Braging post written exercise 1.

To start off with, I'm aiming to get employment as a 2D character animator.

From a young age, I have loved to draw and always wanted to incorporate it into a future career. That started my dream career as an animator, where I could bring my own drawings to life via 2D animation.

Also from my current studies, I gained a passion for using Stencyl, a 2D game engine which ties into one of my favourite hobbies in playing games.

I have studied the Bachelor of Art Animation and Visual Effects degree for three years and followed by the Masters of Practice Specialization.

Through out my studies, I gained skills in 2D & 3D animation, Adobe programs including After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Flash and Dreamweaver. Also worked with Autodesk Maya, Autodesk Mudbox, Microsoft excel, PowerPoint Presentation and the various stages involved in pre-production, production and post production.

Studying these degrees also helped in teamwork skills, mainly working with fellow classmates in a group production and gaining an eye for detail especially with analyzing various animated films.
 Also studied various electives including Photography, Graphic Design and Illustration. Studying these assisted greatly in further developing my skills in some of the programs mention above and including Adobe InDesign.

Another subject Story Writing, was one of the theory subjects. This gave me beneficial skills in regards to the pre-production stage in Animated productions. This subject explored script writing which is the back bone for a production, character development and writing narratives for any media like short stories, films and even poetry.

Before my time at university, I completed a correspondence course in Cartooning & Illustration for 12 months and gained various skills required in the industry, like working with perspectives, Comic strip layout, using text appropriately.

Therefore I gained skills I know will assist me greatly in attaining a future career in 2D Animation.