STUDIO PROJECTS
CEASEFIRE
Animated Short by James KirkwoodBrought on as an animator for a few shots. Did rough animation and in-betweens. My rough animation was close enough to tiedowns so I skipped that step.Work done on ToonBoom Harmony.
I WON'T LET YOU DOWN, GRANDPA!
Animated Short by Charlotte Tan and Fayme WongA two person project for school, the film is a hybrid of 2D animation and 3D environments.Pre-production: I worked on storyboards, animatic and character concept development.
Production: I was the only 2D animator from start to finish.
Post-production: Compositing alongside my team mate. Animation and backgrounds rendered separately then layered in post.I used Blender (Grease Pencil) and Adobe After Effects for production, Google Spreadsheets for project management.
PANDE-NOIA
Animated Short2D animated studio project where I joined during production phase. Worked in multiple roles.I co-led the production team with one other team member. Kept track of schedule and everyone's tasks, organised meetings with supervisors, delegated tasks, hosted daily standups.
Animator across all stages for some shots (rough, in-betweens, clean up, colour).
Sole compositor and editor for the project.I used Adobe Photoshop and After Effects for production, Google Spreadsheets and Discord for project management.
N.E.MATION! 2021 - A MESSAGE TO SINGAPOREANS
Animated Short
Second runner up for N.E.mation! 20212D animated project. Worked in multiple roles, but mainly as the sole animator from start to finish.Short animated on Adobe After Effects. I received assets from my team then rigged and animated them.
ANIMATION
Character acting, dialogue practice
Character acting, dialogue practice, perspective and morphing animation test
Fan animation for the game' Mouthwashing'
Character acting, dialogue practice
Rough animation scenes done for multiple projects
ENVIRONMENT
Illustrations both personal and project based (backgrounds for animated films).
Hello! I'm Charlotte Tan and I'm a 2D Animator and environment artist. I just finished my last year in university and am waiting for graduation.I also dabble in 3D, working as a 3D artist and team lead for The Straits Times. We create interactive articles involving data visualisation and storytelling! View our body of work in 2024 here.When I'm not piled with work, I like to play Stardew Valley and Project Sekai or consume 4 hour long video essays (Sometimes simultaneously)What I work with
ToonBoom Harmony - Animation, Compositing
Photoshop - Illustration, Concept art, Animation
Blender - General 3D work (Model, texture, lighting, rig, animation, render), 2D Animation
After Effects - Animation, Compositing
OpenToonz - Learning for animation!
Animation Reel
"A dragon is left in charge of protecting their home after her father has left to hunt food for the upcoming winter. She’s put to the test when a boy from the nearby village her father had warned her about ends up seeking shelter in their home."
Dragonkin is a graduation film directed by Eunice Li Wei Koo, where I took the role of Production Manager and others across departments (animation, environment, compositing).This page will display my final project work and some technical breakdowns. Click to expand media.Animation
Demonstration of rough, tiedown and inbetween process
sc18 - Roughs, Tiedowns, Inbetweens
- Involved a lot of guides because of the perspective and form of Reinhardt. Had to break down the passes individually to animate the character accurately
sc31 - Roughs, Tiedowns + Inbetweens (Combined steps)
- Shadows had to be hand animated for this particular scene, so I added them as part of the animation to clean up and colour
sc08 - Roughs + Tiedowns + Inbetweens (Combined steps), Clean up, Colours
- First try with clean up and colouring process. Broke up clean up layers separately for Lionheart as it makes for cleaner transitions in line art. (Also easier to adjust body parts if needed)
Environments/Backgrounds
Demonstration of background paintings - sketches, line art, renders.
bg06 from concept to final
- Initially a concept piece, was used for the final scene
- Needed to expand the background for bleed area. Separation of lineart shown in the overlaps of lines above.
- Surrounding environment was coloured and rendered first prior to the village to give better context of the lighting. Atmospheric depth and extra value editing came in the last pass.
Compositing
Showcase of compositing pipeline
Composite (sc31)
- Part of these nodes were contributed by Evangeline Napier (We set up a node template to use across scenes)
- Gradient, Directional Light, Integration Pass, and Chromatic Aberration are all standardised effects
- Extra effects involved gradients over the shadow area, glow in the eyes, and other colour grading effects to enhance the scene.
- Before and after composite shown above.