The Life of a Student Animator - final year character animation project

An animation I produced for my final year Computer Animation Project module at Teesside University. We were able to undertake whatever work we chose as long as it was a suitable amount. This idea was based on my own experiences as a student animator (though thankfully I haven't had many computer crashes) and was really fun to make because of that.

The environment is purely for storytelling purposes, as my focus was on character animation specifically; it would have been a waste of time for me to spend much time on the environment when I could be animating.

The main rig is 'Bonnie' by Josh Sobel. The housemate character was 'Simone', an edited version of the 'Norman' rig. The character on the computer monitor is the 'MooM' rig by Ramtin.

Everything else was done by me, using the following:
Animation and modelling - Autodesk Maya
2D assets - Adobe Photoshop and Quicktime Player (for screen recording)
Music and sound - Logic Pro
Editing - Adobe Premiere

The fonts used in the title are Fine College and Bite the Bullet, both available on Dafont.com

You can see how this idea came about from conception right through production on my blog: www.caitlinvickersproject.blogspot.co.uk