portfolio for taw by ana neu

Letter of Intention

1. Character Design

2. Environment

3. Freestyle

4. Life Drawing

5. Perspective

6. Storytelling

CGMA’s Character Design for Animation by Nate Wragg

5 months living abroad on China for work

Graphic Design on Estácio de Sá: 2014 - now

Adobe PhotoshopAdobe IllustratorAdobe After EffectsAutodesk 3DS Max

TheCourse,ComputerGraphicArtist,fitsmyaspirationsandgoals.Itamazesmehowasimpledrawinggainlifeandpersonality,tellingastoryjustbyitself,makingpeoplerelatetoacharacterandevenfeellikethey’repartofthisnewworld.

LastyearIhavelearnedthateverythingyoudoinyourlife,youcantakesomethingusefuloutof it, Icanassurethatthankstothe3years IstudiedPharmacyandthe4years I’veworkedasamodel.InthesecompletelydifferentareasIhavelearnedanatomy,compositionandlightingtechniques.AllthesebeforeIhavestartedstudyingGraphicDesign,whereIhadadrawingclassanddiscoveredtheloveofdrawinginmyself,whichturnedintoadecisionofdoingitforaliving.

ThenItookCGMA’sCharacterDesignforAnimation,soasstartedanextradrawingclassinastudio.Furthermore,inmycurrentundergraduatecourseIhavelearnedsomeadvancedPhotoshopandIllustrator,andaverage3DSMaxandAfterEffects.

Ibelieveeverybodywho’sinthisareadreamsofworkingforbigstudioslikeDisney,PixarorCartoonNetwork,myselfincluded.Iwanttobeabletomakepeopleexperiencedifferentfeelings,that’swhatIalwaysseekinmywork,mostlywiththeuseofthecolorsandlightcontrast.MybiggestinspirationistheCartoonNetwork’sGravityFalls,whichinmyopinion,doesthebestuseofcolorandlightI’veevenseenonTV.Ialsolovethepainterlyeffectinthebackground,com-posedwiththevectorizedcharacters.

IabsolutelyloveWesAnderson’ssymmetriccompositionsandcolorsonthemovies,plusthealmostdarkcomedy.OtherofmyfavoritemoviesareDrive(2011)andNeverEndingStory(1984),thefirstisafullclassofcompositionandlightcontrast,beingveryimmersive;asthese-condhasanamazingandinspirationsolvingstorythathasadeepmessageaboutimagination.Ireadasmanychildren’sbooksasIcan,butmymostrecentpicksareapop-upversionofBeautyandtheBeastandLunaClaraeApoloOnze(writtenbymyfavoriteBrazilianauthor).LittleBigPlanetseriesandDotA2aremyfavoritegames,evenI’llalwayshaveaplaceforRagnarökandPokémoninmyheart.

LETTER OF INTENTION

AllninetiesDisneyanimationsarepartofwhoIam;TheLittleMermaidwasthefirstanimationthatIeverwatched,Istillhavethetapeonabookshelfinmygrandma’shouse.IusedtolivewithherwhenIwasachildandshealwaysreadtometheGrimmbrothersandAndersen’sfairytales,sincethenIcontinuedtofeedthistasteforchildren’sstories,eventhoughIwouldne-verimaginethatIcouldhaveachancetoworkwiththat,Ialwaysthoughtthatpeoplewhoworkwithanimationdrawssincetheyareyoungkids.

I,whostartedtodosketchesduringmyPharmacyclasses,boredwithallthat,deci-dedtotraveltoChinaworkingasafashionmodel.I,stubbornandcuriousasTheLittleMermaid,understoodthattheworldandlifewasn’tjustthatandstillisn’t.ThereIlearnedtoholdontothelittlethings,sincethenIwatchoverit.Moreover,IwasabletoearnsomemoneyandIrealizedthatIdon’twanttodependonmyfamily’smoney.Here,I’mworkingasaGraphicDesignerandIllustratorandwhenIgetthere,I’lllookforajoborinternshipandcontinuemyworkasamodel,inadditionIwilltrytoreceiveagovernmentassistance.

ThatisthereasonwhyIhavechosentheAnimationWorkshop,itisthefeetIdreamtohave,thisoldnewdream.Evenmorethatitisplacedinoneofmostappealinglocationstomyinspirationandmotivation:Denmark.

WishIcouldbepartofthatworld!

Sincerily,

1. CHARACTER DESIGN

1# Dragons on different styles

2# Personal Snow White project

Wrath Gluttony Greed Envy Sloth Pride Lust

Almost an adultversion of SnowWhitethathappensinafictio-naltropicallandwheresherunstoaslumins-teadaforest.

3# Kawaii biker

4# Tobias: game character

Made for 4 Blo-cksAway,agameaboutthisboygoingtoscho-ol through his unusualpath.

5# Napoleon: the garden gnome

He wants to ruletheneighborhood!:D

6# Monster Fan Girl

8# Girl scout

2. ENVIRONMENT

3# Evil Queen mirror

6# Dragon Bun(ny)

3. FREESTYLE

#3 Selfie haha

#7 Collab with Scrible Crazy

#9 City Anniversary Poster

4. LIFE DRAWING

#4 Knee studies

#5 Long study

#6 Quick sketches

#7 Video Studies

#8 Another selfie

5. PERSPECTIVE

#1 Tree house

#3 Accordeon

6. STORYTELLING

Beginningofact3ofmySnowWhi-te’spersonalproject.

#2 Once Upon a Time in the West

(1968) study

FIM