Mihlali Mbodla

·       3D Animation:

·       Storyboarding which starts from thumbnails, moving storyboard, animatic, then animatic setup.

·       Modelling characters to have concrete characters for a story as well as UV unwrapping the characters.

·       Rigging and weight painting the characters to create moving characters.

·       Texturing characters, props, and environments.

·       Animating the characters in blender.

·       Preparing the scene for scene setup the caching the characters before rendering the animation in a png file format. This also includes rendering environments using the foreground, middle ground, and background methods while making sure that the camera is set to region (crop) to only render what is Infront of the camera.

·       Compositing the pngs using Davinci Resolve software which helps in terms of having control over what colours that might have to change during the compositing stages. 

·       Comic Book for a 3D gaming program.

·       Analyzing the script and drawing actions in relation to what the characters were doing in a particular scene.

·       Using iArt software to draw and digital paint actions in 2D.

·       Drawing prospectively and considering the lines of action.

·       Compiling all the drawings using the comic book panels as well as considering dialogs between characters.

Diploma in Fine Arts: 2D Animation | Vaal University of Technology

Advanced Diploma in Fine Arts: 2D Animation | Vaal University of Technology

National Senior Certificate | Ganges Secondary School