{"id":423,"date":"2022-05-16T19:13:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T19:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~MatthewH\/?page_id=423"},"modified":"2022-05-25T18:27:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T18:27:05","slug":"showcase","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~MatthewH\/showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting To Know Me<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for stopping by my showcase! My name is Matthew Hoke and I am an animation student at Freestyle Academy. Over my years at freestyle, I have learned so much from animation to work ethic. I really value all the knowledge and experience Freestyle has given me, thank you freestyle. Outside of freestyle, I am a skateboard instructor, I teach kids how to skate at the local skate shop Skateworks. I also enjoy mountain biking and hiking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zenith Project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For my showcase, I chose to present my Zenith project. I chose to present my Zenith because I think it was my most creative project. Having the freedom of making any animation for this project really intrigued me, I wanted to produce a fight scene of some sort. My inspirations were &#8220;Baki&#8221; for the character designs. Baki is an overexaggerated &#8220;Hajime No Ippo&#8221; for the fighting style and boxing aspect of the animation. The show is an anime from the 80s that has an amazing animation style. I wanted to add a comedic aspect to it, so I made all of the sound effects myself. I was just having fun creating all of the sound effects and watching my animation back. <\/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=\"2022 Zenith Celebration MatthewH\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KMm09szWpOg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mandala<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A mandala is defined as &#8220;a geometric figure representing the universe in Hindu and Buddhist symbolism&#8221;, in simpler terms it is an art piece that is symmetrical in every segment. Mr. Flo challenged us to create a mandala in Adobe Illustrator that would be printed onto a wooden pizza cutting board. Instantly I knew I wanted to create something that had to do with the little Cesar&#8217;s man. I wanted to have him in the middle as the centerpiece. I picked him because I love little Cesar&#8217;s, it may be cheap, but that is exactly why I like it. I feel that there is something to be said about cheap food, it isn&#8217;t totally authentic, but they somehow make it taste delicious. And I am on a budget when I pay for food myself. I also added some small details from naruto, I added the hidden village signs close to the top. I also added one of the seven swords from the hidden mist village. I just liked the way it looked and the sword is very nostalgic for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~MatthewH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MatthewH-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-439\" width=\"1039\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~MatthewH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MatthewH-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~MatthewH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MatthewH-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~MatthewH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MatthewH-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~MatthewH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/MatthewH.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1039px) 100vw, 1039px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reflection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These projects were super fun, the zenith and the mandala project were my two favorite projects in all of the Freestyle. When Freestyle first started, I had no drawing experience at all. I was extremely worried about joining animation, everyone seemed so artistically talented and knew how to execute all the projects. I had no clue how to do anything, from drawing basic character models to basic 2D animation. I wanted to quit, I felt so out of place and discouraged. I talked to my mom about transferring into a different class and she laughed at me, she said &#8220;you&#8217;re really going to quit just because the other people in the class know what they&#8217;re doing, and you don&#8217;t&#8221;. This really reinspired me to try harder in animation and give it my all even if I wasn&#8217;t the best at it. I wanted to focus more on my ideas and wait for my drawing skills to come naturally. My drawing skill is still a work in progress, but there have been major improvements from the beginning of my junior year. Overall Freestyle Academy has been a once-in-a-lifetime experience and I am so glad I joined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1NBn-XWAO7dT_tjq8iXswxlAHCyNKYvXnLiGsqdKLLuY\/edit#slide=id.p\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1NBn-XWAO7dT_tjq8iXswxlAHCyNKYvXnLiGsqdKLLuY\/edit#slide=id.p<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting To Know Me Thank you for stopping by my showcase! My name is Matthew Hoke and I am an animation student at Freestyle Academy. Over my years at freestyle, I have learned so much from animation to work ethic. 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