Task 1 - LAUAN402

Why did you choose to study on this programme?

1. I love Storytelling became i grew up listening to people tell and read me stories. (because i am dyslexic and didn't learn to read until i was 12 years old), it’s a trait that is unique to humans. it’s what makes us different.  
2. The other university's I applied to had very cookie cutter animation demo/show reels. I am not a cookie cutter kind of person. I like things that are unique and break the boundary's. What i liked about LAU was the uniqueness of the styles presented in current and previous student work.  
3. I really like Leeds as a city, plus my brother has lived here 8 years, so i already have experience of Leeds and a support network in place if i run out of food or money or if i get lost
4. LAU has an extensive list of alumni that have gone on to do brilliant things within the art industry. Being the ambitious type, i wish to join those ranks and all the staff are super nice and friendly.
5. They say animators are actors only with pencils. Well i wanted to be an actor, but I'm a shy, awkward person. So i find drawing and animating those drawings a really fun and creative way to express myself without getting up on stage in front of an audience or in front of a camera.

 What do you want to learn during your time on the programme?

1. All off the adobe suite programs that involve animation, ToonBoom, Maya, Dragonframe
2. How to animate using a range of different mediums
3. how to tell a good story though animation
4. how to communicate an idea or narrative effectively though non-verbal communication animation (the best short film, in my opinion are the ones without spoken words)
5. how to get a job in the animation industry and put together a portfolio that i can be proud off and will allow me to get my foot in the door.  

What skills do you think are your strengths?

1. I have a strong knowledge of Photoshop
2. Storytelling
3. Layout design
4. Building and fixing computers and computer programming.
5. Drawing

What things that you want to improve?

1. Organization, 
2. Professional social networking
3. Animation
4. Time management
5.  Life drawing

What ways you will evaluate your progress?

1. Utilising this blog to document my study tasks
2. Through group critiques
3. through response to feedback given by tutors and fellow classmates
4. through physical and online sketchbooks
5. compare and comparrisons with professional work.

The begining of the end.