Nicole Ridgwell

Women in Animation - Bay Area: Intern Fridays: Disney Intern Nicole Ridgwell

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 17:42:00 +0000

Women in Animation - Bay Area: Intern Fridays: Disney Intern Nicole Ridgwell: Intern Fridays features interviews with former Interns at animation, film, and video game studios. Today we bring you Nicole Ridgwell, form...

Luca

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Sun, 10 Jan 2021 23:28:00 +0000

Tinder commercial

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 03:39:00 +0000

Tinder - Invention of Together from Buck on Vimeo.

If you like podcasts..

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 05:09:00 +0000

You can check out mine!

Angela Entzminger from the animated journey sat down with me to chat about all kinds of animation stuff..

You can check it out here

Also don't forget to stop by the Pixar booth if you're coming to CTN this year.. I'll be there friday and saturday afternoon :)

CTN Expo 2017!

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Tue, 14 Nov 2017 04:47:00 +0000

Hey everybody I'll be at the Pixar booth at CTN this year Friday and Saturday afternoon, come say hi!
Also.. I finally made an art instagram!

follow me @sketchyynicole

The Orbitz commercial I animated got released!

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 07:46:00 +0000

I had so much fun working on this spot for Orbitz at Buck a month ago. I did all the animation, Steve Day directed it. I'll post the other project I worked on once it gets released too!

Back at Pixar this summer!

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 07:31:00 +0000

I'm so excited to be back at Pixar, I can't believe how lucky I am to be a part of this amazing movie about music and family. You can see Coco in theaters November 22. :)

Interview on CG Trader

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 17:27:00 +0000

I answered a few questions for CG Trader the other week!

The VR short I worked on at Third Floor got announced!

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:29:00 +0000

Variety Article

Georgia

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 18:24:00 +0000

She's so fun to draw :)

Finally on Bloglovin!

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 00:43:00 +0000

Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Still working on Georgia's design..

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 21:45:00 +0000

Here's a few more sketches of her.

Went hiking with my surface

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 22:16:00 +0000

I thought I'd get some work done in nature, but got distracted and sketched the view instead.

Aliens!

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 23:34:00 +0000

I've been drawing lots of aliens lately. Finally narrowed it down.

Gestures from Center Stage Gallery

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 05:10:00 +0000

Lion

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 19:50:00 +0000

Throwback Tuesday?

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 19:52:00 +0000

Trees

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 23:02:00 +0000

Sculpture

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 23:46:00 +0000

Her head exploded in the kiln, unfortunately.

Been working on lots of exciting things with this character lately..

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 00:45:00 +0000

Sketch

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 23:44:00 +0000

Here's a little sketch I did at Center Stage Gallery in Burbank at one of their life drawing sessions.

My Pixar Animation Internship Reel

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Fri, 19 Sep 2014 03:13:00 +0000

Nicole Ridgwell Pixar Animation Internship Reel 2014 from Nicole Ridgwell on Vimeo.

Pixar pictures

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Sun, 07 Sep 2014 02:10:00 +0000

This past summer I got the chance to participate in Pixar's animation internship. I thought I'd share a few memories with you! Here we are in our office window.
Every Friday we rocked '80s costumes.

Here we are with our instructor Aaron Hartline. He was incredible- he really brought out the best in each of us. Not only did he help us grow as animators, but he helped us grow as professionals, showing us how to be a part of Pixar's culture and how to work in a studio environment.

If you'd like to check out the other intern's reels, here they are in order from left to right:
Youri Dekker, Sikand Srinivas, Mike Bidinger, Sani Spectra, Regina Donovan
We also had five amazing story interns this year!
Christina Chang, Hannah Cho, Zachary Shore, Yon Hui Lee, and Vitaliy Strokous.

Each animation intern was assigned a personal mentor. I was lucky enough to get Ken Kim as mine. He was one of the most talented, patient, funny guys I've met, and he taught me a ton- I think the most important thing I learned from him was to improve my poses and make sure they are appealing and clear.

I learned so much this summer! I learned to improve my workflow and speed, I learned to make sure my poses are appealing before showing blocking, I learned to be confident in my ideas, and I learned to make sure my choices are clear and simple. But what will stay with me forever is the amazing people I got to share this adventure with. They inspired me to become a better artist, and a better person.

Thanks for the memories, cupcakes! I'll miss you all!

Interview with Women in Animation

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 16:34:00 +0000

I'm incredibly honored to be interviewed by Women in Animation! You can check the interview out here:

Intern Fridays: Disney Intern Nicole Ridgwell

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Guitar Shot Progression

noreply@blogger.com (Nicole Ridgwell) — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 19:28:00 +0000

Guitar Shot Progression from Nicole Ridgwell on Vimeo.

Since I had always wanted to do a piece involving music, I was super excited about starting this shot. I found the dialogue clip on youtube from a girl named Marie Digby. I spent about a week trying to find the character and did a few different reference takes. The setting was a girl talking to a fellow band-mate that she has a crush on. I had a lot of personal experience in this department to draw from, I've been playing in bands since I was in grade school.

Once I was happy with my reference I did a stepped blocking pass then moved into spline pretty quickly. I like to block stepped but switch to splines early and animate the rest of the shot layered, especially with a close-up shot like this one.

Of course there's lots of room to improve, but this shot was a labor of love and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out! Special thanks to my teacher Victor Navone and The Animation Collaborative :)