For the last couple weeks in animation I have been working on a story animation. First I had to make plot line and create a character for my story. I decided to make it about a bee who runs into the window of a flower shop while trying to get to the flowers inside. Next I had to create a storyboard to show how all my shots would go together. Then I had to create sketches of my character and scan them into the computer, the image to the side is my fist sketch of my bee once I scared it into the computer. Once I had the sketches into the computer I used photoshop to make them look cleaner and to add color. Next, I create most of the elements of the backgrounds in photoshop. I made the flowers in illustrator and moved into photoshop, there is an image of the flowers to the side. Last I animated everything in After Effects using my new knowledge of arks and timing, walk cycles, multilayer, compositions, and ease in/ease out for keyframes.
Reflection
During this projects I learned how to put multiple compositions together in in after effects. I also improved my knowledge of the After Effect program in general. During this project I learned a lot about time management. Specifically how much time it takes to animate a short animation and make it run smoothly. If I redid this project I would add a body in the background of all the shots of the bees face. Also I would make the glass of the window more obvious. However, I would keep the plot line and structure of the animation the same. I will draw on my improved After Effects skills and on my new knowledge about animation time for my future projects. This project has helped me learn a lot about time management and After Effects.
This post is a tutorial of how to write your name on a computer. If you follow the steps below you can write your name easily. The end result will be the close to the GIF to the right. 1. The first step is to open photoshop and create a 150 x 600 pixel document. Once you have done that, choose a font that you like and type your name. It can be any font, but types of cursive work better. 2. After you do step one, you have to rasterize the layer. Do this by right clicking on the layer and going to the Rasterize Type button. Next, you crop the page so that your name is in the center. After you do that copy the layer. Do this by pulling the layer down to the small button that looks like a piece of paper with the corner folded over. 3. After the layer is copied erase a small piece off the last letter. Do this as if you are writing your name backwards. Next you copy the layer and then erase more of the letter on that layer. Remember that you have to hid...
This is my first animation, a ball bouncing. It may not look like much, but there is one main component that you have to use. It is called squash and stretch. You make the ball elongate and get thiner to create the illusion of speed. When it hits the ground you make it squash to look like it hit something.
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