End of Year Final

This year I was able to grow as an animator and develop more skills with new equipment available to me. I received a tablet, and was taught how to use the light box. My projects this year consisted of a kinetic typography, a stop motion animation, a character animation, and a small story animation. 

Typography

You can read the blog about my typography here.
I decided to do a kinetic typography at the beginning of the year because in my mind it was relatively simple, they weren't common, and I loved the idea of it. I was wrong about the simple part. I believe we did our first typography freshmen year, and I posted mine here. You can see my improvement from that one to my 7 Nation Army typography. One way I improved was keeping a constant style, and using one font that fits the style of the song. While I know I need improvement, I am extremely proud of this animation. I'm glad I started with this project this year, because it helped me get used to After Effects again.

Stop Motion

I do not have access to the stop motion animation.
My second project of the year was the stop motion animation, which I did with Hanna Brady, Hannah Fails, Jessica Love, and Maddison Redmond. We actually combined the stop motion with our own digital animations. We had to collaborate a lot on this project and put in a lot of extra time to be able to get a finished project worth sharing. I am happy with the outcome, and wish I had it to share.

Character Animation

You can watch my character animation here
During the pre-Emagine work time I had to come up with a project to enter, and I didn't want to enter my typography. I made a very short frame by frame character animation with my drawing tablet and Photoshop. This was done in a few days, and started with a basic character sketch that I wanted to play with. I didn't win anything, nor did I expect to with the amount & quality of the other entries.

Story Animation

At the time of this blog I am still working on the animation, but you can watch the storyboard here
This is my final animation for the class this year, which I probably overshot time wise. I should have managed time better, but I'm happy with what I have, and I think it will make good. I learned a lot with this animation, including how to jerry rig the hardware on your tablet to get it to work correctly, and why you should always have tape when you have a cracked tablet pen :)

Final Thoughts

I think the biggest thing I've learned this year is time management. It is very important.