PP3 Position: Newgrounds Profile

I felt that I needed to connect more with other avant-garde artists and animators that would be up for collaboration in the future. Since Vimeo is strictly showcase-driven, LinkedIn being professional, I turned to the art portal known as Newgrounds because of its small but genuine community of content-creators. Newgrounds has been one of the reasons I developed my love for animation hence I have been browsing its submissions since 2010, however was never a content-creator for it. I uploaded my most prideful animations on there and within days I was contacted by an animator with an invite to be a part of his online webisode series "FlowDownStream" whose style and surreal nature is similar to that of Adult Swim's "Off The Air". Nonetheless, although not commission-based, Newgrounds opens up an opportunity for a future professional endeavor as many well-known web-based animators have flourished through this phantasmic art portal.

PP3 Position: Showreel

Finally, having all my best animated work collated together, I have made my showreel! With music provided by music student Aleksandar Moraitov, it evades any possible copyright claims. Short and sweet, every piece of animation lasts no longer than 5 seconds, providing variety to the eye and the audiences attention span-driven necessity for fast and plentiful visual stimulation. The Portfolio Building study task has proven quite helpful in building the colorfulness of my showreel, making it feature a plethora of different styles and techniques. In comparison with my previous showreel, this one does not linger as much, enabling it to hold the audience's attention for much longer. Furthermore, there is a significant reduction of several skits of a singular animation being featured inconsecutively. Conclusively, now with my visual identity having a firm appearance, the showreel adds the finishing touch to the symbiosis of my aesthetic to both style and presentation as the infographic displaying my details at the end aligns with my business card and still portfolio cover.

Showreel: https://vimeo.com/269482591

PP3 Position: Behance Update

In order to enhance my public portfolio based on the business cards I have issued, I have updated my Behance profile with pieces of graphic design that are within my PDF portfolio but were not online. Alongside the graphic design pieces, I also added the 3D UV Maps from the Orchard Pig brief during Level 5 since they are quite sturdy and showcase my versatility.

https://www.behance.net/vladimirvo079e

PP3 Position: 2D Portfolio

With my newly acquired basic skills of InDesign post-induction, I crafted the first iteration of my visual portfolio. Considering that alongside animation I wish to do graphic design in a commissionable fashion, I needed to collate all of my designs into one file ready for sending alongside my CV. Through my business cards I managed to get contacted by a representative of Eurolink Security for future endeavors, upon which I was asked to attach a portfolio. I will be building upon it as future projects gather, adding more slides and making it more broad and versatile.

PPP2 - Creative Presence: Answers and Translations

To my surprise, The Micho answered all of my 10 questions with grace and verbose detail based on his personal practice in relation to the industry as well as the conventions of freelancing. Situated in a really vernacular manner, The Micho gave a thorough outlook on how it is like to be a commission driven individual and the necessary connections one must have to always secure consistency in their practice. As illustrated in my report, I found his reflection to be quite personal and cordial (aside from it being extremely substantial and relevant to my desired future endeavors), which set aside the formal and focused on the individual. Upon the exchange, The Micho invited me to visit him in Bitola whenever so that we may discuss any work-related opportunities as well as establish a thorough friendship that will as a byproduct hail networking possibilities. Furthermore, I spent two days translating his answers from Macedonian to English in an all-encompassing way so that his idioms and style of verbal expression may be translated without the loss of the train of thought and its sincere meaning. Furthermore, this project gave me a feel of professionality in translating work between bi-linguality, efficaciously improving my vocabulary and writing skills. Creative Report - https://issuu.com/vvoinovski/docs/creative_report_vlad

PPP2: Creative Presence Interaction

Like stated, for the Creative Presence brief I contacted the versatile Macedonian illustrator The Micho (Тхе Мичо) in hopes of interviewing him. I did so through Facebook since I have been told by several of my friends that he is very responsive to any queries. To my surprise, he was extremely colloquial and cordial in conversation, and the moment I informed him of my college background he immediately gave me a personal contact number of the main creative director of Lynx Animation Studio. With his help I contacted Lynx Animation Studio and got an exclusive inter tour of their studio and all the specialized departments. Nevertheless, The Micho candidly told me to expose myself as an artist in the UK in order to form networks and connections, and even so gladly accepted to do an interview. I was first planning on having it in person, however, given the multitude of unexpected family and social problems I have been experiencing, I wasn't able to get to Bitola (his home city). Thus, he gladly accepted the interview through Skype or Email, which is how I plan on conducting it. As of this stage, I feel that he has already been of a colossal assistance for the contact he gave me with the studio I plan on working in after graduation for a bit. I've already started compiling the questions I plan on asking him, picking out which ones are necessary and which ones are redundant with a little help of internet sources.

The Micho (Тхе Мичо) - https://www.facebook.com/%D0%A2%D1%85%D0%B5-%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BE-198918470118215/?fref=ts

PPP2: Creative Presence - Considerations

As a new brief came to being out of the blue, I was amazed at the level of interactivity with the industry this module has assumed. Much like The Thinker, I immediately began ruminating upon a range of creative practitioners that I would be more than elated to interview and get insight for the development and professionalization of my practice. By making a small mindmap where I jotted down every single animator or otherwise I am interested in, I was able to piece together my thoughts and deny any ideas flying away. I wrote down Jan Svankmajer, but was later told that he is a very laconic man that gives blunt answers to questions, plus he does NOT speak English - something I did not know. It is quite graceful that we have tutors that assist us in this journey henceforth without them, I would have contacted Svankmajer on my own and to some extent made a fool of myself. Moving on, since this was assigned before Manchester Animation Festival, there were a couple of practitioners at the panels that I could interview, but none too profoundly relevant to my future visualization of my practice. I figured, since I have to leave the UK once I graduate from my course, I should establish initial connections here but solidify them in Macedonia. Thus, I found a 2D animation studio based in Skopje (my capital city) called Lynx Animation Studio, and discovered that one of my favorite childhood illustrators The Micho (Тхе Мичо) is networked with them. So, logically, I settled down on contacting him since I believe he'll give me the most substantial advice and insight about the Macedonian animation industry, plus I do not doubt that he will decline an interview from a Macedonian animation student. I will begin developing my approach soon, when the time comes for me to approach The Micho in a formal, yet colloquial manner, to siphon the fullest of his friendliness and openness to information dissemination.