New Animation: Bounce

Here's an animation that I finished in my spare time (unrelated to school). It was animated in Flipnote Studio 3D and edited using iMovie. I also used Gimp to up the quality to 1080p.

A visit from Anne

Today my 2D animation class and I were visited by Anne Denman from the animation industry. Her goal, by 2017, is to bring an animation festival to Kelowna called the Okanogan International Animation Festival.

There were many interesting points that Anne brought up about during her presentation involving how to get into the animation industry. One thing was to know when to strike. Humorously, but also seriously, she mentioned that it might not be a good idea to contact someone in the industry on a Monday morning. Another helpful tip she mentioned was to keep your resume clean, basically showing your best work. Additionally, she said to make your portfolio what recruiters want to see.

I'm glad Anne was able to enlighten us on these important approaches (and many more) for getting into the animation industry, and I believe that knowing some of these tips definitely increase peoples' chances in getting into the industry. Thanks Anne!

Introduction

Hello, my name is Erik Stensrud. This blog was made as part of an assignment to showcase the my animation projects and illustrations that I make during my time taking the 2D Animation course at Centre for Arts and Technology and the projects I create in my own time that I deem worthy enough to post here.

I hope you enjoy!