Bee Story Animation


Project Overview

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.

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