〈January Assignment〉A Person Sitting in a Chair.
Details: Draw a person sitting in a chair while referencing the example image. Gender, clothing, and all other elements are up to you. Really make an effort to draw from angles that you're not used to! Submission Format: One A4-sized canvas, limited to one submission per person. Deadline: January 15th.
2022-01-09 00:58:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Here’s to another great year!
Between running the Animator Dormitory and creating good jobs through our music video and short film productions, we hope to continue to make steady progress towards improving working conditions for animators in 2022.
We humbly ask for your continued support!
2022-01-01 07:12:41 +0000 UTC View Post
〈December Assignment〉Flustered Person.
Details: Draw a flustered/shy person using this reference as a guide.
Gender, clothing, and all other elements will be up to the artists.
Prioritize drawing from angles you're not used to!
Submission Format: One A4-sized canvas, limited to one submission per person.
Deadline: December 15th, 2021
2021-12-14 20:22:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello. Kimura here.
This is my exclusive dormitory diary entry for November.
Since my last lunch meeting with my project coordinator (which I wrote about in my last post), I’ve been focused on changing my attitude and approach towards work. Basically, I mean getting enough sleep, getting to the office early, wrapping up work up on days where I feel tired by closing time, and staying longer only when I have the mental and physical means to. I used to grab some caffeine whenever I...
2021-12-07 19:33:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone, Kaneko here.
Apologies for the late post. Here’s my exclusive dormitory diary entry for December.
I was pumping out drawings pretty consistently until about halfway through November. I was buried up to my neck in deadlines for some major cuts on several different projects, so I ended up pulling a few all-nighters to get them done. For big cuts like these, we animators usually get together and discuss how we’re gonna divide up the work, but this time around we w...
2021-12-05 00:31:21 +0000 UTC View Post
This example illustration was done by mentor Masaaki Tanaka.
2021-12-01 15:59:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello. It’s Kimura.
Here’s my dormitory diary entry for November.
During November, I did a lot of “color charting.” Basically, it’s like normal in-between animation in the sense that you copy from character design sheets, but there are more lines and we can’t use cells to divide up the frame into sections, even if there are multiple people in a single frame. It takes more time to draw than an average in-between frame so it commands more pay. I got about 6 dollars and 1...
2021-12-01 01:24:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone. Kimura here.
This is my exclusive dormitory diary entry for October.
On the work side of things, I’ve been focused on company projects this month. We have something scheduled to air this next Spring, so it looks like I’ll be working on it for a while longer. This is the first time I’ve ever worked on a single project for this long. It’s nice because, due to the project’s length, I’ve been allowed the time to better grasp the show’s specific features a...
2021-11-30 03:41:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone. It’s Kimura.
Here’s my Dormitory Diary entry for October.
The remote work measures we were taking against COVID at our studio have been lifted, and we’re now able to work in the office. Having peers close by doing the same work as you is great.
Also, there’s an in-between animator that works on my floor and I never got the chance to talk to them outside of greetings until recently. I finally got a hold of them and we talked about all sorts of stuff like ...
2021-11-24 01:27:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone. Kaneko here.
This is my Dormitory Diary entry for November.
I’ve been working on some teaser trailers and in-betweens outside of my studio work. That's on top of my more long-term projects.
Progress towards my animation speed has felt sluggish recently. There was even a moment there where I was producing fewer frames than I was in previous months. I’ve been told I draw too carefully and spend too much time per frame, so now the question on my mind is how to...
2021-11-23 14:16:34 +0000 UTC View Post
