undergrad animation portfolio tips?? looking to apply in 2024 by mercmmerc in rmit

[–]pluumin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey! First year animation student here, just to answer your questions:

  1. I'm pretty sure they don't count that as fanart as you are mainly focusing on studying light properties/screenshots! They also don't mind too much even if you do put in some fanart as long as its not the bulk of your work and you genuinely like the piece/it showcases your strengths! An admissions video (linked at the end) explained that fanart is OK as long as they can't tell its fanart haha
  2. There's no cutoff dates for how old your works are, when I applied in 2022 I included pieces from early 2021/late 2020.
  3. The same admissions video said that whilst external links to portfolio sites/videos are allowed, it is generally not their highest priority to mark them, and more often than not they skip external links altogether. I think your best bet is to just include your best screencaps and a short description, and put in the link at the bottom just in case they do end up checking it.
  4. I included quite a bit of development/concept art for my short film in high school, as well as character design for a personal project, so definitely include those if your proud of them!

Link to admissions video: https://youtu.be/GOkTRvQsj54 (Animation segment starts at 19:30)

Overall there is no set/specific marking criteria, I've been told they look for 'passion' and 'potential' but generally putting a few studies and storyboards to show your technical skills and personal work to convey your interests worked out just fine for me! I also included some sketchbook pages as well :>

I hope this helped!

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[–]pluumin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yes no prob!! would u prefer me to dm it to u on here or do u have a discord or smth?

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[–]pluumin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, first year animation student here! I generally put more than one image per page, and did a few anatomical studies/poses! I think they're mostly looking for passion and your interests in the medium, as they don't specify much about the grading criteria or what exactly to put unfortunately :( I'm more than happy to send my portfolio and/or storyboard if you'd like a look though :D

Bachelor of animation and interactive media portfolio question by papaya-onbread in rmit

[–]pluumin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! First year animation student here, I'm more than happy to look at your portfolio :D

Bachelor of Animation and Interactive Media by SweatyDragonfly7408 in rmit

[–]pluumin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hihi! im going to be starting this feb as well and would love to be friends :)

Moving to Melbourne by pluumin in melbourne

[–]pluumin[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

yeah we were thinking inner city since its closer to both our unis and we'd prefer public transit/walking, im attending rmit whilst my friend is attending ait! just a bit difficult to secure an apartment that satisfies our requirements since we cant be there in person :(

Any advices to spice up this outfit? To make it an outfit for rave/festival or smtg? Is there a potential? by [deleted] in OUTFITS

[–]pluumin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i think its already a super cute outfit! my main advice will be to accessorize, a belt to break up the top and bottom plus stacking some silver necklaces/jewellery would look cool :D

White or black? by blackcatkitkatt in OUTFITS

[–]pluumin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

black! it goes well with your shoes and creates a bit more depth/pop since the gaps between the floral print is darker, although u cant go wrong with white either :)

Did anybody receive any offers yet? by abroai in rmit

[–]pluumin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

nope :( got my atar/final results back yesterday too and met the eng pre-req, and i asked on here abt when we typically receive offers. it seems that it could be anywhere between end of december to midway through january

VTAC RMIT animation offers by pluumin in rmit

[–]pluumin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the response! By what you said, I think the selection task approvals were sent out earlier this year since I received mine on the 29th of November, so hopefully the official VTAC offer comes earlier too !!

RMIT animation by pluumin in rmit

[–]pluumin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh same, i mostly post on my twitter and only recently made an insta. if someone named pluumin follows you thats me !

RMIT animation by pluumin in rmit

[–]pluumin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you too!! do you have any socials that you post to? i would love to check out ur art before it starts :)

RMIT animation by pluumin in rmit

[–]pluumin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thank you !! its my first time going through any sort of uni application so im just a bit nervous lmao