If Eldrin the Mycromancer whetted your appetite for spooky season, meet the creature behind our second Halloween feature: Nithin Pethiyagoda’s ambitious final project, built from the skeleton up. Tell us about your final project. “My final project was about pushing myself through the entire CG pipeline and creating something ambitious in scale. I wanted it… Read more » about Bringing a creature to life, muscle by muscle: Nithin’s final project
This Halloween, we’re shining a light (or maybe a flickering candle) on one of our favourite final projects from the MA 3D Computer Animation course: Roshan Radhakrishnan’s ‘The Mycromancer’, featuring Eldrin the Mycromancer, a hybrid human figure built with a realistic, unsettling edge. Tell us about your final project. For my final project, I chose… Read more » about Meet Eldrin the Mycromancer: a graduate’s dark fantasy creation, just in time for Halloween
Guest blog by Osher, MSc Computer Animation and Visual Effects graduate When I tell people I study animation, I think the first image that comes to mind is usually someone drawing characters frame by frame. So, it can be surprising when I start talking about programming, building 3D environments, rigging characters or waiting hours for… Read more » about What does an Animation Student actually do at university?
My journey from BA (Hons) Computer Animation & Technical Arts to MSc Computer Animation & Visual Effects as an international student at BU When I first arrived in the UK for my undergraduate degree, I had a very clear plan: three years, graduate, get a job. That was it. No extensions. No extras. But if… Read more » about From “Just Three Years” to “One More, Please”
Hi, I’m Nina, a postgraduate student from Poland. I graduated from BU with a BA (Hons) Computer Animation Art and Design in June and this September I’ve started MSc Computer Animation and Visual Effects. In my case, computer animation was the best combination of my two main interests: arts and maths. I knew I wanted… Read more » about Why study MSc Computer Animation and Visual Effects at Bournemouth University?
Pratiksha is a BSc (Hons) Games Design graduate and was named by TIGA, the trade association representing the video games industry, as Graduate of the Year. In her guest blog she tells us how she’s found studying at BU, what it’s like to be a woman in the video games industry and what it was… Read more » about How I became TIGA’s Graduate of the Year
We all know this has been a challenging year, it was indeed also for universities and our course. I’m Lara, currently doing my final year at NCCA (national centre of computer animation) remotely from Italy, and besides the difficult year, I did manage it well and got the opportunity to work on, what has become… Read more » about My favourite project this year from an animation undergraduate
Whenever I have faced a complicated life choice, I have time and time again found myself going back to the quote, “Good things happen to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.” – Abraham Lincoln. I was in a similar dilemma when the COVID-19 lockdown started and the biggest challenge… Read more » about Creating a VR Experience during Lockdown – My proudest achievement this year
With an increase in the demand for Computer Animation roles, both MA 3D Computer Animation as well as MA Digital Effects have seen a boost in the number of applicants throughout the years. Both courses are designed for students who wish to excel in a variety of 3D fields. There are a few things to… Read more » about Portfolio Tips – MA 3D Computer Animation, Digital Effects Application
Coming to Bournemouth University from a small town of Shimla, which lies in the foothills of the India-Himalayan Region, is one of the biggest steps I have taken in my life. This journey didn’t happen all at once. I had a series of small steps and friends all across the way that helped make it… Read more » about My Friendship Story!
To help explain my animation group project, I would like to share insight on how NCCA (National Center for Computer Animation) in BU works. To start with NCCA has three masters-level pathways: Animation, Digital Effects, and MSc. (I have talked about them in one of my previous blogs. Find it here). So in order to… Read more » about Animation Group Project: My Favourite Unit
This is not an easy time, but as an animation student work doesn’t stop, there still are online lessons, deadlines to meet and internships to get into. So, let me tell you how we have continued to work from home, dealing with the new situation and staying motivated. I’ll give you a little insight into… Read more » about #StayAtHome – A student prospective
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