502 - Angela Sung

Angela Sung came to the uni to do a talk with the concept art and animation course. She's a BG painter, BG designer and art director who has worked mainly within the american TV animation industry, and is someone I've followed for a while so this talk was amazing for me. Here are a collection of notes from the talk and subsequent questions:

I found this talk incredibly useful. It gave a lot of insight into what it's like working in the TV animation industry in America, and a lot of the advice was applicable to any animation industry as well. It was also great to hear about Angela's own journey - I really enjoy hearing about different professional's journeys as they are always so different, however the main takeaway is to put myself out there and make my own oppurtunities.

It was also interesting hearing more about the art direction role, and finding out that despite it being a higher position in the hierarchy, it is less art based and almost more production oriented.

There were also some great portfolio tips, and this talk made me realise how important it is I do more practice, focusing on fundamentals and worrying less about style.

I really love Angela's work, so I will probably try and contact her to ask more specific, skills based questions, probably about her use of colour and the vibrancy she achieves in all her paintings.