Monday, 18 July 2022

Steve Sole Returns for "Movement & Narrative"

Character art by Steve Sole
We're delighted to welcome back character designer & visual development artist Steven Sole to teach at Escape Studios in September 2022.

Steven will teach our first year undergraduate students Movement & Narrative, a mini-module in which students develop their skills in creativity, design, and visual narrative, starting on Monday 19th September 2022.

Steven Sole comes to us from Framestore and from Tiger Aspect Productions, where he was Art Director on Mr Bean.  To see some of Steve's work, visit his official site.

Steven Sole 
Some of Steve Sole's work on "Mr Bean"
Steve Sole has over a dozen years of studio experience across various positions in both broadcast and web animation. Recent work includes Art Director and Designer on Mr Bean at Tiger Aspect Productions. Steve specialises in Concept Art, Character Design and Illustration.
Steve also develops on short film ideas, music videos and is skilled with Zbrush and MudBox. 

Official Site
To see more of Steve's work, visit his official site. You can see his IMDB profile here.

Creativity Meets Industry
One of the many skills that Steve brings to Escape Studios is the ability to steer our animation students towards practical outcomes, understanding that a successful career in the animation industry requires the ability to balance creativity and creative thinking with working to a specific brief, with clear parameters.

Movement & Narrative
Artwork by Ronnie Kaye
Movement & Narrative is a two-week mini-module at Level 4 (ie the first year of undergraduate studies) exploring creativity, storytelling, design and acting.

CR4002 - Creative Foundations
Movement & Narrative is part of CR4002, the Creative Foundations Craft Module, a foundation course in creativity and creative thinking. The module is compulsory for all our first year students, whether they are studying games, animation or VFX.

Software
Some software, such as Photoshop and Premiere, is taught in this module; but students are mainly encouraged to explore creative ideas and creative ways of thinking. 

In their first year of studies, all our undergraduate students study a broad art and design curriculum, enabling them to understand the whole animation, games and VFX pipeline before committing to a single specialism in their second year.

Movement & Narrative Trailer
Check out the short trailer below to see what some of Steve's students have done at Escape Studios.




Official 2022-23 Term Dates
To see the official Escape Studios Term Dates for 2022-23, follow this link.   

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To find out more about our new BA/MArt, now recruiting for September 2022, follow this link.   To apply, visit the official page here.

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