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Aoibh Foynes

BA [Hons] Animation

I am a 2D designer, illustrator and animator. I love to create vibrant and interesting worlds through my art by using bright colours and bold shapes. Over the past year I have put my time into directing my own animated short titled "BIG HEAD", which is a story about a girl with a small head who is driven by her own insecurities into making herself a giant head so she can fit in with the rest of her world. The last year has been a huge learning experience for me and I cant wait to be involved in and direct more exciting projects in the future.

Concept Art and Development for BIG HEAD: I began on pinterest looking at images that inspired me, I then began drawing my ideas out to help develop the story and world "BIG HEAD" was to be set in.

Character Exploration: I wanted to create a character that was true to my drawing style but would also be easy to animate because of the time restrictions.

Model Sheet fro BIG HEAD Main Character: After deciding to simplify the design to simpler rounded shapes this is the design I settled on.

Layouts for train interior before colour.

Stills from BIG HEAD: I wanted to create a dark and mysterious atmosphere while also incorporating my love for bright colours, this caused me to use a colour scheme of blues, purples and pinks. These colours also compliment each other well.

BIG HEAD (2021): Trailer

2D Animation Showreel 2021: 2D Animation from the past year and a half.

BIG HEAD

The film is about a girl in a world where everyone has massive overgrown heads except for her. She feels insecure and alone in a world where nobody is like her, to combat this she tries to make a big head of her own. The film explores themes of self acceptance and the feeling of needing to conform to societies standards. The film was animated frame by frame in photoshop and composited in after effects and premiere pro. I worked with 3rd year Creative Music Production student John Joe Doherty to create the spooky soundscape. Directing the film was a huge task to undertake by myself but was a huge learning experience for me and has helped to grow my passion for film. I am looking forward to making more projects in the future with the knowledge I have obtained through creating "BIG HEAD".