More thanks for the two-week graduation film work experience.

Thanks for give me a chance to gain this Animation cooperation experience, which not only allows me to experience the process of sophomore students making graduation film in advance, but also provides me with animation character design ideas and production experience of next year’s graduation film in the future.

Thanks for Steve, my partner is Xue Zelun, who is a great animator，as a sophomore, she provide me a variety of material about her short animation style and reference. During the collaboration, I was responsible for character design and coloring in her short 2D animation. Usually in character animation, the color collocation and modeling of character design can show the character’s personality and emotion, which is the best way to show the animation character in the expression of short story.

Xue’s story is mainly made with 2D animation. In the story, a raccoon returns to a ruined planet to rescue his old friend, who is a bird.

After many discussions, we finally decided to choose two-dimensional style animation. My main job was to help Xue Zelun finish the character design of a raccoon, and to design different shapes and colors for the raccoon.

It took me about a week to finish the joint project. The other day, I finished the character design for the raccoon as fast as I could. I asked Xue Zelun what she thought of my work. She gave me feedback that the colors should be earth yellow, the lightness of the colors should be light and simple, and the rest should follow the storyboard and storyboard. In addition, in order to design a good character design of an animated short film, it is necessary to put the character into the story background and style, then do design and modify it.Through this cooperation, I have gained a lot.

First, I could stylize my character designs; In terms of color modeling, I can choose more expressive colors. Secondly, I learned how to visually present dynamic storyboard video through shooting board.

I also learned how to communicate with each other well in the cooperation of their own ideas, the final results can make each other very satisfied. I think that’s what I learned the most.

However, I have also learned how to present my ideas of short films with dynamic storyboard, so I will also put character design into the story and scene, and quickly check whether my character design is full of personality and characteristics through dynamic storyboard. These experiences will also be applied to my future practice.

From this the two-week graduation film work experience, I intend to make an approximately 5-minute 2D animation narrative film called Don’t Control Me. It narrates an unequal love between a cat and a lion.

I will use Photoshop to make the storyboard and design early-stage characters and props in my short 2D animation project.