Mass Animation trailer

I am really excited to see the Mass Animation trailer out. It's so cool to be able to see everything lit and rendered, and I couldn't believe that my shot made it into the trailer!
Apparently they have a distributor now, which they'll announce at SIGGRAPH in August. The film should be out this Autumn so hopefully my work will be coming to a cinema near you soon!
In the meantime, Animation Mentor starts in just 3 days, so plenty to keep me busy while I'm waiting for the premiere ;)

House textures

Back to the Escape course while I wait for Animation Mentor to start up.
This tutorial involved mapping textures to a model of the front of a house. Very simple, and once again, just following instructions, but I'm really pleased with the finished result. I'll have to attempt my own projects once I know more about how to create these things, rather than use ready made files. (And buy a copy of Photoshop?!)

Tutorial, model, textures etc. provided by Escape Studios

Animation Mentor here I come!

I got my login details for Animation Mentor! I am so excited! It's getting closer and closer... really can't wait till the 29th when it starts properly.
It's hard to describe just how excited I am (especially to non-animators) but a frog on a pogo stick comes close...

Puppy

I've been trying to improve my drawing skills, as lots of people say this is a good foundation for any animation. Did some sketches in the garden yesterday, and then today I decided to just copy an animation straight from Disney.
Here's a puppy run cycle, originally by Frank Thomas, which I've done my best to copy. I slowed it down a bit to show it more clearly. I think the spacing (or drawing?!) is a bit off in the middle, but in general I'm quite pleased with it. My favourite part is the ears!

Happy Birthday!

I've done another 2D animation to wish 2 very good friends of mine Happy Birthday. Hope you both enjoy your birthdays, and that you're not yet too old for silly animations of guitar-playing guineas!

Guinea pig happy birthday from Sarah Knight on Vimeo.

Happy Birthday sis!

Here is a special birthday animation to wish my big sister a very happy 30th birthday!

Vimeo test

Just testing out whether my videos would work better from Vimeo. Here's the little girl skipping again, only BIGGER!!! (I hope).
Vimeo seems to have made the weight fall twice, so it slightly ruins it, but interesting to see how it looks on my blog page.

Skippety skip from Sarah Knight on Vimeo.