#CSSSA animation

[uncannyandi]

forgot to post this here but i made this lil stopmotion film a while back for the summer program i did ✌️ i've struggled with trichotillomania and dermatillomania almost my whole life so i thought it'd be neat to make a film based on my experiences with it

[miynomodraws]

animated final film for csssa animation 2023!! the short film is about the custodians who carry memories of the people we once were

[zoloxolo]

Project Thoughts: Student Film "Heard Somebody Cry" [April 12th 2025]

New semester, new student film to work on!

As I said in my last update, I decided to drop my uncompleted film "Lost and Found" last semester due to the amount of baggage it carried during production. I knew that I wanted to do something a bit more light-hearted and fun for the next one, even if it meant working on something as cringe as an animated music video of my two precious ocs.... a but indulgent, yes, last year was very difficult for me so dont judge.... Unfortunately, because i am using a song from a popular band, i won't be able to enter it into any film festivals. The most i can do is hope my film gets selected for my college's screening and maybe win a single award if the judges like it enough.

Anyways enough blabbering, here is what i have so far!

Lemmie first introduce you to my characters I'm going to be animating! The man in the green sweater is Omar, the other ghostly figure with the beret is Benjamin. Back in 2021 when i was attending CSSSA, I attempted to animate a short film of these two which was gnna be named Acquainting Painting. Looking back after years have passed.... it was very silly of me to think I could finish a 1 minute film in just a week, but I managed to have the storyboard done at the very least. I haven't uploaded the film on youtube yet so maybe sometime in the future I'll be able to link it here, but I aint gnna lie, I am a lil too lazy to find the video. I think the file itself is gone forever from my hard drive failing, but I definitely have the file exported as a mp3.

Here is what Benjamin looks like in human form with his proper colors. This was concept art for his redesign, thus the outdated outfit.

Here is what he's supposed to look like in the final product after adding in the effects, but tbh, I'm still not fully on board with these colors. It's got a nice pallet, but i want him to pop out more in a lighter blue since the setting is going to take place in an art gallery at night. By the time i roll out another update, I'll update his FINAL final look.

And now, for the animation segment!

In total, i wanna say i put in about over 40 hours of work into this since 3 weeks ago. I definitely should've put more work into this segment during that time, I was sorta dilly dallying for a bit. There's a few more boards beyond this, but i wanna wait to show it off after the majority of this segment is animated. It was super hard to animate Benjamin glitching since the only things i have ever animated up until this point has been character acting. I had to watch a lot of aimkid beforehand to study the way she makes her character move. I definitely need to watch more 2d animated movies that aren't disney related and get caught up with the times... but i can't help it, i love animating the Richard Williams way 😵‍💫

That's it for now. Its 8am and I stayed up all night trying to type all of this out. I'll see yall preferably next week.

[miborio26]

anyone else applying for csssa animation dep for 2024? :-)

[jigjag7]

update I GOT INTO CSSSA!!!!!!! here is my application for 2023 if future applicants wanna see

[zippylemon]

my assignment b for my csssa animation application!!!! i really hope i get in!

[straw-beret]

part B of my CSSSA app! worried it's a tad too basic. also hope tumblr doesn't destroy my photo quality 😗

[veggieboxes]

csssa animation application tips! thought this would be helpful for those digging through the csssa tag for more info/guidance

[kinzteaart]

👀👀👀

I’ve applied to CSSSA 2020!! I’m really excited but nervous for the results lmao. Even if I don’t get in, I’m still glad I took the opportunity to try because I really learned a lot in this time. Good luck to my fellow applicants!! (I’ve seen some of the applications and w o w y’all are great 😁👍👍)

Anyway, enjoy the animation!! I’m really proud of it :D

[mahatyran]

adidas girl, aka csssa film character again but taller and less baby

[csssaanimation]

csssa is dead

Kati Angelov, the chair of the CSSSA animation program, fired nearly the entirety of the CSSSA animation staff this winter without just cause or explanation so this blog will no longer be updated.

[uncannyandi]

ok so i'm posting this a day late because i was very very busy yesterday and also kind of in a state of shock lmao but I GOT ACCEPTED INTO THIS MONTH-LONG ANIMATION PROGRAM I APPLIED TO A COUPLE MONTHS AGO WITH A FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP AHHHHH ‼️‼️‼️🎉🎉🎉

[zoloxolo]

Project Thoughts: Thesis Film - Acquainting Painting [Sep 19 2024]

Starting today, I'm going to be journaling my thoughts on every personal project I'm actively working on. Not only does this help me keep on track on long-term projects that last more than a month, but I tend to regret not keeping up with a life journal when I was younger. I'll probably make multiple series for future entries on different topics, but for now, my current goal for the next few months is to make a film that can help me break into the industry... or maybe transfer to an art college before getting a job. Whichever comes first.

I would also like to add that this doesn't include projects that break NDA contracts for future jobs I may have in the industry.

Aight so I've been kinda losing sleep thinking about this project, only to soon realize the things I'm trippin out about isn't a big deal.

This is a schedule I created for myself so that i can finish my film on time. Tuesday was the last day in the storyboard phase, and I only have half of it done. I thought I was going to keep the majority of the boards I worked on in CSSSA, but as I was fleshing out the characters in my film's backstory, the more ambitious the film became. When I last worked on the storyboard, I ended up re-imagining the ending and trying figure out how i was going to board the middle part. And with the song im using only being a minute long, it can be challenging to fit a lot of important scenes in a few seconds.

To take my mind off of it, I tried working on one of the backgrounds this morning. It took about an hour just to get the perspective right on the rough draft after much u doing and redrawing. and I think that's when it hit me;

I dont need to have these backgrounds super duper perfect, or make this production feel super high quality. The thing that i need to focus on the most is the frame by frame animation, my dream job. After all, I'm the only person working on it. Maybe it'd be nice directing a short film in the future, but I can't afford to burn out this early in the production.

Other things that are keeping me from working on the film are class assignments that are due every other week, and life... i think it's funny that the most important year of my life ended up being my most traveled year ever, (against my will of course.) There are so many obstacles in my way from getting to where i need to be atm but It'll be so worth it by tye time I look back at this first entry.

[starflowertea]

my application to csssa animation 2019

my animation:

https://youtu.be/VxIzDl99J4g

[jigjag7]

here is some stuff i did for my csssa application! i drew willem dafoe for the favorite artist assignment and lorde with dogs for the song assignment. all the gifs were assembled for the animation part of the application. hope i get in fr fr

[serovolk]

my accepted csssa animation 2019 assignments a-c !