical and material creation of imagery figures and spaces

Penetration – The visualisation of unimaginable psychological/ physical/ technical ‘interiors’.

Symbolic Association – The use of abstract visuals signs and other their related meanings.

Sound Illusion – The completely artificial construction of a soundtrack to support the intrinsic silence of animated forms.

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Before creating an animated cartoon, we were asked to draw a simple outline sketch of 5 things which we thought had an impact on 2018, and in this scenario I drew a an iPhone on the instagram app of the famous internet star, Kylie Jenner. There are many reasons to this, some which includes:

• This year she was announced as the youngest billionaire
• She had her first baby with the Star Rapper, Travis Scott
• She’s consistently launching new products etc within her makeup line

In general, she seems to always be a big topic on social media, not forgetting to mention she is the famous Kardasian’s younger sister.

The second picture which I had drew was an ‘off-white belt’, ad the reason for this is because the brand Off-White has now become a trend, especially the belt which people are using as decorative accessories. You would normally think a belt’s purpose is to help something like your jeans feel more fitted, however in this case people have been wearing it as a new fashion style, some even go far and beyond as wearing it around their legs.

Third, was a picture of a graveyard. This image in specific tells a deep story of the lives which we have lost throughout this year. Around it, I have included a few known names.

Whilst creating the animated little movie, it was definitely a challenge as it was difficult to repetitively draw the same image exactly the same, however I thought of an alternative and that was to trace. However, despite this, it involves a lot of patience in order to draw it as accurate as possible as a mistaken line could take the whole prespective of the animation.

I thought my idea was very interesting however, I found it difficult to portray despite the idea being so clear in my head. This taught me that, even though this task may seem simple, in order for it to work it involves a lot of planning and perfecting.

As you walk into the front door, you will immediately notice the range of art pieces of what seems to be, a man of the African descent, dressed in traditional clothing. Traversing through the gallery, you will also notice other pieces of work which again seems to be portraying the African race – which I thought was very fascinating; the reasoning being is because

when visiting galleries, you don’t often see a lot of people of the darker skin complexion exhibited around London, therefore I thought it was a exciting and interesting change to see.

What caught my attention mostly, was the series of the African man dressed in conventional attire, showcasing different stories behind their uniform. From observing the images, my first impression of the art pieces was how black people are no longer neglected and dehumanised, and are considered as an equal in today’s society.  

The contrast between the images of what might possibly be, portraying ‘slavery’;

shows how black people were considered slaves within the 17th century, hence why when you walk through the gallery, on to the left hand side of the wall are pictures of people of the African descent dressed in tradition clothing, alined aside one another following the proper tradition, where as the man on the right seems to be influenced by the western society. 

(Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, 1701 -1773) born within the muslim family in Senegal, who was a victim of the Atlantic slave trade during the 1731, who was later then bought out of slavery by public subscription. It was a conflict between Islam and slavery; known to be the earliestt understanding of the Wester African culture vs Salvery when Diallo’s memorises were first published in 1734. He is also known to be a pioneering figure in asserting the moral rights and humanity of the black people.

(Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, 1701 -1773) born within the muslim family in Senegal, who was a victim of the Atlantic slave trade during the 1731, who was later then bought out of slavery by public subscription. It was a conflict between Islam and slavery; known to be the earliestt understanding of the Wester African culture vs Salvery when Diallo’s memorises were first published in 1734. He is also known to be a pioneering figure in asserting the moral rights and humanity of the black people.

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton