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Beginning from my childhood, my understanding of ‘animation’ had always been limited to film and TV animation and video games. It was only after coming to London to study that I truly realised, for the first time, just how much broader the breadth of the animation industry actually is than I had ever imagined. The…

When I was observing others, I also tried to use AIGC tools in my own. I believe that without any understanding of AI, it is impossible to truly judge its strengths and limitations. Therefore, I experimented privately with using AI to assist my animation production process. I began by using Nano Banana to transform my…

In the second half of the term following the Christmas holidays, the school invited some alumni back to share their work experiences in the animation industry. As there were several Asian graduates among them, I paid particular attention to these talks, hoping that their experiences might serve as a reference for my future career planning.…

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…

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…

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…