Following is my Letter of Intention identical to the one
I delivered physically, with the exception of my phone number
which I have opted to not show on this public website
but is included in the physical copy.
hand at everything – 2D, 3D, Games,
everything I can get my hands on.
I think I will always return to 2D animation, however.
I look forward to hearing from you!
I delivered physically, with the exception of my phone number
which I have opted to not show on this public website
but is included in the physical copy.
My name is Mik Løvenbalch Kirchheiner.
I have applied to the Character Animation Programme at TAW
thrice before, but it wasn’t until about 2 years ago that I found out what I
was trying to get myself into. Following that I knew quite early that I had
found my home in Character Animation as well as Character Designing.
I want to create worlds, characters and stories; I want to be there from the
conception of the idea until I put the last stroke on the animation of that
character; I want to delve into the characters and make them feel real. I want
to make people that aren’t real affect people that are.
I have taken a (wonderfully educational) semester at The
Drawing Academy, studying under Artem, after which I ended up interning at TRiB
(http://trib.dk/) where I helped make and teach a
Visual HF class to make animated backgrounds for a musical theatre show in Aarhus.
I helped teach the same Visual HF class a little drawing and After Effects.
During my time at TRiB I also helped teach an elementary school class a little
stop-motion animation. In the beginning of the Animation Festival in Viborg my
good friend Jonas Scott Di Hu and I were hired to run an open
flipbook-animation workshop for children, which took place at the local library
(and was absolutely awesome!).
I’m proficient with Photoshop, After Effects and a few other programs of the
Adobe suite.
I have also played with TVPaint but I still consider myself a beginner at it.
Luckily, however, I will begin work on a private 30 second animation project at
the Open Workshop (where I made my portfolio) at the 18th of March
and for the following 3 months. My hopes are that I will learn about the entire
process of making a finished animation product while getting better acquainted
with TVPaint.
On a slight side note - I intend to pay the tuition fee through a student loan,
which seems like a very fair deal to me.
On a slight side note - I intend to pay the tuition fee through a student loan,
which seems like a very fair deal to me.
My future plans are to become one of the best animators and character designers
of my time, in order to realize some amazing characters and stories. I intend
to do so by finishing the Bachelor Programme at TAW and then move onto a small
studio, where I will learn the ins and outs of the business. Then I hope to
move onto a big company (Disney possibly) for a few years, during which I will
be sponging as much knowledge and skill as I possibly can from my co-workers.
After that I hope to move back to a smaller studio where I can really be
hands-on with as much as I can and employ my skills.
If possible I might try to establish my
own studio. I would really like to try my
hand at everything – 2D, 3D, Games,
everything I can get my hands on.I think I will always return to 2D animation, however.
I look forward to hearing from you!
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