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Emma Raftery 

BA [Hons] Animation

Emma is a Dublin-based animation storyteller. Her favourite areas of the animation process are designing backgrounds and characters, and animating itself. She tends to create things bright, bubbly, and colourful, and loves to focus on more natural and organic settings and including animal characters in her work!

A short reel of animation from my film Maybe. All work is done by myself
The development of the colouring process of a background in Maybe
A simple development of a background from a previous project Harvest
I love natural backgrounds and including animals in my work. This is a personal piece done for practicing silhouettes
A monotone vs colour comparison for a project in 2022
I like planning ahead and being able to repurpose assets and backgrounds. This shot is used in Scenes 2 and 3, though the tonal shift reshapes the mood
A short progression of the comping process, starting with the base and then adding some simple overlays, before removing them in favour of comp in After Effects
A series of stills from my film "Maybe", where Emily discovers her mother doesn't intend to get her a pet cat
A small and simple visual of my animation process using a run cycle of one of the racoons from Maybe
Project Description

While my main areas of interest are backgrounds and character design, I decided to spend the year making my own film, "Maybe", to get experience in every area of the animation pipeline. I was a little too ambitious and, unfortunately, couldn't complete my film. However, the experience I gained from this lesson is invaluable and that's what matters most to me.

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