zenith is basically the sinior project of freestyle. since my elective class is animation my zenith had to explore an aspect of animation. i really wanted to work on transitions, changing character and changing scenes in different ways. while covid-19 made it impossible to do exactly what i wanted I was able to make a start to a story ideaIve had for a while.
I chose my zenith to be an animation based on a comic ive been workin on.
While i wasnt able to tell the full story i wanted to tell or add any sound effects due to time constraints and the added stress from the lockdown, I was able to animate the beguining of the story.
Im resurch was mostly on transitions in animations, which i used to help convey emotion and tryed to use on the wingd of one of the characters to allow shot compasisiton to look a little nicer.
While i didnt collabarate with anyone on this project that goes to freestyle, i learned a lot about how long animation that looks nice takes. If i couold redo this project i would probably just plan less out and spend more time to perfect the 2nd scene rather than trying to animate 6 scenes.
I improved the most on my use of technology, even with 2d animation on the decline, a lot of aspects of 2d carry on to 3d, such as the principles of animation.
I think ill use planning skills more in the future since i really need to work on that.
I think i elevated my skill by makeing a nicer looking animation than i have in the past.
I defenetly think this is a project ill come back to in the future.