{"id":43,"date":"2021-08-25T23:55:38","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T23:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2022-05-16T21:02:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T21:02:22","slug":"narrative-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/narrative-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Narrative 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The visual narrative unit has probably been my favorite unit in Freestyle so far. In this unit, we were given the freedom to write and create whatever we wished to. I learned how to work with shorter forms of writing stories, like flash fiction or animation, which I both greatly enjoyed, and greatly value the lessons learned.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The assignment in English was to write a short story from 500 to 1000 words. I love writing &#8211; am writing stories constantly, actually &#8211; so it was challenging to try and limit myself to the 1000 words. For this project, I decided to use the character I had created for the Puppet Animation project I had in my elective class, as I wanted to expand more on her character. At first, I tried to go for a slightly more complicated story, that would be told like a legend or folktale, but as I began writing I realized that the story would be too complicated for too short a word count, so I changed gears and made the story more simple. I do like how it turned out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1215749584&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/freestyle-academy\" title=\"Freestyle Academy\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Freestyle Academy<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/freestyle-academy\/story-by-alicer-2022\" title=\"Story By AliceR (2022)\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Story By AliceR (2022)<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u9418\u306e\u97f3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">(Sound of Bell)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The temple was Oinari-sama\u2019s domain.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guarded by large torii gates, the trip up the stone path to the temple was one taken often by the villagers under her protection. With them, they brought offerings, coins, and wishes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They would line up, one by one, under her watchful gaze, at the center of the courtyard, where a single rope hung above a wooden box.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toss a coin into the box.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bow.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clap.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clap.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Make a wish<\/em>, she would beckon, silently, twirling her fingers through the ribbons of her braids &#8211; fox ears perked, ready to hear the thoughts\u2014the prayers\u2014of those whom she was duty-bound to protect.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Good harvest<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><\/em><em>That my infant lives to see the next year.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><\/em><em>For protection<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After wishing, the villagers would look at the rope in front of them, longingly, wanting to finish the ritual. At this, she would narrow her eyes, the villagers feeling the chills down their spines &#8211; before they would quickly bow in reverence and move away from the box, so the next person could make their wish.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She would not allow them to ring the bell.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After all of the villagers had given their wishes, they left, leaving her sitting alone on the top of the torii gate watching their fading backs. As she leapt from the top, turning back towards the temple so that she may rest for the evening, she heard a cry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Snapping her head to the left, the goddess (or so she claimed) made her way towards the sound &#8211; and there, hidden between the kujibiki and omamori stands was a child, curled into a little ball. Underneath their mop of black hair there were tears streaming down their face, and they let out harsh screams that caused her ears to twitch above her head.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Children could see her, sometimes, if she chose to allow it &#8211; so she crouched down, extending her hand, hoping that the child would notice her presence &#8211; yet the child was unresponsive. She breathed in, preparing to speak (forgetting that she was unable to) &#8211; and at this, the child raised its head ever so slightly &#8211; allowing her to see the child\u2019s eyes &#8211; the child\u2019s eyes that were white in the middle, that had no pupil.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI-is someone there?\u201d the child asked. They raised their hand forward, trying to reach for whoever it was that they couldn\u2019t see.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>They\u2019re blind<\/em>. She thought, before crouching down and taking the child\u2019s hand in her own. She cursed herself for her muteness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAre\u2026 are you one of the villagers?\u201d the child asked &#8211; and at this, she traced the word <em>no<\/em> onto their hand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAre\u2026 are you Oinari-sama?\u201d they blinked owlishly &#8211; she traced a small <em>maybe<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The child didn\u2019t seem to know what to do with that answer. \u201cWhy are the villagers gone? My <em>okka-chan<\/em> always told me that when we go to make wishes, we all go home after the last bells have been rung &#8211; but the bells haven\u2019t rung yet &#8211; and the wishing bell didn\u2019t ring a single time, so\u2026\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She looked at the child, seeing the flickers of fear and worry in their eyes. If she rang the bells for the child, would the child go home? Or did they need the rest of the villagers with them to guide their way? Would the villagers return to the temple if she rang the bells?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ringing of the bells was part of the rituals, sure, but they weren\u2019t necessary, were they? She had done them all a favor, after all, making it so that they would not have to hear the deafening, ear-grating sounds of all those bells &#8211; the sound that was similar to the ones that used to jingle on her ear and necklace, the ones that used to sit at the edge of her Oinari-sama\u2019s kimono, the ones that used to &#8211;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOinari-sama?\u201d the child asked &#8211; as the one in front of them had not reacted in any way for the past few moments. \u201cUm\u2026 could\u2026 Could you take me home? My okka-chan will start to worry for me soon.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She would take them home, if she could &#8211; but it was starting to become night. On her own, she would have no hesitance, yet bringing a child with her down the mountain path would be a different story &#8211; she would not want to risk an ayakashi attack when there was a child with her. If it had been all the villagers together, she would have no worries, but she was unsure of what she could do on her own.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What to do now? The child could stay at the temple during the night, but as they had said, their mother would worry &#8211; and she could not have that.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The child solved that issue for her. \u201cOinari-sama?\u201d they called. \u201cIf\u2026 if you can\u2019t take me home, could you maybe ring the bell, to call the villagers? That way they\u2019ll come back to get me.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So she had to, then. The child startled as she raised them into her arms, before walking over to the box and the bell at the center of the temple courtyard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>You ring it<\/em>, she mouthed into the child\u2019s head when they stopped in front of it. The child, blessedly, understood &#8211; and brought their hands forward, grasping onto the rope &#8211; giving it a swift tug that caused the bell to ring loudly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She had prepared herself to flinch at the sound of the bell &#8211; but it was a soft sound, a good sound &#8211; and she found, for some reason, that she didn\u2019t mind as the bell continued to echo throughout the temple, down the stone pathway and into the ears of the villagers, who were now rushing back up the mountain.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Oh.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt sounds so pretty!!\u201d the child in her arms said, turning towards her with a smile on their face.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Yes,<\/em> she mouthed onto their forehead. <em>I suppose it is.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Rennie_Alice-Short-Story-Album-Art.png\" alt=\"The album cover for the short story - the silhouette of Nai, the main character, and the little child can be seen in front of a bell. \" class=\"wp-image-301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Rennie_Alice-Short-Story-Album-Art.png 1000w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Rennie_Alice-Short-Story-Album-Art-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Rennie_Alice-Short-Story-Album-Art-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Rennie_Alice-Short-Story-Album-Art-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Short Story Album Cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Illustrations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the illustration project, we were required to use Adobe Illustrator in order to create a design or image that we would later turn into a physical object. For this project, I wanted to continue the theme of mystical creature &#8211; the main character in my short story, Nai, is a Japan-inspired mythical fox. I wanted to continue the theme, so I decided to make a new character. I was torn between a dragon-inspired character or a phoenix-inspired character, but eventually I chose to go with a phoenix, as I wanted to draw a winged character. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At first I considered making stickers, but I decided that I would rather have something I could put on my desk, or shelf, as a decoration, so I chose to go with an acrylic stand instead. The concept I was trying to go for was &#8220;breaking out of the picture&#8221; &#8211; which is why the trees and wings in the images go over and out of the lines of the square of the image. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220322_162825-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of the acrylic stand - on the stand is an image of a winged character holding a flame, standing in front of the ocean and Mount Fuji. \" class=\"wp-image-283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220322_162825-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220322_162825-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220322_162825-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220322_162825-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220322_162825-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Acrylic Stand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-23-11.58.13-AM.png\" alt=\"The digital PNG of the previous acrlic stand. \" class=\"wp-image-284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-23-11.58.13-AM.png 771w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-23-11.58.13-AM-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-2022-03-23-11.58.13-AM-768x554.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 85vw, 771px\" \/><figcaption>Digital PNG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Music<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To practice using premier pro, and to have a little fun, we made a parody of a song. At the time, I had just recently watched a couple of J-Dramas, something that I both love and hate in equal measure &#8211; so I thought it would be funny if I made my parody a rant expressing my displeasure. The song that I chose to parody was the original Pokemon theme song. I would provide lyrics, but this rant was a rather spur-of-the-moment thing; I had guidelines, but no set script as to what I wanted to say. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Parody-by-AliceR.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>J-Dramas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Parody-Screenshot-by-AliceR-1024x576.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of the protools interface where I was making the song. \" class=\"wp-image-300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Parody-Screenshot-by-AliceR-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Parody-Screenshot-by-AliceR-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Parody-Screenshot-by-AliceR-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Parody-Screenshot-by-AliceR-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Parody-Screenshot-by-AliceR-2048x1152.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Behind the Scenes!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Animation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the animation unit, we used skills that we learned from the previous unit and applied them here to make our projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Walk Cycle Composition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this project, the point was to practice making a walk-cycle animation. We were expected to make both a digital walk cycle animation, as well as a physical\/puppet-based walk cycle animation. The character I made for this project was inspired by the Japanese Oinarisama, a deity who&#8217;s divine messenger is the fox. The character&#8217;s name is Nai, and I ended up reusing her later not only for this project but for the short narrative assignment in English as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"784\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Rennie_Alice-Puppet_Character_Bio-784x1024.png\" alt=\"Character Bio of Nai. \nThe text reads: &quot;Nai is a fox spirit- previously, she was a messenger for the Inari God, or Oinari-sama - but in an age where the gods no longer interact with the mortal world, she has taken on both the name and role of her god - protecting rice harvests, as wella s acting as the patron for the prosperity of farmers and emrchants, and those that work with food.&quot; \" class=\"wp-image-288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Rennie_Alice-Puppet_Character_Bio-784x1024.png 784w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Rennie_Alice-Puppet_Character_Bio-230x300.png 230w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Rennie_Alice-Puppet_Character_Bio-768x1003.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Rennie_Alice-Puppet_Character_Bio-1177x1536.png 1177w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Rennie_Alice-Puppet_Character_Bio-1569x2048.png 1569w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 85vw, 784px\" \/><figcaption>Nai&#8217;s Character Bio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this project, we started with the puppet animation. We used wires to make the armature, and a combination of clay, cloth, and other objects to fill in the shapes and add the details of the puppet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20211105_143901-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Work in progress photo of the puppet - the wires can still be seen, and it looks more like a skeleton than anything else. \" class=\"wp-image-291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20211105_143901-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20211105_143901-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20211105_143901-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20211105_143901-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20211105_143901-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Work in Progress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20211112_141314_1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of the finished puppet. She has two fox ears at the top of her head, with a bead meant to be a bell hanging from the left one. Her hair is white and goes all the way to her feet, and it's braided by the sides of her face. \" class=\"wp-image-292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20211112_141314_1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20211112_141314_1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20211112_141314_1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20211112_141314_1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20211112_141314_1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 85vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Finished Puppet!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then came the time to make the actual animation. Using the puppet and Dragonframe, I took a stop-motion animation of Nai taking two steps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"21 22 p2 Puppet Walk Cycle AliceR\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7l7TZ0Q4NtI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Puppet Walk Cycle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next, we had to work on the digital animation. We had multiple options as to how we could animate &#8211; this time, instead of using the frame-by-frame animation that I did for the phenakistoscope project, I instead used a video layer to make the animation. From this experience I learned that walk cycles take a ridiculously long time to animate &#8211; but I opted in to animating one again later for another project, so I&#8217;m not quite sure if I really learned the lesson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"21 22 p2 Digital Walk Cycle AliceR\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KXv6nDLZoWw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Digital Walk Cycle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afterwards, for the final composition, we had to put the two animations together. I chose to make the background of the final composition a Japanese temple, as Nai was inspired by Oinari-sama&#8217;s messenger animal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"21 22 p2 Walk Cycle Composition AliceR\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xopKvTC7vYw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Finished Composition!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Lip Sync Project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lip sync project in animation was one where we practiced making the mouth movements match an audio of our choice. For fun, I thought I would use the audio from the anime &#8220;Jujutsu-kaisen&#8221;. For the characters I decided to use two of my old original characters that I don&#8217;t use that often anymore &#8211; I thought it would be nice to breathe some life back into the characters by using them in this project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"21 22 p2 Lip Sync AliceR\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FQTzKte9Lko?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>&#8220;I Don&#8217;t Really Have A Type&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Visual Narrative Animation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was the final project of the Narrative unit, and it was also my favorite. For this project, we split into groups of four, and in that group of four we got to animate a story &#8211; the contents of which could be whatever we wanted. As a group, we decided to make a story about a witch trying to summon herself a girlfriend for Valentine&#8217;s day, and each day before the actual date that she tries summoning she fails in some way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This project took much longer than we initially anticipated, and ended up being longer (a whole 3 minutes) that expected, but I&#8217;m very happy with how it turned out!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day I animated was the first day of the five, and day five we all worked on together, so I contributed there as well. I mentioned earlier that there was a second project in which I chose to animate a walk cycle. It was this project. It took a very long to animate, (took me the longest to animate, actually, out of everything I made), and it only shows up for about three seconds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If I were to do this again, I would do my best to not overestimate my abilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"21 22 p2 JR Narrative 2D Animation CamillaR, LindseyP, AliceR, LucyG\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k3c1BAtPJW8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Bewitched<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-8.09.28-PM-1024x546.png\" alt=\"A screenshot of the photoshop file where I animated the witch being disappointed with the summoned fish. \" class=\"wp-image-306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-8.09.28-PM-1024x546.png 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-8.09.28-PM-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-8.09.28-PM-768x409.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-8.09.28-PM-1536x819.png 1536w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-8.09.28-PM.png 1919w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Behind The Scenes!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"822\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Alice_Credits-822x1024.png\" alt=\"A drawing of the witch in the animation, holding a broom and watching a magical fish fly around her. \" class=\"wp-image-305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Alice_Credits-822x1024.png 822w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Alice_Credits-241x300.png 241w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Alice_Credits-768x957.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Alice_Credits-1232x1536.png 1232w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Alice_Credits-1643x2048.png 1643w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 822px) 85vw, 822px\" \/><figcaption>My Credits Image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-8.04.11-PM-1024x700.png\" alt=\"A Screenshot showing the files on a mac folder - there's a ton of them, just for this one project. \" class=\"wp-image-304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-8.04.11-PM-1024x700.png 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-8.04.11-PM-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-8.04.11-PM-768x525.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-8.04.11-PM-1536x1050.png 1536w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~AliceR\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-23-at-8.04.11-PM-2048x1400.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>The Ridiculous Number of Files<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction The visual narrative unit has probably been my favorite unit in Freestyle so far. In this unit, we were given the freedom to write and create whatever we wished to. 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