Bringing Back Blogging
- Sam Keye
- Nov 29, 2020
- 4 min read
So, I'm Sam, and from this point on I will be blogging about my projects as an Illustrator and 2D Animator.
My plan is, I will update every fortnight on whats going down in my life as a final year student at Falmouth University, studying Animation and VFX.
Firstly, let's catch everyone up!
Over the last 2 and a half years, I've illustrated, designed, researched, directed, animated in 2D using TVPaint, alongside developing my skills as a digital, commissioning artist. I've even tried my hand at 3D animating and modelling, as well as some stop-motion!
I quite quickly dropped 3D as a pathway; I didn't feel it was my strongest area of work and I struggled to grasp the software we were taught to use. I did enjoy stop-motion; I thought it was an interesting and intricate art form that deserves the patience it takes to get it right. However, I found that I, myself, was much too impatient for it and found it difficult and stressful for me to animate straight ahead. So, I quite easily settled into 2D animation, in particular 2D pre-production and design.
In my first year, it was very much just learning the basics of 2D animating. But once we hit 2nd year, we started producing our own films and developing our skills in artistic research and development.
Memories of Jubilee Pool - Oct - Dec 18
My first, full University production was a short film for a local, live client Jubilee Pool Stories, alongside local media company Awen Productions. I took the opportunity to direct the project and was lucky to come out of the term with a completed film that the clients loved. It was a difficult term with lots of learning curves, but the quality of work that our small team achieved is something to be proud of.
Despite this, the area that I thrived in was character design. Our module that focused on it was a great experience to practise with shapes, storytelling and learning about design for animation.
I chose to base my characters on a bear and a moose. For this, I particularly enjoyed the research and experimentation; doing studies of the animals and practising with different colours and brushes to achieve the style I liked the most.


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