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Reading: The Animator's Survival Kit
Every walk is unique and tells a story. The reading explains that no two people walk the same way, which makes walking an important storytelling tool in animation. An animator can express a character's mood, background, or personality through the way they walk whether it is confident, shy, or angry. This means studying and understanding different walk cycles helps bring individuality and emotion into animated characters Weight and rhythm create realism in a walk. A believable
Ja'Kai Giddins
Nov 8, 20251 min read


Character Design WIP
Character Description: The character I am designing will be presented as an spiritual figure who will be most emphasized through the...
Ja'Kai Giddins
Oct 3, 20251 min read


Ja'Kai Giddins
Sep 17, 20250 min read


Understanding Comics Ch. 02
In Understanding Comics ch. 2 , McCloud talks about how comics are "iconic," especially when it comes to the human face. What he means is...
Ja'Kai Giddins
Sep 14, 20251 min read


Favorite Character: James "Ghost" St. Patrick
My recent favorite character is James St. Patrick, aka Ghost. He is the main character from the series Power and he stands out greatly...
Ja'Kai Giddins
Sep 2, 20251 min read


Altered States WIP
My plans for this work is to pull different clips from anime scenes showing certain characters throwing punches and anticipating those...
Ja'Kai Giddins
Apr 24, 20241 min read


Lovingly Destroying Grid WIP
My plan for this project is to utilize the cloth and objects to create an outer-space theme using the blue pillow case as a portion of...
Ja'Kai Giddins
Mar 27, 20241 min read


Collage WIP #2
My plans within this WIP is using this vertical-based image to express a contrast of size between the small figure (shown below) and...
Ja'Kai Giddins
Feb 27, 20241 min read


Artist Talk: Mary Claire-Nemeth
Mary Claire Nemeth, an artist with a diverse background in Visual Arts, Art History, Apparel Design, and Textiles, recently delivered an...
Ja'Kai Giddins
Feb 17, 20241 min read


WIP: Profile Pic Project
My idea behind this is developing series of expressions, hairstyles, and props for black characters in an anime art style. I chose this...
Ja'Kai Giddins
Feb 6, 20241 min read


Blog 1: Visual Piece
This is a screenshot came from a Webtoon comic piece known as "Lets Play." I really like this comic because it contains panels that are...
Ja'Kai Giddins
Jan 16, 20241 min read


Parallax Scroll WIP
These are the assets I will include within the animation project, although I may need to make adjustments with the colors to fit the...
Ja'Kai Giddins
Dec 8, 20221 min read


WIP Character Design
So far I went into a new approach when designing my character, as I sketched it through drawing a lot of circles and ovals to make it...
Ja'Kai Giddins
Oct 23, 20221 min read




Shaping Animation WIP
Basically, the story regarding the animation focuses on the purple diamond getting sliced by the red and blue sharp stars, which will...
Ja'Kai Giddins
Oct 4, 20221 min read
Lapsus Response
Many of the main shapes used in the film are circular and curved shapes to convey softness to the character Lapsus. Whereas the...
Ja'Kai Giddins
Sep 19, 20221 min read


Principles of Animation: Appeal
Work Analyzed: My Hero Academia Season 6 | OFFICIAL TRAILER from Crunchyroll Collection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y_eKiT-irU...
Ja'Kai Giddins
Sep 5, 20221 min read
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