Name
Willem Wynand Van Aswegen "MotionMagic"
Goal
Becoming an expert in the field of digital animation and entertainment and to one day own my own business.
My story
I’ve always enjoyed drawing and loved watching cartoons; it wasn’t until I first started playing around with a .gif animation program that my interest in creating movement grew. I then discovered flash version 2. At the age of 13 I was a regular visitor to Newgrounds.com and soon after a contributor. As my animation skills slowly grew I took to studying animation, and I’m prepared to work very hard to make it my occupation.
In 2006 I planned out my future and saw the diploma of multimedia as a good choice, to lower my op and get some basic working with video, websites and working as a team. I completed the course in June 2008 and since have set my sights for the 2009 intake of bachelor of animation at Griffith university.
Skills
Drawing
Web animation
Visual story telling techniques
Multimedia, including web design and coding, digital video editing, basics of flash and 3d animation and working as the project manager of our final project.
Latest Projects
SWD - an advertisement for stationary world direct.
Dreamers – an animation project where the original script was taken from my father.
Why you looks so sad - Music video trying to combine 5 songs to portray one emotion.
Where’d you go – Music video animated to fort minor’s “where’d you do”
All my published animations can be viewed here Wynand.newgrounds.com
2009 Projects
Poster project – 50 completed and ready to be printed posters by 31/12/09
Toothbrush troubles – Frame by Frame animation to be completed
Street fighter collaboration – in celebration of the new street fighter game being released Newgrounds is having a street fighter collab to be completed and submitted by the 17th February 09.
Drawings
I have been drawing solidly for about the past year and a half starting 2006, my drawings consisting of life drawing, own scribbles, attempts at learning from past professional animators and of course own experimentation
Some of my sketches can be viewed here
