Writing My Name

     This week in animation we attained new skills to create the appearance of words being written.  For our project we used our own names.  We first made a frame spelling our names using the type tool, then creating new layers fro every frame.

      The eraser tool contributed to the illusion of the words being written, instead of starting to erase your font from the beginning, we started right to left, at the end. We had to think of how the words would be written on paper and mock the same motions , only backwards.

       I enjoyed this project because i feel this is simple, but important skill used in animation, that could very easily be modified and used for other projects.  It is an easily overlooked rule, but not necessarily a hard one to follow.  I feel positive of the out come of my name, and i will continue to do word projects like this in photoshop.

Noah's (Animation) Arc

      Since the last animation project, I have learned many new things in the world of squash and stretch.
This week was yet another bouncing ball activity, only in this project we demonstrated the importance of arcs.

          The theory behind arcs is that exist everywhere, even if it's unknown to most. actions by living things and everyday objects show motion is arcs, if an animation does not it looks much more robotic and t make cause the shape to shrink.

       Instead of the ball going straight down, like in the previous animation, it travels in the arc shape, also using animation skills such as squash and stretch, fade in fade out, and anticipation.

     I feel as though my animation went fine, it was the first time I used the brush tool in the frame animation, so before i realized i had a paint blotch with every frame, i didn't know how to fix it.

But i also learned how to change the background to add color, texture, and opacity.



Because my first attempt left me somewhat unsatisfied, i used my extra time  in class to make another one.


http://www.arcproductions.com/