Personal Professional Practice

I am a passionate 2D animator with a love for exploring narrative and character driven stories that indulge a viewer in a world of imaginat...

During Easter, we were set the task of completing a standard CV. I hadn't actually created a professional CV before, nor had I updated t...

As I have designed my logo and my business cards, I decided to put together an example of a stationary pack to give you an idea of what my s...

Now that I have my logo sorted it made sense to revamp my business cards to match my new brand. I also wanted to update some of the visual o...

After reviewing my social media I started to think about what I could in order to freshen it up and create something I was happy with. I beg...

Now that university is coming close to end, I thought it would be a good idea to review my online presence before I began to put my name out...

After researching different showreels, I thought it would be a good idea to get it down what I wanted my showreel to achieve before making i...

As with every year, we are required to produce a showreel of our latest work to showcase at the end of the year, plus this is standard pract...

After doing all of this research into studios and what it is that they create work wise, I began to realise what I don't necessarily wan...

Now that I have done some research into studios I'd like to possibly work for, I though it would be a good idea to get a plan down of ho...

Reflecting upon the work that I would like to do and where I'd like to see myself in the next 5-10 years from, I decided to expand my re...

Brownbag films is a studio that was originally posted in Dublin that appealed to me but was out of my reach fro the near future, as it would...

Karrot Animation is another studio based in London that really appeals to me in a long term future thing. The work they create is something ...

Cartoon Network is another one of those studios which I would ultimately love to work for one day, whether that is on a number of projects, ...

We all know Aardman for it stop motion masterpieces like Wallace and Gromit, Morph and Shaun the Sheep, however, the studio also creates a r...

Arcus Studios is a 2D animation studio based in Newcastle that creates broadcast animation, promotional videos, video installations, in-hous...

Sun and moon is an animation studio based in Bristol that focuses on character driven animation that is done in both 2D and 3D. I came acros...

In order to get us prepared for entering the industry, we had a workshop on how to write a standard CV and covering letter, as although thes...

Showreels are something that we all have to create being creative professionals, yet they are often one of the hardest things to get right, ...

During this workshop we were given an insight into invoices and how to set one up for when working with a client. There isn't much to an...

In this workshop we went over the importance of contracts and why it is essential to have one set up whether you're going to work for a ...

Kilogramme is an animation studio based in Manchester, that produces a wide variety of both 2D and 3D animations for shorts, interstitials a...

Whilst at MAF I was lucky enough to attend the preview for The Red Turtle (La Tortue Rouge) directed by Mihael Dudok De Wit. The story follo...

The last masterclass that I attended at MAF this year was the making of Ethel and Ernest. Although all of the other masterclasses were inter...

During my second day at MAF I attended a masterclass by Blue Zoo, an animation company based in London that specialises in 3D animation but ...

To end my first day at MAF I went to watch the second selection of short films in competition. I must admit, I didn't enjoy this selec...

The next event I attended was the first Masterclass of the visit and it focused on the sound design of Phantom Boy. The film isn't one t...

The next event I went to was Films in Competition: Student 1. I was really looking forward to this screening, as it would give me an idea of...

To kick start MAF this year, I started the morning off with watching the first set of shorts under the category 'Films in Competition...

At the start of November I decided to attend The Brothers McLeod talk at ASFF in York, as I felt that it would be beneficial to me as an ani...

December the 1st marked the opening night for our projections as a part of Christmas in Leeds. The projection itself was wonderful to see an...

During our showcase of our work to peers, we were asked to create a series of small, fun, snappy animations rather than focus on narrative b...

Once Jim had agreed with our ideas, we decided to split the animating between the three of us in order to manage workload. The first one I h...

During the last briefing, we were told that we would be getting split into new groups to include the illustrators within the project due to ...