Week 1 - Wednesday: Animation Expose

Today I watched the final year show of the animation, film and game art students. I was extremely impressed with the quality of work that was showcased today and I am both inspired and determined to meet the high standards that they have displayed throughout the show. I was particularly impressed with the cinematic for Kyros which was rendered entirely in Unreal Engine. A large focus of my research throughout this year has been on the viability of Unreal Engine as a legitimate tool for visualisation beyond video games, so I was pleased to see such a great example of this with Kyros.

I also had the opportunity to talk to professionals from the industry and show them my work. Attending events and meeting professionals is something I have been aiming to improve on as I feel it is crucial to not only getting my name out there, but improving my craft by exposing my work to critique. I received some great feedback from people who have been in the game industry for years and I was given some advice about my portfolio presentation, as well as some elements to focus on such as displaying props and individual assets on my Artstation page.

Overall the experince was a great inspiration and I am eager to get back to working on my project so that it can stand alongside some of the other great student projects the unversity has produced this year.

UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE (2018). Animation Exposé 2018. [Online Video]. May 23rd. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a9sCTycaRU&t=20s. [Accessed: 23/05/2018].