Reven

When I was younger i created this character. His name is Reven and was named after my cat at the time :) I'm going have him introduce my self promotion website thing that were doing with John Kelly!!!

Spit Art

Thats right SPIT ART!!! Its a new type of art. It did really interest me when i found it because its just so different and weird. Here is a video of a guy doing some. It is quite amazing how they actually do it!!! Have a look.



There are more spit art videos on YouTube just do a search for 'spit art' and check them out!!!

Sprite

Oh nearly forgot here is my Sprite Animation and the drawings of him too. I actually based him on my boyfriend, Matt. I've included a photo of him too so you can compare the cartoon version with him. Enjoy!!!

FRONT

BACK

MATT

UPDATE
YouTube is being a bit funny about this so when I'm back from visiting Matt in Bournemouth i will try again at uploading it on here :)

Morphing Animation - Dollman

Here is a more upto date version of my hand-drawn morphing animation also known as George or Dollman. It now has a Monty Phython feel to it but it is better and longer also has me doing silly sound effects :D

Animatic

I meant to do this before I left Uni to come home as we didn't have internet here as we just moved house!!!
So here is my animatic :) Its not finished as I'm getting people to do the voices for me and get a sound editing programme. Then I'll add them in and post the finished version on here. I currently don't know my mark for this yet as I gave it in on the last few days when ever that was. i get my mark when i come back.

Michael Gondry

Gondry was born in Versailles, France. Simply known as the director whose work makes other directors cry, Michel Gondry sets the standard in everything he does. His career as a filmmaker began with creating music videos for the French rock band Oui Oui, where he also served as a drummer. The style of his videos caught the attention of music artist Björk, who asked him to direct the video for her song "Human Behavior". The collaboration proved long-lasting, with Gondry directing a total of six music videos for Björk. Other artists who have collaborated with Gondry on more than one occasion include Daft Punk, Radiohead, The White Stripes, The Chemical Brothers, and Beck. His groundbreaking videos for artists have won him every music video award available, and he is in the Guiness Book of World Records as the director of the commercial that has won the most prizes in the world, including the Grand Prix at Cannes, three silvers at D&AD and the best campaign at BTAA (Levi’s Drugstore).
Gondry has also created numerous television commercials. He pioneered the "bullet time" techniques used in The Matrix, notably in his "Like A Rolling Stone" video for the Rolling Stones and a 1998 commercial for Smirnoff vodka, as well as directing a trio of inventive holiday-themed commercials for GAP.
He has also completed three feature films, Human Nature, the Oscar-winning Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and the recently completed The Science of Sleep, which was premiered at the Sundance Festival in February 2006.

Finished Versions of my Storyboard

These are the first 2 pages of my storyboard that are completely finished. I'm having problems with Flash and photoshop at the moment so its going very slowly :(

The Online Me

This was an assignment i got for New Media Culture. It was a 1000 words about how I use the Internet and why. My final assignment is below.


THE ONLINE ME

I use the Internet for a lot of different things from emailing to blogging to games. It seems that you have to register to do anything on the Internet now. At first it took me a long time to actually get a username for my main use, Hotmail.com. I probably spent about 2 hours trying to come up with one and then a memory just clicked in my ‘dogactor87’. This is because when I was younger I used to run around the house on all fours and growl when I was angry so my mum’s biker friends named me, dogactor. Its ‘dogactor87’ because I thought it sounded more right for an email, at the time. When ever I type it I always remember the guys and taking me out on their bikes. So if you typed ‘dogactor87’ into any search engine such as Yahoo.com you will find a lot of pages! Strangely one is a bob the builder club that my mate signed my address up to, still makes me giggle.

There are 6 websites that I use the most, which are listed below: -
www.hotmail.com
www.yahoo.com
www.blogger.com
www.bebo.com
www.ebay.co.uk
www.humcc.co.uk

WWW.HOTMAIL.COM
This is a pretty obvious reason for using this site, its home of my main email address. I particularly like hotmail because it’s easy to use although it does seem to send and receive some files differently so it’s hard to open them. I also use MSN Messenger, which is part of hotmail. Every time I go on the Internet I log on to MSN just so I can keep in touch with my friends. I went to a boarding school in Llandudno and a lot of my friends came from around the world, such as my best friend, Jenny who’s from Barbados! Without it I probably would have lost touch with her but because of MSN I know that’s she’s happy and in University in Canada and complaining it’s cold!

WWW.YAHOO.COM
Everyone I meet says oh no don’t use yahoo use google but I grew up using yahoo so it’s just hard to swap. I think everyone has one search engine website they always use, mines just yahoo! I do also use it for emails and games especially Pool! I love playing with all the people you find on there and meeting new people. I’ve never met anyone on there like the ones you hear on the news.etc. Its just a bit of fun although I usually just end up on the same points I was on originally as I usually win one then lose one! Oh well, its all fun.

WWW.BLOGGER.COM
I didnt actually know that blogger.com actually existed until I came to Huddersfield university and I’m glad that we actually got told about it because I strangely enjoy writing on my blog and adding photos and videos.
I haven’t actually set up a separate blog about myself as I’ve actually not had time but updating it with information, research, videos and photos is fun enough anyway. I have especially found the ability for people to leave comments on my blog and contact me. It’s very helpful because I have actually had people sending me messages with suggestions!
Blogger does have the feature of mobile blogging, which I’d love to try but I just can’t afford it at the moment. I do think it’s an excellent idea because I personally have a terrible memory and by the time I got home I would have forgotten about what I was going to say in the blog plus it would be an easier way of getting photos off my phone!

WWW.BEBO.COM
Bebo has to be one of my favourite websites as I use it for everything! From storing my photos to meeting new people! I actually met Andy through bebo and he is now a good mate of mine! I do actually have a blog on there too but I don’t actually update it much. It’s just a fun site, which actually feels like a homepage for myself. It has quizzes, polls, photos, blogs and information about me. I think my biggest and most helpful use for bebo is the photos option. I have a total of 986 and I’m uploading more everyday!

WWW.EBAY.CO.UK
You can buy practically anything on eBay and at great prices! I love going on eBay whether buying or selling, it’s easy and fun and you'll never know what you’ll find especially as there are over 100 million members worldwide and over 25 million items for sale everyday!
I mainly use it for buying things, especially motorbike parts/accessories, CDs, DVDs and books. I find eBay very addictive, which isn’t always a good thing as I have had some problems with some sellers before.

WWW.HUMCC.CO.UK
This is the website for the Huddersfield University Motorcycle Club (HUMCC). I am a member of this club and also help to update the website and take photos for it. It’s used to let people know who we are, where we are and what we do and have done. People can contact us through the site and send us videos, photos and information. It lets people get closer to us and for us to get closer to them. I’m currently trying to work out how to get videos to work off the site as I’m having problems with it as the site was originally set up with a program and not html so I cant do it the normal way I would of. I’ve tried using flash to upload them onto the site but just get green boxes! The point of the videos is to make people laugh, see what its like with us and for current and past members to see all the fun times we had.

The Internet is one of the greatest technologies and without it I would never have anything that I have spoken about in this. I grew up with the Internet and to lose it would leave a gap, for this century the Internet is necessary.

Flaming Text

We learned how to make fire today and using Masks made it inside text.

South Park Type Animation

Today with Jose we are learning to do animation like in South Park but with a skeleton arm drinking a pint of beer.

Autobiography Storyboards

Here are my Storyboards for my Autobiography Project.