2D, 3D Art, Craft

Job descriptions and activities

Sculptor
Model Maker
Fine Artist
Print Maker
Arts Administrator
Director
Production Designer
Storyboard Artist
Storyboard Assistant
Layout Artist
Animation Director
Animator
Digital Painter
Inbetweener
Runner
Editing Assistant (Animation)
Compositor

General information

The Animation Sector
Animation Glossary
Jobs in 2D Drawn Animation
Jobs in 2D Computer Animation
Jobs in 3D Computer Animation
Painting in Britain

Video

Drawing 3D to 2D

Buzz Lightyear in 3D

Making Finding Nemo

Making Ice Age 2 – The Meltdown

Ratatouille: The Technical Ingredients

Sculpting: The Aging Process

Profiles and interviews

Interview: Belinda Eaton: Figurative UK Painter
Interview: Elizabeth Featherstone Hoff: Sculptor
Artist Profile: David Hockney
Artist Profile: Jack Vettriano
Artist Profile: Banksy

Training

Glasgow School of Art
Norwich School of Art and Design
Royal College of Art
Camberwell College of Art
London College
London College of Communication
Pembrokeshire College
Swansea Metropolitan University

Organisations and regulations

The Artists Information Company
The Arts Council of England
The Arts Council of Northern Ireland
The Arts Council of Wales
The Association of Illustrators (AOI)
The Crafts Council
Creative and Cultural Skills
Creative People
The Open College of the Arts
The Scottish Arts Council (SAC)
The Guggenheim Foundation

4Talent Resources

Illustration

Haughey’s Hedonism: Prepare yourself to take off with David Haughey’s drawings.

The Boy Fitz Hammond: Video: Legendary freelance illustrator The Boy Fitz Hammond discusses the beef, the brief and haggling with the client.

Drawing Lessons: Video: Illustrator Barry Falls on the doodles that bring him in the dough.

Drinking for England: Ghosts on mad drinking binges… Ruth Mortimer delves into the surreal world of artist Neal Fox.

Pretty Plush: The designer toy scene is big business. Ella Davies caught up with Mr Muju about organising ‘Plus Plush’, an exhibition of artwork and custom plush toys.

Comics

To Hell With It: James Hunt meets Mike Mignola, creator of Hellboy, at the Birmingham International Comics show.

Etch a Sketch: Gone are the days when comic books were regarded as a trivial distraction for children.

Suburban Glamour Boy: The man responsible for drawing cult Britpop comic Phonogram has now turned to his Midlands birthplace for inspiration in Suburban Glamour.

Animation

“Have You Seen The Best?”: Ella Davies puts on her shades to investigate Aardman Animation’s first online offering.

Labours of Love: Thirteen years in the making, Christiane Cegavske’s dark stop-motion feature Blood Tea and Red String could just as easily have been titled Blood, Sweat and Tears.

Addictive Personality: Mixing live action and animation “like a messed up Disney” , director Steven Spencer is creating his own very distinctive worl view.

Flipping Off: Flip 2007 showed the Midlands animation going from strength to strength with Corpse Bride puppets, stop-motion and … a paper aeroplane launcher?

Flip Festival 2006: Audio: Highlights from Wolverhampton’s third annual animation festival.

More from Flip 2006

Inspirations: Animation: Audio: Our podcast puts you in a room with Suzie Templeton, William Bartlett and Darren Walsh.

Animal Book: Edinburgh gears up to take a peek at West Midlands’ production outfit Second Home’s incredible animated short, The Animal Book.

Run Wrake: Video: Morphing from Howie B promos to Rabbit, an animation inspired by 1950s educational stickers, Run Wrake talks about his distinctive style.

Radar Alert: Will and Ken Simpson know how to navigate NI’s new media landscape.

The Mind’s Eye: From furniture to fantasy with 3D animator Henry Broadhurst.

Farm Boys: Sowing the seeds for success in animation.

Get Animat3D: 3D for 3G – why award-winning animator Chris Ellingford is staying mobile.

Move It: Move It is a 4Talent e-Learning module designed to provide industry insights and practical tips on animation.

Animation in the UK: Is animation the new punk? Possibly, says Will Hogan, but do keep your voice down.

The Unlimited Dream Company: Audio: It’s a jungle out there as Madagascar writer Mark Burton discovers when he heads to Hollywood.

A Bright Gem: Gemma Amos is using collage, photographs and mixed media to create a very British style of animation.

Motion Capture

Heavenly Motion: Lydia Baksh on donning the motion capture suit alongside Lord of the Rings’ Andy Serkis in Playstation 3’s Heavenly Sword.

Websites

Animation World Network (AWN)
3D World Magazine
High End 3D
Computer Graphics World Magazine
Multimedia Programmer
Applications Developer
Web Designer
Art Review
Arts Professional
Creative Review
The National fine Art Education Digital Collection

Publications

Mastering Digital 2D and 3D Art by Don Seegmiller and Les Pardew, Premier Press

The Art of 3-D: Computer Animation and Imaging by Isaac Victor Kerlow, John Wiley & Sons

3D Human Modelling and Animation by Peter Ratner, John Wiley & Sons

Cracking Animation: The Aardman Book of 3-D Animation by Peter Lord and Brian Sibley, Thames & Hudson

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