Artwork Presentation

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Self-Assessment Summary

Self-Assessment Essay

Megan VanBuskirk

In the realm of digital arts, I consider my primary focus to be animation.  Although I am leaning towards 3D digital animation, I love working in traditional animation as well, and I would love to continue creating work in both areas after college.  Since I am a film minor as well, I have also had the chance to work with live action films, which is something I also love to do.  So far, I have created short films and animations (only a few minutes long at the most).  I would not say that I have a particular style of animation yet, but I do think I tend to stick with similar themes throughout my work.  I enjoy working with narratives and especially stories that are fun and playful.  I am drawn to stories and themes that are youthful and somewhat adventurous, such as fairytales or time travel.  I also like to include a touch of humor into my work.

An artist that inspires me is Olga Stern.  Olga Stern is a Toronto based illustrator and visual development artist for film, television, and books.  I love Olga’s style of artwork because of the sketchy, colored pencil quality that much of it has.  The style is similar to what I would like to achieve with my artwork.  Olga’s themes also inspire and relate to my artwork.  Olga conveys exciting journeys through her work, which is something that I want to do through my artwork and animation.  Below are some examples of Olga’s art.

http://www.olgasternart.com/