Animation Station Fall 2018

This project really opened a love for animation that I never thought I had. I discovered that I could use my Ipad Pro to create smooth, digital stop motion animations! This was the first time in so long that I genuinely enjoyed doing school work. This project helped me push my creative boundaries, which is something that I hadn't done in so long. I focused on appeal for this project. Appeal is the gradual feeling of getting to know and like a character. In this case, the appeal was on the clock, who kept getting more and more annoyed with getting hit that he eventually strikes back. Being able to illustrate this entire project off my own brain was so much fun for me, and seeing the final result after putting it through DragonFrame was so rewarding. I think this might become one of my favorite art forms. 

The first project assigned was a stop motion bouncing ball project. We used a software called DragonFrame, which i really loved. It was a very simple stop motion program that worked very well with the stop motion room that UT offers. I think this was a great opening project because it was great to put my foot in the door of the animation world and gave me a first glimpse as to how these animations are made. Going forward, I would have rather really taken my time and paid attention to details like the bounce of the diving board and the splash in the water. For my first project, though, I was really happy with the outcome.