Animation

When I created my animation, I didn't know what I was getting my self into. At first, I didn't know how to make my figures walk, stand up, sit down, or do anything. As I continued making my animation, I found the process becoming easier and easier the more experience I had with it. By the end, I knew how to make the legs look like they were walking or running by following basic motions as well as speeding up or slowing down according to the situation at hand. My inspiration for the animation all began when he started to run, because I put myself in his spot and got a lot of emotional encouragement out of that. I would picture myself starting a new life by bursting through some papers and not caring what my boss yelled at me. So that's what I decided to put in my animation.

However, I found that I am more of a "perfectionist" when it came to making the animation, meaning I spent a lot of time trying to make the little things more intricate. This proved to hurt my grade because, in order to turn my assignment in on time, I had to cut the story off short, and I was unable to add sound into the animation. Though if you look at my animatic, you can easily tell what I would've done with all the sounds and noises.

I came to learn that animation takes a lot of time no matter what topic you're doing or what object you're documenting. Now realizing just how long it takes to make a fluid animation, I've grown a large amount of respect for animated shows and movies such as Toy Story, anything Disney related, The Batman Series, Spongebob, Fairly Odd Parents, and plenty of other movies/shows. I've rewatched some of the animated Disney movies after this project, and seeing the fluidity in Cinderella.

 

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