Cecelia Vicoli
BFA in Animation
Fall 2018
Expected Graduation – Spring 2019
My Name is Cecelia Vicoli and I am an Animation Major at the University of Tampa. I am constantly practicing in all areas of Animation but I am usually efficient in Animating in 3D and 2D. I like animating in Adobe Animate and doing frame by frame. I practice my illustrating regularly and find I am good at drawing my characters and bringing them to life on screen.
When it comes to the tools I needed to get to where I am in my education there are a few tools and professors that really helped me understand the material and gave me the information I needed. I have had Dana Corrigan for a number of classes and she has really helped me expand on my 2D animation. I have learned how to use Adobe Animate well and she recommended I become familiar with a Wacom tablet which I use all the time now. I am getting much quicker at illustrating through my tablet, which is helping me accomplish my projects a little bit quicker. Another Professor that I have learned from is my Advisor and Creative Coding Professor Santiago Echeverry. He raises the bar and pushes me to get to the next level. I am learning how to create and manipulate images, illustrations and videos in a different medium that I never really thought about before with Adobe Dreamweaver.
I’d say my weaknesses fall under Rigging a model. There is not a class offered in Rigging and I have only ever taken one class that involved a basic knowledge of the concept. I am not a fan of Rigging so I have not tried to go out of my way to learn more about the basics of how to Rig a character, though I did get a basic understanding of it in Beginning 3D Animation.
When I graduate my plan would be to find a job in Animating in 3D or 2D. Recently I have grown to really enjoy Animating in 2D and would like to explore it more in the future. I know I have to narrow my focus and decide what area in the Animating process I would want to do the most but for now I am still undecided.