Thursday, 25 February 2010

BBC Project Finishedey!

Ok I REALLY will try to keep a weekly blog... I will...


Anyway Been a while since my last post as I finished the project I started in the previous post. In fact the Animation is up on the BBC Norfolk Website. So thats good news me thinks :D

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/norfolk/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8527000/8527133.stm

Well alot has happened since my last entry, so much I really can't remember.... sorry. What do we think of the remaking of films, huh? I saw the Wolfman about a week ago and seemed really good (obviously that was loosely based on the 50's film of the same name) films like these I feel need to be made as some films are just too old. Now I am not talking about say a remake of Dukes of Hazard.... That was a terrible idea. I mean films as old as say King Kong, now that did need a remake. There are also rumours of a Creature from the Black Lagoon remake. Which is why I went on Play.com and bought myself the DVD for £2 (aswell as the original Wolfman, dunno thought I'd try it) but after that I have suddenly become hooked with Play.com. What's the point in HMV anymore, huh? Anyway I went bonkers and bought those two DVDs aswell as Hot Fuzz, Clash of the titans (also been remade, and looks awesome), Ghost in the shell 3, The complete Tintin (which is 10 discs) and I payed just under, thats right under £20! What the hell! Screw you HMV!!!

Anyway in other news, I got my Cintiq screen. And it seems really easy to get ued to. If you want to see any of the drawings I have used my Cintiq on check them out on my Flikr or Deviant Art account, however they are only cintiq coloured not drawn. But it still doesnt seem that hard as I am creating a webcomic using all Cintiq made illustrations, I mean something small like just a one page comic at a time designed for the net, hopefully the first issue will be up real soon.... Unlike Smith!

Right better be off I am working on a new project involving this little fella, have a good one ;)

Sunday, 24 January 2010

Hey... Sorry I'm late!

First Blog of 2010! What a huge gap. But hopefully I will be making it a sort of regular thing from now on...

Anyway I am just sitting here having a break from work and watching Being Human. I probably shouldnt since my tutor and the person from the BBC want to see our work so far tomorrow at 2pm and I only have a sketchbook of some sketches and about a page and a half of storyboarding and they want a complete storyboard, Mood board (which shouldnt be too hard) and a line test by Thursday! HOW AM I GONNA DO THIS! Oh well I like to think I always pull through.

The Project for the BBC is about "Objects" and how important a certain item is in history. I am creating an animation on the Stone Mason's Mallet (partly due to my father being a Stone Mason) and the animation involves a stone mason from the 16th century working on a sculpture and as he works on it time passes and he changes from a 16th century man to an 18th century man and then finally a modern man and finishing the sculpture of an angel. And all the way through this each man uses the exact same wooden Mallet. This is because even today Stone Masons still use that same tool they have used for thousands of years. Hopefully this animation highlights that the tool is still important today and has created important buildings and sculptures for a very long time.

Also I will be investing in a certain product which should help with my work... alot! A Wacom Cintiq screen. Something that allow me to do which I could never do with a Graphics Tablet :D

Tuesday, 22 December 2009

HOLY CRAP!

Its the 22nd and I have bought one present..... ONE!

I better get on this.... only three days til Christmas :S

Friday, 18 December 2009

Debi Mae West Animation


Debi Mae West Lip Sync
Originally uploaded by BENECILIN
Just put my favourite Animation I created on Flickr. It's a 2D drawn Lip sync to the glamorous voice of Debi Mae West.... Just throwin' that out there.... I'm done....

Monday, 14 December 2009

FIRST EVER BLOG!

That's right it's my first ever blog.... not sure what to write really but here I am!

It is the start of my first week of my Christmas holidays as I just finished my first term of the second year studying Animation at the Norwich University college of the Arts. And I have SO much Christmas shopping to do... I haven't even thought of what to get people, let alone buying anything yet. I am only just starting to get in the Christmas mood as I just heard on the radio that we only have TWO weeks! I know. Anyway so I stuffed so much Christmas music into iTunes and of course into my iPod and forced the music down my ears and told myself IT'S CHRISTMAS!.... Its sunk in I think. I am gonna start shopping tomorrow so.... the 15th, But still I have absolutely no idea what to get. We'll just see how it goes.

Anyway on a side note, like it says on this blog I am an Animation Student and if you want to see any of my work I am on...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/benecilin/

http://benecilin.deviantart.com/

http://www.youtube.com/user/BENECILIN


And I am also social networking....

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=577351562&ref=profile

Anyway til next time ;)