Humans rely on visual cues (form, scale, color, value, etc.) when interpreting sensory visual data from the environment. Our environment is regular and predictable enough for us (through ‘survival-of-fittest’ we adapted specifically to this environment and not some other one) that over time we have become accustomed to successfully attributing certain meanings/outcomes to certain cues. […]
Waiting for the bus The exercise: draw someone “waiting for the bus” from a variety of camera angles (above is one of my 5 panels). What information do you need in the shot to convey this idea efficiently? What are the essential pieces (bus stop sign, road, person waiting…) and how much detail do you
Story Scenes: Levitating Woman In the homework exercise for this class, we were given an initial shot of a woman levitating above a deserted country road, and then asked to compose the next four shots. One way to proceed is to write down what each shot is going to be about (what one piece of
Needs a lot of clean-up…I tried. From my class taught by Hans Brekke, Lead Animator at Tippet Studios. Needs a lot of clean-up…I tried. From my class taught by Hans Brekke, Lead Animator at Tippet Studios.