After working for the National Health Service, I decided a change was needed and became a mature student at the International Film School for Wales, undertaking a degree in Animation (BA Hons 2008).
Worked for several years for a medical start-up company using old school animation techniques in a very different way. Created many of the marketing videos and regularly got the opportunity to create standalone teaching and demo videos using a range of 3D CG animation packages. Modelling realistic human figures and clinical environments, including virtual reality setups.

Online teaching is fine, it's having a reason to learn with objectives, outcomes and an end result that gives the motivation. There are freeware software packages out there to support many of the aspects of animated film making. For me, it always starts with an idea, a pencil and a piece of paper.

Learn the importance of story telling, develop your own story boards and watch them come alive as an animatic. Discover how sound can make a massive difference to your stories, learn how to put all these skills together to create your own motion graphics and animated films.

Whether thats for personal pleasure, a precursor to University or a desire to include animated sequences in your online content. Learn how one skill can be applied in many different ways, incorporate live action and mix it together with your own animated creations for an exciting an unique look to your online content.

Excited to find out what parts of the animation and film making process you want or need to learn, time to get started.