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I am learning how to create visuals about climate change that can invoke people to have agency about thinking and possibly acting about and for the future of our global society. That was my research that I did while thinking for ideas about creating a media project for the Yonge-Dundas Square placement. However, the major challenge would be managing myself and time with this animation project with other school assignments. Additionally, since I would be working remote and online there were more chance for me to lose attention to it. The time-management skill is something I still need to work on and that also includes being able to let go of perfection as that eats away at my time.

Communication is very important in placement given that I would need to be able to articulate my ideas across online or in-person. When there were issues concerning the creation of ideas that arose, I had not thought to consider seeking help which staggered my progression. In trying to manage my time, I had thought of merging research of another assignment as research material for this animation projection which led to me spending most of my time figuring out how to finish the essay rather than just simply settling for something simple. However, it did get me to think about the psychology behind visualising climate change imagery. I made use of my prior knowledge with animation software such as adobe Photoshop and After Effects to create 2D animation for this placement. Photoshop will be used to draft my visual concepts including colour composition and creating the asset layers used for the animation while After Effects will be used to animate the asset layers and edit special effects into the animation.

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some packaging and labelling - was trying to decipher what was written on one of the crates

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Discussion and Reflection - Documentation

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Hi everyone,

Tiffany here. Sorry for the late response as my placement has been keeping me busy!

Currently, I am interning at Propeller Gallery off of Queen Street and am taking on a variety of roles, some of which include: installation and de-installation of works, graphic and layout designs, and social media management. Right now I am working towards planning an art event called the "West Queen West Art Crawl," a self-guided tour through the galleries that line Queen Street West.

Most of my graphics can be seen on the Propeller Instagram and Facebook pages. I primarily focus on their Instagram page, linked below: https://www.instagram.com/propellerartgallery/

This is my most recent graphic, for a collage workshop the gallery is holding: https://www.instagram.com/p/CqMMt5oJFWz/

I've also done video documentation for an Instagram reel, resulting in the video below: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cou4XMRpaHM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

And other miscellaneous documentation of packaging artworks, design platform used, some more graphics, etc.

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Unfortunately, I am still in the research phase of creating an idea for the field placement project at Yonge and Dundas Square. To save time, I have also merged an assignment for my Animation, Identity and Culture course as my research phase for this project as I need to write a research essay for that course. The project has tasked artists with creating a piece of media that will draw connections to nature, recovery, well-being, and/or anxiety while asking them to question their place of being in our current climate history, specifically in a public setting. I’m not doing too well on keeping time on my progress and will now have to spend overnight hours trying to catch up on my ideas. I will be scheduling a talk with the supervisor of my field placement, Tommy Truong, to discuss what I can do right now if my limited progress. So far, he has been great in offering us resources for writing an artist bio, artist CV, artist statement and a documentation sheet. The issue is picking up my baggage.

It's great that we were also able to work remotely since our work is digital animation. So it's a shame that I can't share the garden gnomes that have invaded my room or a kitchen that accidentally caught on fire! No one was harmed except for a few crisped sausages thankfully.

As such the only documentation I can provide for the sake of submission is my research paper proposal with two of my literary notes. I shall provide a link below to access the notes I have covered so far.

Let me know if the link can be accessed.

TehD_ResearchPaper Proposal.pdf

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So far we’re still in the early stages of completing our task. We were assigned by the TOAF to create a shortlist of GRADEX participants who we believe are best suited for the opportunity to exhibit their work at a booth during this upcoming Art Fair. There are many steps that we need to take before the completion of this task. First and foremost, we need to advertise this idea in order to receive a substantial amount of applicants. In order to do so, we have worked with Zev to create a call for submissions that includes a description of the TOAF, a summary of what this opportunity entails, and what is required in the submission. We’ve also create a link using type form where participants will submit their applications. We’re also in the middle of creating a bunch of posters that will be hung up on campus in order to advertise this opportunity.

The first image is of my workspace, usually I’m either on campus as I don’t like to work from home, I find myself more productive when I’m not in my apartment because I’m not distracted. I find that when I’m in an environment where people are working it motivates me to be productive as well. Also I find myself needing to be beside a window where I can get some sunlight.

The second image is of the teams group that we use to meet every Friday and Mondays

The third image is of our group  chat on WhatsApp where we communicate throughout the week and make sure we all on the same page. To the right are all the media regarding ideas for social media marketing designs, call for submission drafts and poster ideas. Using a WhatsApp group proves to be very efficient  in terms of communication and accessibility and is less formal than Teams, which is also a pro.

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My placement working with the TOAF is still very much in its early stages of development. We’ve only just finished discussing how the continuation of the placement will progress from now onwards along with finalizing details regarding the Call for Submissions for GradEx students this year. We will be meeting later today so hopefully there will be more opportunities to get involved with the process and whatnot.

In terms of documentation, we’ve only met online for the past few meetings so there isn’t too much I can show in terms of workspace. I do have a few screenshots I’ve taken from some of the meetings in order to help myself throughout this process so I‘ll include those as some form of documentation.

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Your working space (image 1)

I work in various spaces of OCAD University’s metal shop. Pictured of various machinery I use, here in image 1 shown specifically is one of two metal lathes and two worktables in the background. Not photographed is the communal metal shop office I occasionally work in and discuss future plans and ideas of projects with Metal Shop’s Technician Josh, Class Assistant Melissa, and Class Monitor Jason.

Image 1                                                          Image 2                                                         Image 3

Documentation of projects you are working on (image 2)

I am in the initial stages of a project to be created. Image 2 is a screen capture of one of the projects I was asked to attempt to create to hone metalwork skills inclusive of drafting, coldsaw cutting, mig/tig, welding, angle grinding, sandblasting, and polishing to be able to complete. Another project I am joining is to help create tables for OCAD’S foundry fabrication studios.

Documentation (screen capture) or software that you use in your placement (image 3)

Digital software is something that I will be trained to use later in my placement. I am anticipating using AutoCAD to create construction drawings and laser cut pieces for future projects. As part of administrative work in running a metal shop, we use and contact suppliers like McKinnon Metals and McMaster-Carr to order sheet metal, tubing, and other material stocked for OCAD students to buy and use, as well as for the projects I will be making. Image 3 shows receiving from McKinnon Metals to OCAD Metal shop of metal sheets, and the manual updating of material prices inclusive of a 30% markup.

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A photo I took of everyone at the wrap party

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We wrapped production on In Perpetuum a couple weeks ago. The studio is now very empty while Evan & Phil set up more projects. It's very quiet without the animators, Birute, & her son Henrik.

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Part of a shot I worked on. Watch the rig disappear like magic! 

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Another part of my placement was Post-Production work on In Perpetuum. Like Seunju, I was removing puppet rigs in After Effects.

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A secondary action exercise I did yesterday

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This was my second attempt and still needs some revisions.

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Here's what the top-down set up looks like in the studio - I am using the standard software (Dragonframe 5). 

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These are a series of technical exercises that Evan & Phil have devised to train interns. It starts with a simple moving puck, and ends with puppet walk cycles.

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Was really excited to be receiving animation training! 

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Some Documentation from the last  couple of weeks~

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Some Documentation from the last  couple of weeks~

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This week I wrapped stop-motion production for my thesis film & was ready to start some animation exercises.

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Part2:

This is an image of my workspace where I am helping with curating the OSA Emerging Artist Juried Exhibition. I am assisting with receiving the artworks from the artists. While engaging with various artists and their families we are also doing the condition reporting.

Condition reporting is essential for the artist and the gallery as we are checking and taking notes for any of the concerning damages before accepting the work.

Part 3:

Here I am with Kari Serrano, OSA Emerging Artist Juried Exhibition facilitators.

and the Vice President of OSA Kim Atkins.

Throughout this month, I will assist on curating, condition reporting and over all organize the show titled "2023 Emerging Artist Juried Exhibition" in collaboration with Ontario Society of Artists.

Link: https://ontariosocietyofartists.org/

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I’m working with a few others as part of the social media marketing team that we discussed during our group meetings, so I’ll most likely be tasked with creating graphics and posters for social media as a way of advertising the TOAF event. However nothing has been created yet.

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Meeting of us editing and finalizing the Call for Submissions

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We’re still in the early stages of everything, but there was a Call for Submissions draft that I had written and we as a group finalized. Zev Farber, our group leader, sent the finalized Call for Submissions out in the CEAD newsletter.

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Like a few others in the class, I’m in a placement with TOAF and we’re tasked with finding 3-4 GradEx students to display their work at the event in partnership with TOAF. A lot of it has been working from home and weekly Teams meetings.

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Documentation of collogues/meeting space w/ instructor 

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Documentation of collogues/meeting space w/ instructor 

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This is a photo of the members of the placement I am a part of, unfortunately I was not able to join but I will probably photoshop myself in there at some point, or just join in during our next meeting. On the far right, we have our instructor Tommy Truong, who is guiding us through our projects and placement, as well as answering any other external/internal questions we may have. Tommy has helped me out a lot in the past with some of my projects, and we are both excited to work on a stop-motion creation since it is my second time using that medium to animate; and will be a great learning opportunity to showcase the experience I gain.

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This is my setup (as you can tell I love pink), I usually work from my room, but when I need to animate I either use my iPad to create simple animations/storyboards on Procreate, or I use my laptop and my Wacom tablet which is at my desk (another separate setup). I chose to show this one as opposed to the other desk setup, which is arguably more professional because this is just more authentic to how I work and as to who I am.

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This is a project that I am currently working on for my placement, Yonge and Dundas Art Exhibit, which utilizes a screen display of 5 images to tell a story that falls under the themes of waste production, environment and climate change. This is a storyboard collage that highlights the overconsumption which will be followed by a 2D storyboard and animatic for my final project. The animation will feature stop-motion design with 2D animation using softwares such as DragonFrame, Photoshop, and ToonBoom Harmony.

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Unfortunately, I did not take too many pictures last week at my placement, but I received consent from a participant to share some work they made for lessons I was a part of.

The first work was an experiment with glue, salt and watercolours where we played with pressure and material. The second is a mask made at the beginning of February when we learned about the International Day of Human Fraternity and then carried these masks over for a workshop in storytelling where participants dawned their masks and created characters and a plot, and acted out the story they were actively writing. The third picture is of the desks, I'm often standing for the majority of the day, so I don't have a set area I work in. The entire studio is very open. I usually find myself going table to table and assisting the participants with varied activities, from helping with sketches, working out ideas, giving criticism and supplying reference material and in-person demos to understand further what it is we are learning.

In the upcoming weeks, I have two lesson plans I will be leading. Both centred around sculpture. One lesson will be about using clay as a medium, similar to sketching on paper, where the intention will be to destroy whatever you make and get comfortable making more. For this lesson, I will be bringing in some objects for us to create observational sketches of and then taking away the objects and trying to create the same objects without seeing them.

The second lesson plan will be in the afternoon and will be more casual. For this one, I'm designing a Pictionary-style exercise where I will supply a number of printed objects and things that include the name and picture of said thing (IE, a picture of a mouse with the word mouse). We will then each choose a piece of paper without showing one another and then sculpt the prompt and present it to the group for them to guess.

I have also been planning some inexpensive lesson plans for the future of Addus after I have left my placement by working with one of the supervisors and planning some material workshops, and offering and exploring some mediums that I feel the students would be really excited by, these include, plaster bandage workshops, creating multi-coloured wax-based crayons with moulds and heat guns, watercolour painting on top of wax crayon drawings, and working with found objects.
I will have more photos to share soon of the lessons I've designed and the results of said lessons.

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Screenshot of software used for my placement:

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Some of the software used for my placement are Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Teams. I occasionally get updates by email on projects or collaborations through Outlook.

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Documentation of projects I am currently working on:

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Teams has been our go-to platform for weekly work and meetings. The TOAF coordinator provided us with useful information, and we are currently drafting a "Call for Submissions" to identify three to four GradEX artists from OCAD who might participate in TOAF. For outreach, we intend to make social media posters and go to studios and classes. In order to identify potential exhibitors, we will speak with 4th-year thesis teachers and students. I'll help with these procedures and respond to emails from students with questions.

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Due to the delayed start, my online internship with Toronto Outdoor Art Fair (TOAF) is now beginning to take off. My workspace is my desk in the art room. I spend a few hours there every week going to the meetings, communicating with other TOAF members via email, etc.)

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Discussion & Reflection 3 -your Documentation

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Discussion & Reflection 3 -your Documentation

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We are currently coming to the end of our pre-production phase in our placement where we’ve mainly been brainstorming ideas on the animation we wanted to create for the monitors at Yonge & Dundas square.

My idea is to show how we seek peace and tranquility of the mind while we are constantly submerged in a heavily industrialized surrounding. Obtaining the peace of mind can be simple sometimes, even if we just start to notice the smaller things around us. I want each monitor to show the buildings that’s physically behind which are usually blocked from our POV. But within each monitor there would be elements of nature, since we usually feel at peace when we’re surrounded by greenery. I may also add other elements like a colour changing chameleon that changes from being visible or invisible to hint more at the process of noticing the smaller details. I’m hoping to use the monitors as a kind of magnifying glass through this process. I would like the theme and overall feel of my piece to be on the lighter and hopeful side. Where when people walk by and notice my work, they could feel refreshed from being in a fast paced city.

Unfortunately I don’t have much to show as I haven’t started producing the actual animation portion. And since this is a self-led placement, we don't exactly have a dedicated workspace either. Program wise, I usually work within Photoshop, Adobe Animate, as well as procreate. But, I will keep in mind to document my Process as it could go towards the final video that we have to produce near the end of the semester.

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In my placement at Gata Games, I acted as a production assistant intern. My tasks and my roles were note-taking, updating asset databases, and keeping track of the concept art lists.

I want to preface this by saying that since the game is still in production and has not been published yet I am unable to share any of the art examples or the exact screenshots of the tasks, full software, or anything of that kind. So the next best thing I can do is to show examples of HOW I would do certain tasks and screenshots of how the software looks (from their advertisements).

This is a screenshot from Jira’s own website. Jira is a software that can be utilized to easily keep track of your tasks and assign specific tasks to different members of the team. I was in charge of overseeing the task blocks and keeping note of the in-progress work and the work that needs revision or needs reviews, and reminding the assignees in a timely manner to make sure that production would be on track and we would meet the correct deadlines.

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This image is taken from my workspace, which is my desk next to our kitchen. I wanted to show the un-glamorous and messy reality of working remotely and be true to my process.I had moved a while ago but was never able to fully unpack, hence the mess. I also needed a presentable backdrop for video calls, which meant that I would need to be in a place that would not show any mess inside the house and be professional. I always had my Wacom near me in case I needed to storyboard in photoshop but most of the time I would be taking notes in Google Docs.

One other downside of working remotely was that I was not in an environment where I would see the rest of the crew often. This meant other than very short interactions in general meetings on Zoom, I would not be able to, for example, shadow the writing team or the build team, or the 3D modeling team or discuss/ ask about their process. However, my supervisor was kind enough to meet with me regularly if I need it to ask questions and to work around my schedule.

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So for example in each meeting, I would write a small header as the title or subsection for a part of the discussion and I would take notes in short bullet point forms so anyone who needs to review the information quickly will be able to skim them. In the bottom part, I would also include action items so they could be quickly referenced without reading the whole document.

I was also lucky enough to be tasked with doing storyboards for some parts of the game.  I would take pre-existing assets and I would visualize some aspects that the 3D modeling team would need to understand the story. I learned a lot about the process of storyboarding for a video game would look like in comparison to animation.

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The sister software to Jira is Confluence. This software is for uploading and keeping a database of all concept art and the pitch deck and is checked to keep track of the current up-to-date builds and art. I would consistently update the pages by uploading the most current concept art and story information. This way someone from the programming team or from the UI team would be able to see the arts updated and would be on track. Confluence is also where I would upload the notes I take in each of the meetings. I would attend general meetings and art meetings and be of assistance to my supervisor. I am unable to show the actual notes that I would take but I wanted to explain how I’d go about it.

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In my placement at Gata Games, I acted as a production assistant intern. My tasks and my roles were note-taking, updating asset databases, and keeping track of the concept art lists.

I want to preface this by saying that since the game is still in production and has not been published yet I am unable to share any of the art examples or the exact screenshots of the tasks, full software, or anything of that kind. So the next best thing I can do is to show examples of HOW I would do certain tasks and screenshots of how the software looks (from their advertisements).

This is a screenshot from Jira’s own website. Jira is a software that can be utilized to easily keep track of your tasks and assign specific tasks to different members of the team. I was in charge of overseeing the task blocks and keeping note of the in-progress work and the work that needs revision or needs reviews, and reminding the assignees in a timely manner to make sure that production would be on track and we would meet the correct deadlines.

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Currently, my placement, "Yonge & Dundas Square," most of the work is progressing in our own time and space, and we meet once or twice a month. We ended one of our meetings yesterday, the main purpose is to discuss We will be on the theme of the 15-second animation we made in the square later, but unfortunately, due to some personal reasons, I couldn't attend yesterday's theme discussion meeting, but I have an appointment with Tommy for an extra solo next Friday Meeting, in the next week's meeting, I will summarize the notes and ideas I have so far and discuss with Tommy a reasonable presentation plan. My placement will use 5 screens in Yonge & Dundas Square to display animations. So this might take more time. Currently my work is limited to conceptual design, and just decided on how to animate, I can't provide too many images, but in the next few weeks of placement I can share my work step by step, including some scene tests and tones design and finally will share my full animation. At this stage, what I can share with you is limited to my theme. My initial idea is to use after effect to make a cycle of motion graphics. After a series of changes, the graphics inside will move four screens and finally return to the original screen. This is also my further exploration of visual art. I'm not sure if I'll stick with this idea, and a meeting with Tommy next week will determine my final work plan.

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Tommy, our professional adviser, on the right

Due to the nature of my placement, we don’t have much to show as of yet. We have just finished our “pre-production” phase, and all we have done are written, so quite boring visually.

We have reviewed the submission requirements, and talked a lot about juried exhibitions and free-lance searching and working with companies or organizations similar to Young and Dundas Square. It has been a lot of learning and understanding how the pre-production phase works when working for an org.

We did have a meeting today (Friday, March 3rd), and went over CVs, artist statements, inspiration or documentation for a project proposal, and more. I will post the schedule we have as an image that we have created, but we really have just appropriately started creating, so if this discussion were due later, I would have some work to show.

Overall, with all the learning and talking with the group we have, I’m excited to finally get to work doing something creative for this placement, and I am very thankful for all the learning we have done with the few meetings we have had.

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Image Three - Software: The beginning of the handbook, I am about halfway done. I am using indesign as the main software, with illustrator and photoshop for certain elements of the book. I have already learnt a lot about the island’s history and Artscape as a business throughout the beginning of this process.

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Image Two - Documentation: I am working on a project to redesign and update AGP’s Welcome Kit/Handbook for the artists in residence programs. These booklets provide people staying at AGP with everything they must know about living on the island and at AGP. The new book will be about 16 pages as opposed to 9. This is the project I will be working on for the majority of my placement. In addition, below is a flyer from Artscape Daniels Launchpad, and AGP has asked me to design one for the Island centre.

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Discussion and Reflection 3: Documentation

The office at AGP (Artscape Gibraltar Point). The historic building was once the Toronto Island Public School. It has so much character, huge windows in every room, and art everywhere. It is a wonderful working environment. The office is attached to the community kitchen which is the main social hub of AGP. It is really nice to be surrounded by artist all working on unique projects. There is a sense of calmness here, which apparently is the quite opposite in the summer months. I find that really interesting.

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Another thing I do frequently is help transport paintings. I have a car and a license and Shanna doesn’t, so I help a lot when it comes to moving pieces to and from scanning/documenting facilities and galleries. This is a huge learning experience because I get to discover great places to get work documented and different galleries in the city!

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I’ve also done a lot of financial accounting work, which involves collecting and organizing thousands of receipts by category and year, and then further ordering each category by date. After that I’ve input each expense, in chronological and categorical order, into a spreadsheet.

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(photo 1) My placement work has involved a lot of packing big and small orders as well as making/preparing the things in the orders. Each order is different, but I’ve made a lot of stickers (individual die-cut and sticker sheets) which involves a lot of coordination between the Cricut software, the printer, and the Cricut cutting machine. Luckily, I’ve had experience making single stickers on my own using a similar process so I was able to learn this fairly easily. And now I know several different ways of doing it, which I’ll be able to reference and build upon in my own practice!

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Discussion & Reflection 3: Your Documentation

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Just as a reminder, I am in the Yonge and Dundas Square animation project.

Since the project was started later this year compared to previous years, I do not have much to show yet. As of writing this I am only just leaving the planning stage.

Your working space
I am working remotely so my workspace is my bedroom. I would prefer not to share a picture.

Documentation of projects you are working on

So far all I have done is write and draw thumbnail sketches.
For the project we are exploring themes of Nature, Recovery, Well Being and Anxiety. I have drawn simple sketches to get ideas out (which I can't share on Padlet because I can only one picture)

Documentation (screen capture) or software that you use in your placement
I’ve attempted to experiment with styles and methods on animating/rendering content (see image). I have used both Blender and Maya. I had to look up a tutorial to make the clouds on the right. Unfortunately I am not happy with it so I will be avoiding using that technique.

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Discussion #3: Your Documentation Stella Obedi

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Discussion #3: Your Documentation Stella Obedi

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Another software I regularly use during this internship is a messaging platform called Slack, we use it to provide updates of our work and clock in at the start of our shift and out at the end of our shift.

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To create my illustrative work for this placement I use a software called Procreate on my iPad with the Apple Pencil. I use this software for each step of the process which includes sketches, line art, and colour/rendering. This internship is flexible in what software we use, the only requirements are that it must be able to export high quality images and time-lapse videos of my process. My iPad allows me to work using split screens with one side being Procreate and the other side containing my references.

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The new project that I am currently working on is to create storyboard visuals for a short story they’ve written. It is a collaborative effort as all the other illustrator interns from OCAD are working on it as well, we are each responsible for developing and fully rendering a storyboard scene. Before the storyboard portion of this project, we were tasked with creating mood boards and exploring design ideas for the characters within this short story.

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My first project during this placement was to design a character that would exist within the fictional world of Embreate’s web series called Future Now. Prior to starting this project, I had to do research about this web series and the universe they’ve built to create a character that would make sense within it. Along with the design I was tasked with establishing a backstory for this character that aligned with their story, I also completed a character sheet with detailed information regarding their personality and life.

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I started building ideas and storyboards for Yonge and Dundas project. My placement is mostly happening remotely, self-directed, and working from home and that is the reason why I added the picture of my working space with iPad and computer instead of the work classroom assigned in OCAD university. The software that I will be using is Adobe After Effects and Photoshop generally. I haven’t gotten that far to start animating in the project. I am still in the progress to plan and design steps for now. The next step will be creating assets in Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop and then starting animating in After Effects. Also, It was pleasant to meet the technical support and place supervisor, Tommy, and other students in this placement when we were having an in-person session.

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Discussion & Reflection 3: Your Documentation

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Here is my documentation of my placement so far and what I have done.

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My workspace for my internship with Embreate is situated at my desk within my bedroom since this placement is entirely remote and so I work from home. At this desk is where I join the video call meetings during my shifts using my laptop and all the illustrative work is done using my iPad. My desk is adjustable, and I can angle the top towards me in a slanted position which makes it easier to work for long shifts.

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The program that I am using is a software called Freeform that was recently released by Apple in IOS 16. Similar to the Miro collaboration platform it is a program that can be used to brainstorm your ideas alone or together with other people. I use Freeform to brainstorm, sketch and organize my ideas. It is easy to share or sketch your ideas to anyone or anywhere so I use it to share the ideas and sketches that I have to the director of the placement to hear feedback.

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(The left one & the upper right one: My Future Now character, Mia. The lower right one: the storyboard sketches I worked on.)

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OCAD team had largely two tasks in Embreate. The first one was studying the Future Now project and creating our own character living in the Future Now world. The images on the left and the upper right are my character, Mia, and she is an orchardist living on the future Earth.
The second assignment, which we are currently working on, is creating illustrations for one of the Future Now stories. We worked on mood boards for the main characters and backgrounds by putting reference images and adding design sketches on shared slides. There was a bit of a delay for me from the first task, so I couldn't work on the design sketches at the moment. Then we went through a list of shots and drew some rough storyboard sketches for each shot. (The lower right one of the attached images is one of the sketches I worked on! I blocked out the texts just in case.)
We are now in the production of the illustrations. I am working on a shot, and at the same time I am working on a character sketch that I could include in the mood board as well, which I couldn't do before. For the second assignment, there is much more feedback than in the first assignment, and I am so glad to experience such processes of creating work and getting feedback to revise it to fit it well into the collaborative project.

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My second project is creating a sculpture that is going to be showcased near the window display. Currently I am building a prototype made of cardboard to test the size and shape of the sculpture. Once complete I will show this to the placement to receive some feedback on the work and purchase the final materials needed to complete the project.

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My first project is reusing archive clothing made by U3 to create new kinds of garments/accessories. I used a shirt made of shirred fabric to create a ski mask/balaclava and a decoration for a plant pot. I incorporated the brand logo and label to give a very noticeable yet discreet design.

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Discussion & Reflection 3: Working Space

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The placement that I am currently working at is a fashion brand/store called U3 that not only creates their own garments and designs but collaborates with other artists to help showcase their work. My job at the placement is to create different kinds of work that can be showcased and displayed at the brand store. As the placement only has a store and not a studio I mainly work at school to create my projects. Being in the sculpture/installation program I mainly work near the first floor studio area as there is a wide amount of space to use large pieces of material and tools.

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Screenshots of my online workspace, Slack. / my physical workspace. / the software I use for the placement.

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(The upper left one: screenshots of my online workspace, Slack. The right one: my physical workspace. The lower left one: the software I use for the placement. There are more explanations below.)

At my placement, Ebreate, we work online and communicate through a software named Slack. We have 9 am and 1 pm meetings on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and we should participate in more than one meeting per week during our shift. We briefly report our own process in meetings and they usually don't last longer than 10 minutes. Through the chat in the production channel in Slack, I need to notify what I am working on and update my process every 2 hours. Finally, when we end our shift, we just need to send a gif file or a Giphy link to another specific channel, which I think is a pretty fun way to say goodbye to the team. (The upper left one of the attached image is the screenshot of my update chats.)
Working online and communicating through Slack turned out pretty good for me than I expected. I thought it might be tedious to work online since there is no one around me to work with and talk about difficulties together. Instead, since I should attend 1 pm meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday, and since I can see other people's work-in-progress through updates and get feedback through Slack, I could get an abundance of feedback and enough interaction with other people, so the drawbacks of online working were decreased a lot as for me.
My physical workspace is just my desk in my room, which is nothing so special. (The right one of the attached image is my physical workspace!) I use a laptop and an XP-pen tablet with a screen. I draw right on the bigger tablet screen and use the keyboard of my laptop for the program shortcuts.
The program I use is a painting software named Clipstudio Paint. I used this software almost every time I draw and paint digitally. I sometimes need to do some screen recording for Embreate, and the timelapse recording function embedded in Clipstudio is very useful for that. (The lower left one of the attached image is the software I use for the placement.)

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I am working with photoshop program and OBS to record the progress of drawing. I must upload it every time whenever I am done with drawing for the future progress video making.

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My placement is illustrator from Ebreate and I am currently working on a project that’s going to be uploaded at the end of this placement get done. One thing i noticed is that getting feedback and keeping communicating with the director is important. previous painting was characters with outdoor background but after feedback i noticed that he wants to some place look like department store so i Changed the whole background.

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First photo is my working space, and most paintings are created from this tablet.

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An Excel spreadsheet schedule of important deadlines, meetings, and tasks for the TOAF x GradEx project that our team will follow.

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The software I use for my placement include Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word. We also have a WhatsApp group chat used for communicating with team members and a Google Drive folder for sharing files with one another. We’ve been using Outlook to email each other as well and I expect to use it more often in the future since I will be the main contact for this opportunity and will be communicating with prospective artists who wish to apply.

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A screenshot of a Teams meeting for TOAF showing a draft of the ‘Call for Submissions’’.

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So far, we have all been working and meeting through Teams every week. We’ve met the TOAF coordinator who helped us by answering our questions and letting us know about the event. Based on that information, we have been working on a draft of a ‘Call for Submissions’ to find 3-4 artists from OCAD’s GradEX to potentially participate and exhibit their work at TOAF. I personally volunteered to be the contact touch point for all the applicants who might have questions or need clarification on any details of the opportunity. I provided my OCADU email address to the team for the application as well. The team also discussed creating posters and advertisements to post to social media in addition to carrying out studio/class visits for outreach and promotion of the TOAF exhibition opportunity. We will need to talk to OCAD teachers and students from 4th year Thesis classes in order to gather prospective applicants that are interested in exhibiting. I hope to help with those processes in order to be able to help students with their questions when they reach out to me by email.

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My workspace at home which include my computer, plushies, and other knickknacks.

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My internship for TOAF is just now starting to ramp up even though we’ve only been working from home so far. Currently, my workspace is essentially my desk space in my bedroom. I spend a couple of hours each week at my computer for my internship and try to keep my workspace as comfortable and soothing as possible to assuage my anxiety while I work.

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My placement requires me to create different prototypes each week that directly relates to the journal entries of healthcare providers. I am stationed at home, working remotely and I have three other colleagues that work in the project group. We meet up every week for weekly check-ins where we all discuss our submissions and give feedback to each other. We have finished 3 tasks so far and had 4 meetings. Lastly, I use photoshop, illustrator and procreate to work.

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some settings off of Alans Mac for Da Vinci Resolve 

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Work space in Fado office, transferring DVD files through disk player on the left, naming and sorting uploaded clips to the right 

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I did not take photos during the two nights I went to the Rhubarb festival, but here is the Borchert event pamphlet

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Book I borrowed from Fado's Library yesterday about walking! 

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Referenced old title cards from the organizations documenting history r to develop a new one with Shannon for the new website 

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The processes of preparing former DVD files to edited performance documents for the new website involves assembling Brocken up clips(because they where to larg-

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e to be held on one DVD.

Alan, walked me through simple white balancing and colour correcting techniques to achieve neutral balances rather than the video camera and tapes more tungsten orange hues.

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Here is a screenshot of my current work in DaVinci resolve. The program I began learning with the help of Alan and Jeff of Peppercorn Imagine. 

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Here I am adding in the premade templates, I developed with Alan and Shannon, and applying the ID information from digitized DVDs that I have previously uploaded and burned from DVD to Mov. Files onto FADO's Drive.

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My placement at Trillium has been going great! Most of our workspace has been done through teams while we design some stuff on our own time as well. Our assignments vary weekly because they are based on different prompts or journals I would say and we would design some sketches based on a certain topic/theme.

attached is just a "rough" sketch based on a certain theme and we can do it in any software we are comfortable with so that's good as well! I didn't include any other pics of the projects because some of the stuff we work with are sensitive as they are other people's stories, so I want to respect that for them and others.

- Brandon

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Hello,
Right now I am a part of the Aird Gallery.
In this image I am attending the closing ceremony of " CARRYING WOOD setting the stage the public reading by Vincent Lam and the spoken word performance by Andrea Thompson worked to open up content embedded in the Gallery's Rosalie Lam, CHOLON, NOT FORGOTTEN and Ilene Sova, UNKNOWN RELATIVE 2022 exhibits with *NEW* publications "

I was able to be a part of the public engagement event and it was a pleasant experience for me.

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There isn’t any specific software I am learning to use in my placement, but we do make use of the TV monitor for introducing our activities with PowerPoint presentations and/or youtube videos. Visualizing the instructions and providing examples is the best way to communicate our goals for the activity. Plus, it offers lots of possibilities for games/trivia when there is spare time or interests to explore further.

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I’m scheduled to lead a few activities this month on my own, this is just one example. The main points I need to be mindful of when I’m creating my plans are: ability, time, and budget. There is a wide range in the participants’ focus/attention, so I keep that in mind and keep the creating component of the activity to about 15 mins. For this specific activity, I will provide an introductory presentation on the history of vinyl production, with fun facts and some trivia to increase engagement in the material. Then I’ll show some examples of unique coloured vinyl discs and album covers from the group’s favourite musical artists/bands for inspiration. Then I will explain the craft and support each participant as they complete the activity at their own pace within the rest of the 1.5 hour block. I approved this plan with the supervising instructors today and made sure: it would be suitable for the skill level of the participants, could be done comfortably within the time frame of the program, and used materials we have in the studio. Music has been a big part of creating a comfortable atmosphere in this space and each participant is passionate about their favourite artists/genres of music, so I hope it will be a great way for the group to further connect and have fun.

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(Top): I’m sure most people are already familiar with its interface, but here’s a look at Photoshop, which I’ve been using for all of my illustrative work.

(Middle): A look at OBS, a well known recording software which I downloaded to record my live drawing process for the project I am working on for my placement.

(Bottom): Lastly, here’s a look at Slack, the messaging application that Embreate uses to communicate. Interns are required to update the team on their progress every few hours, and will receive feedback on any work they’ve done.

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This is the main area, or studio space, that I work in during my placement hours at addus. It is a shared office space, but the main program running is the Art+ studio, which I help facilitate with two other instructors. There are only four participants on my placement day, which means I get to spend 1 on 1 time with each person. I’m developing a better understanding of their individual artistic goals and interests, and can offer tailored feedback for each activity. The day is split into two, the morning focuses on a lesson for a specific technique or style, while the afternoon is a bit more open to explore art-related games. So far, I have gone on one excursion with the group outside the studio space to do life-drawing at the North York Town Centre. The artworks that are completed each week are displayed on the shelves to encourage self-confidence as artists and pride in their hard work.

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(Left): My first project was designing an original character designed for Embreate’s “Future Now” universe. We also had to create a character sheet filled with info about the character. The original document is 6 pages of writing, so I've included the condensed version that we were also asked to create.

(Bottom right): Following the original character creation process, the interns were presented with a short story and asked to create mood boards + sketches of the various backgrounds and characters. These are the character designs + palette variations I created for this project.

(Top middle): Next we were presented with key story beats and asked to create storyboards of each key illustration. These are the (extremely rough) storyboards I sketched out, in no particular order.

(Top right + bottom middle): Finally, this week I got started on creating final renders of the illustrations that will be used for this project.

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Since my internship is remote, my workplace has essentially just been my bedroom desk. It’s a fairly small work area, but it’s been working for me!

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Given that my internship with Embreate Studios is taking place remotely, I am using my room as a workspace. My physical setup does have to be a little bit different from the one that I use for class work, since I am spending longer hours at a time working on a single task. My weekly shift usually lasts about 8-10 hours, so I need to be comfortable, while of course taking breaks to rest my drawing hand. Since starting working with Embreate, I’ve also bought a reading stand which allows me to draw at an angle, which helps protect my arms and back.

(I'm not sure how to attach more than one image to these types of posts, so here's a google drive url to an image of my workspace: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HQ8RoBlQdW9AtWUz_UrgKJDg7WinmryU/view?usp=sharing)

Additionally, I’ve learned to keep any videos or music I play in the background on my computer, which prevents me from getting distracted from my task and jumping over to Youtube. At the start of the internship, I was worried I wouldn’t be able to motivate myself to work on something at home for so long at a time, but with the online presence of a supervisor checking in on my progress and some good working habits, I am doing ok. This will be useful in my intended future career plan, where I will likely be animating at a desk for similar long hours.

The software that I am using for my placement is the app Procreate. There is no program that Embreate strictly requires I use, so long as I can use it to illustrate characters and scenes, and as long as it has a timelapse video function. As it can do both, Procreate is a decent choice for myself, who illustrates on an IPad, and has a limited knowledge of computer drawing programs.

As for what I am currently working on, our team has moved on to our second assignment, which involves illustrating scenes from one of Embreate’s Future Now stories. We started by creating some moodboards for characters and locations. I chose to develop the mercenaries that appear early on in the story, and included above is some visual experimentation I did for them. Then we moved on to storyboarding, which we finalized last week. The storyboards serve as the base for the final illustrations. The timelapse video linked below shows my progress on one of the final illustrations, going from creating my final sketch to

lining it.

Timelapse Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WOFnDxy0aRv2nIBlKLNif29_rOsHmUvB/view?usp=share_link

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Discussion & Reflection 3: Your Documentation (Part 3)

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Documentation of Software
We are still in the early stages of our project, so not much has been pumped out yet. We have used softwares such as Microsoft Word and Excel to write up things like drafts and plan out our weekly work timeline, but that is about it for now. But during today’s meeting I was introduced by Zev to a website called Typeform and it lets you format your own online forms with various types of templates. As mentioned previously, our group is in the middle of creating a call for submissions and at first we were not completely sure how its form would take shape, but now that we have been introduced to this website that could assist in creating it, we now have a better idea how to go about our project. I took some time to familiarize myself and test out around the website to get a firmer grasp on this new tool we would be using.

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Documentation of Projects

Our group has been tasked to put up a call for submissions for the TOAF OCADU GradEx Booth and recently we have been drafting what we would include in it. The group had put together our first draft a few back which can be seen on the document on the left and just today, we came together again with Zev, the project coordinator and polished up the draft to include information that was more specific to what our goals were, seen on the right. We discussed things like wording and how to simply get a message or goals across to our audience and edited a few dates. Though small changes, it goes to show how much of an impact they can make when it comes to what is desired to be achieved. It was nice to receive guidance and feedback from everyone within the group as all the ideas came together and eventually formed a more well-organized draft.

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My desk in my room that I use as my work space.

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My Working Space

For my placement, I work from home and attend weekly meetings. Whenever I attend the meetings or work individually for my placement, I find it most comfortable to work in my room. Having an individual workspace for myself and being able to be surrounded around the things that I enjoy makes it easier for me to concentrate and complete my tasks efficiently. I do enjoy the fact that during my placement we are able to meet as a group and then get separate time to work on our own during our own time. The flexibility is great, and it is nice to see what my colleagues have come up with when we do meet again.  My setup includes my laptop where I can easily access any documents or notes that I need for my placement, my iPad to attend the meetings, a notebook to write down notes at ease and also headphones if ever needed.

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Document 3 – After the final discussion with the group and Zev.  This is our joint "Call for Submission". It will be sent out on Monday through the CEAD platform.  The next step is to divide into groups to do in-school marketing and studio visits. Then we will make a shortlist of artists for the TOAF selection.  It is a wonderful opportunity to be able to work with my peers.  We will combine our strengths to accomplish these assignments.

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Document 2 - This is the timeline we have put together.  Our goal is to put out a "Call for Submissions", studio visit to recruit GradEX students to apply for the TOAF opportunity.  Looks like we are on track so far ;)

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Currently, my placement, "Yonge & Dundas Square," is that most of the work is progressing in its own time and space, and we actually meet once or twice a month. Therefore, we have not started the proper work so far, but we expect a huge change from the meeting on March 3rd.

So the big change I mentioned here is, in earnest, we are going to discuss what kind of animation we are going to make in the future and whether it is against a policy, and the students who participated in this Placement are going to consider deeply about the size of the screen and how to take advantage of them. The keywords that Tommy has presented to us are mostly things that we need to think about in reality, such as the natural environment, climate change, fear, and hope. In the past, students' animation works were mostly loop animation, and one video Tommy showed was an animation in which a family eats dinner with a gas mask on during the pandemic when COVID-19 was prevalent. The painting style and animation technique looked very comic, but it was not just funny. In other words, this was the worst situation we could have faced.

Based on this inspiration, the animation I devised is 'Sea,' and I will express the environmental pollution and climate change we face through five screens and every five seas. Of course, it is still a draft idea, so this could change enough, but I am going to discuss it closely in a meeting with Tommy soon. The programs I plan to use will mainly be 'Procreate' and 'Priemiere Pro', and the 'Audition' program would also be used for sound design.

Our meeting is on the third floor of the main building and we are discussing it here, and as mentioned above, the animation itself is going on in its own space and time. Our meeting is only once a month, so I do not have a picture to post, but I will upload it again after taking a picture or video after the meeting on March 3rd.

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Document 1 – So far, my placement consists mainly of Teams meeting.  I don’t have a picture of my workplace.  But since this is a partnership with TOAF (Toronto Outdoor Art Fair).  I am attaching this picture.  My colleagues are other 8 students from our class, a grad student and Zev.  Hopefully we will have a site visit in the future, and I am looking forward to visiting TOAF this summer.

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This is the print I assisted with screen printing

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Reflection Three: Documentation of Software

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Reflection Three: Documentation of Software

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The software I primarily use is clip studio paint since it is the software I’m most comfortable with when doing digital illustrations (and for other projects I will use it for final renders of animations as well). My typical workflow is to sketch on one layer using lots of reference images, move towards line art, and then coloring and shading the piece.

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A print I was packaging - 1 of 112 prints

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I have not been in my placement for too long so I have not had the opportunity to work on to many exciting works. I have helped to complete on set of screen prints that my boss designed. My main task of late has been going through the prints and pulling out any that do not look as nice - quality control for the prints. After that I count how many good ones there are and gives the numbers to a co-worker to upload on the website for an inventory count. I then start to package the prints and put labels on the store on them. I also get to help out at the front store on some days.

My boss has said she has some more printing opportunities coming up for me to work on in the following days to come, I can't wait to see what she has in store for me!

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Reflection Three: Documentation of Project

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Currently my job is to design concept art for characters and create storyboards for a video illustration project. I’ve read through a short story to bring to life as a collaborative project with the other OCAD illustration interns.