Homework

Experimenting with shapes, gradient, symbol sprayer   Out of all of the pictures, I like the damask-like one the best. I tried to make a traditional damask print but it was hard to adjust the direction of the shapes. I like the gradient in the rainbow, but I dont think the last landscape picture is good.

Experimenting in Class

   
These were made while playing around in class. The eyes are my favorite, and so far out of many of the projects, are my favorite. The flowers were also made in class, it was cool learning how to copy whole objects while they have many small parts.

Illustrator: Minnie Mouse

I did not do a good job on this project. I wish I was able to make my layers work together, and was able to clean up my shapes.

Illustrator Landscape

This was our first picture using Illustrator. Since we needed to make a landscape i decided to make a beach scene. What I like most about this project is the palm tree leaves.

FINAL ANIMATION+ MUSIC

Although the music wasn't what i had anticipated, because i planned on using prerecorded classical music, i still liked the outcome.

If i was able to use classical music, i was going to make this my final animation

Animation Project

Stills from the project:

For my animation I decided to show the class about my life. I did this because originally, I was unsure of what to make my animation, and I thought my life would be the most entertaining for me to create.

I stared the animation with my family tree, and then after each member was added to the tree, a picture of them and I was added

Then after showing my high school life and friends in New Jersey, i made the transition to Florida.

This part of the animation was my favorite. This may be because I made it in the beginning, but i love how the plane comes in and the writing fades.

I also really like this part, mostly because when i was younger i always watched "The Suite Life of Zach and Cody". I thought this made sense to add because the girls pictured are my suitemates in Brevard Hall.

this still is taken from the beginning of my work, shown in the animation. I am a student assistant for our womens volleyball team here at Tampa, and believe this is important to show. I love my job, so this still is my co-workers, and then the animation goes into my work there, shots from games, along with winning the national championship in 2014.

Under my likes, i added swimming.

I added art to my animation because I really enjoy looking at, and going to art museums. I added Picasso's Guernica into the background, and then had Picasso's 'Girl Before a Mirror' walk along the background.

Then after 'Girl Before a Mirror' disappeared, I had 'Starry Night' go across the screen and take over.

At the end, I added a still from Looney Tunes, another show I used to watch as a child, and a highly recognizable picture.

Overall, I really liked this project and being able to decide to include whatever i would like. Though some parts are fast in the animation, i am proud of my work.

Review of "From Mattes to Green Screen"

For the time period Méliès was working in, I was surprised he was able to create the effects of removing and adding his head to multiple parts of the screen. What I would like to know is how he came up with the idea to block out certain parts of the film. When the speaker began talking about traveling mattes in the film Sunrise, I began to look around the figures which had their silhouettes outlined, and noticed the cropping was somewhat off around the individuals. Seeing how awkward the space is around the man's head, I know I will need to have precise cropping in my projects. In The Thief of Bagdad, I want to know if the slight color changing in the background was intentional, or just because of the filming technologies used. I do not believe modern day film makers are too reliant on green screens. With the green screen, things unimaginable are possible and these films attract a large audience.

Practice with Animation!

Overall, I dont like this animation, but it was my first try. I'm not sure why the white lines come up on the screen in the beginning...

I really love this animation. I think its really cool, and it involves one of my favorite prints, damask.