Portfolio Layout Planning

For the first couple of pages on the portfolio, I want to include images of my most recent work. In

this case, it will be my final project. In terms of the content that I will show in these pages, I am

thinking that I will include the character turnaround sheets, expression sheets and any concept art

that I have done. Also, I may include screenshots that are in my final project to show some of the

animation and background scenery. In terms of how I will present these images in my portfolio, I will

place them onto a A3 sheet of paper and will colour the paper to suit the theme of the picture. For

example, for the boy character design, I have mainly used a blue colour scheme so I will consider this

when colouring the a3 page. Also, in relation to the positioning of each picture, I had to move them

so that the spacing was fairly equal and looked good overall on the page. If I can, I would like to

include the animation process on these pages too to show how I cleaned up the lines and movement

although, I will see.

Next, in the next few pages of my portfolio, I would like to include all of the life drawing and

observational sketches that I have done on the course. I think that this would look good in the

portfolio because I feel that it has helped my drawing skills and I want to demonstrate how I have

improved over the last 3 years. Also, by doing this life drawing, it has helped me to understand

anatomy better and movement, which is very helpful when animating. In these images I have

included life drawings of female and male models in different art materials/mediums and have even

included some digital work too that I have done after completing the sketch. Another process that I

did was using the sketches that I had done of the model and then adapted this to create poses for

character designs. Again, in terms of the layout of these images, I tried to space them out and

coloured the pages to fit the colour scheme of the drawings.

Over these pages in my portfolio, I wanted cover any observational/portrait drawings and any other

sketches that I have done recently. As well as digital drawings, I wanted to portray some of my

traditional artwork too. This includes watercolour, graphite, charcoal, acrylic, coloured pencils etc

Also, by including these in my portfolio, as well as displaying my drawing ability, I hope that it helps

to show that I can use a range of art mediums. Also, I enjoy doing portraits and character designing

so hopefully this is shown. Similarly to the other pages, the colour of the a3 page is similar to the

theme of the images that are situated on it. For example, if I used warm colours, I have gone more

for a red theme.

For the next couple of pages, I have included images of animal studies that I had to do for my 3D and

2D animations. This was completed to get accurate reference ready for when I animated the animal.

For example, the first image displays some of the key frames that I needed for my 3D tiger animation,

whereas the other page displays the charcoal drawings of the tiger that was drawn on a piece of

paper that was stuck on the wall. They were a1 sheets of paper and each drawing was shot on

camera to create a piece of animation. I thought that I should include these in my portfolio as it

shows that I do my research before starting to animate. Also, I thought that I should include

drawings of animals to show a bit more diversity and that I dont just draw humans or characters.

Additionally to the sketches of character that I included earlier, I have included more sketches that I

tidied up in Photoshop as I wanted to show that I can draw characters in different styles. Even

though I will show more drawings of characters in my style, I want to include these because I

thought they might interest the viewer. Even though I tried to arrange the pages so that they were

spaced out, Im not too sure about these pages as they seem a bit cluttered so I may have to address

this for the final portfolio.

On these pages, I will include some of the scenery

processes that I did whilst creating my final

projects. This includes looking at different

backgrounds, perspectives and colour schemes of

different locations, time of day, seasons etc I

thought that this is important as it shows the

development processes and shows how I have

improved them over time. Also, I thought that the

different colours and drawings would look nice in

the portfolio. The layout that I have portrayed

them on also looks nice I think because the grid

has spaced them out nicely so it doesnt look too

cramped.

In addition to the production processes of my final project, I wanted to include the earlier stages of it

in order to show the viewer how I have changed the concept and how it has been improved. I think

this is important because it shows my thought processes and how I strive to make something better.

In particular, on these pages I have included old and new screenshots of my animatics and

storyboards. As well as showing the development, I wanted to include these as it considers the

lighting and how the characters will act/be in the story. Also, I quite liked doing this stage in making

my final animation so if there was ever a career opportunity to do storyboarding or animatics in the

future, I may consider it.

Lastly, over the next couple of pages, I will include images of my involvement in group projects that I

have done over the 3 years of my animation course and will maybe include this image of

photography. If I can, I would like to include this last page of photography as I do enjoy doing this in

my free time. I feel that photography is important because it helps me to understand lighting better

and different colour schemes in landscapes etc The images that are displayed above are photos

that I have took fairly recently when visiting different places. I included these because I liked the

colours and perspective of the object in the image. Also, it illustrates a bit more about my interests

and about myself. For example, the picture of the dog is my pet.

In terms of the images of the group work animations, I have included screenshots of the scenes that

I was involved in.

For The Boy Who Lost His Name I was involved in creating the models, rigs and texturing of the

Eagle and Cow characters that were in the animation. I tried to include good images of this in my

portfolio in order to see them fully. As well as this, I was also involved in creating the animatics and

storyboard processes of the story. Moreover, as well as taking screenshots of the characters, I have

included the texture sheets that I did in Photoshop. If I can, I will try and take a screenshot of the

Eagle and Cow models in Maya and put this on another page in the portfolio.

For the Captain Bullshit Animation, I was involved in the earlier production stages of the animation

as well as in production. Again, I helped with the storyboard and animatic stages of the story but

then later on I was involved in the lining, colouring and inbetweening of certain scenes. This is

displayed in the images. Also, for this animation I did a bit of voice work so this can be heard in the

final animation.

Similarly to my role for Captain Bullshit, for Pub Wars, I was involved in the animatic and scenery

designing processes of the story and then I helped out with the colouring, lining and inbetweening of

certain scenes in the animation. This can be shown in the images shown. Furthermore, in this

animation we did some 3D too, so I created the textures that were needed for the blueprint stages

of the story.