Zenith
My Zenith Project
For my zenith, I wanted to make an original short 2D animation about a queer, cloud themed love story, which came with many challenges and victories. Being a first year senior, I had missed the first year of animation, during which students focused on learning 2D animation, and so before this project I had little to no experience with this medium. As a result, I could only utilize the skills I had learned from studying 3D animation, and I had to learn quickly on my feet for this project. Due to my lack of prior experience with this medium, I had to develop my technological literacy and self direction so that I’d create something I was satisfied with, and I expanded upon my creativity and visual literacy in the process.
Process Timeline
Overall, I had to adapt and work hard on many parts of this project, but it was well worth the satisfaction of seeing it finally completed. I know I put all my effort into it, and I hope the final product shows it. I’ve always wanted to see more LGBTQ representation in the media, and so I think contributing my own art with meaningful representation is definitely a step in the right direction. I hope that Freestyle students, present and future, will be able to enjoy and perhaps relate to my Zenith in their own way, and I’m glad I got the chance to put a part of myself into animation.