Author: Zhihan Ran
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Protected: Career Path in the British Animation Industry
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Protected: Research on the UK’s Animation Industry: Freelancers leading the world
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Protected: Research on China’s Animation Industry—A 3D-dominated world
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Pre-Production Collaboration in Low-Poly 3D Animation
Although my personal preference is 2D animation, I was unexpectedly assigned to the 3D animation group—well, perhaps because I listed too many 3D animation software skills in my application. Especially, I am very concerned about my 3D animation skills. We didn’t have much time to do simulated work. A second-year graduate student wanted to create…
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Exploring personal style in sketching
The Life Drawing Class has been the most productive course I have taken at CSM. Through a semester of consistent practice, my sketching skills have improved significantly, and even my personal style has started to emerge. In the early stages, I focused primarily on the proportions of the human figure, but my lines lacked confidence…
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History of Cel Animation
Zhihan Ran Introduction Cel Animation is a form of traditional 2D animation.”Cel” is simplized from “Celluloid”, which is a transparent acetate sheet that was used as a film material in early silent movies and later discovered for use in animation. This kind of material allows animator to do character line drawing on paper and then…