An introduction to Animation
Like many others in 2020, I began my Final Major Project in the midst of COVID-19 quarantine. I began my research with very little inspiration from the outside world, so technology and website platforms became my inspiration for what my project might become. I found myself watching a lot of animated TV programmes on Netflix, and I became particularly inspired by science-fiction TV shows such as Big Mouth (2019) and The Rick and Morty Show (2020). While watching these cartoons, I had began noticing that a lot of the jokes and situations in these shows actually feed the viewer some scientific knowledge, and I began thinking about how these sorts of comedic and crude shows could become a good platform to teach adults scientific information.
I began creating storyboards for my own animated TV series, which I called Globin and Randy. The idea behind the story was two anthropomorphic, microscopic cells called Globin (a blood cell) and Randy (a sperm cell) are living within a male human body. Different scenarios in the show would then form storylines to teach the viewer scientific facts.
(Globin and Randy, Character Design, 2020)
This self dedicated project began my new found interest in animation. I had animated once before during one of my undergraduate illustration course modules. I didn't have a lot of experience using animation programmes nor the process of animation, so creating Globin and Randy really helped me to introduce myself to animation techniques. I began experimenting by putting hand drawn illustrations into Adobe Animate CC, and trying to make them move as smoothly as possible.
Other then Globin and Randy being a very rough and quickly put together animation, the scientific information within Globin and Randy is very inaccurate. I think with the correct guidance from a professional, this animation could have perhaps became something more, however I wanted to use my new animation skills to help create a comedic animation somewhere else within society. I wanted to be able to appeal to a wider audience and not to just create content for adult entertainment.
Animation and Information
Comedy and Learning
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