Dreamweaver

Creating Our Own Web Page

    For half of our semester final in e9, we were asked to make our web page using adobe dream weaver. it's similar to my " about me page" because it features my bio as well as my elevator pitch.

At first, this project was difficult for me to do. it's always a little harder when there written instructions, especially with a new software.

but after a couple days, i was able to become more comfortable at connecting ti the e9 server and also the design and code aspects of dreamweaver.


file:///Volumes/e9/1st%20Hour/Lofquist%20hour%201/Honors%20Courtney/e9WebProjectQuarter2/yournamehome.html

My free time

beside working on class projects in e:Com, i take advantage of the programs avalible to me each morning. Most of the things i've made are short animations, using frame animation. i've become very comfortable with duplicating frames and layers to tie them into one moving picture.

In this animation I did a full face. I wanted to use the features of the face to show emotions so i can use this skill in the future. I used the same blinking process as i did below,but also used new muscles in the face. this animation used a lot of layers, this was helpful for the reason that the muscles that needed to stay the same would remain unchanged, and the moving parts could be realist.






This eye was one of the first animations i made on my own. i'm always drawing eyes everywhere, so decided that making an animation of one would be successful as well as represent myself .

i had to be cautious of what layers contained
what part of the eye.  after i was pleased with the formation of my eye, I added shading and other detail to make it more realistic.

 I wanted to do something with horses, but it was harder than expected. After making one layer of the horse, I realize I would have to make many more if I wanted it to appear running. to do my best in keeping the horse's shape in each layer, I would trace the torso and then draw a new neck, head, and legs. Many times I rearranged the order of the frames to get the look  I wanted. though I am happy with this animation, it is not yet finished, i like it too much to expirement on it's mane and tale, but i definately will in the future.

10 Words

This week we used video timeline animation instead of frame animation, using out "10 words" project. I enjoyed it because it really allowed each student to make it personal and a representation to their selves. we played with timeline animation by changing each word's opacity, position, and size, also when they entered or exited. We also posted the first animation to youtube.

Table and Chairs

       After seeming to master the basics of photoshop, Mr.Olson's class ventured into new landscape, the world of sketch up. important factors of this software include the shape tool, push pull, arch, and orbit. another that was helpful in this project was the "follow me" tool, it helped us personalize our table and chairs by creating the apearence of different designs cut into the wood.

this project took a little longer time than i would have hoped, i struggled making the lines for the follow me tool to trace, and also creating a design i liked. one thing that helped this precess of making the legs of the table and chairs was the component tool.

i like how my table and chairs turned out, it took some time, but the skills i've gathered from this project will help me in the future of sketch up.

doghouse

Who let the dogs out? More importantly who built the dogs a house? We did this week in sketch up. for this project we not only got more comfortable using the tools and controls of sketch up, but also using measurments of real scales to build our models. when making the shape or line,  we would type in the length required and sketch up would follow our commands.  I enjoyed this project because it was a quick build, but also gave room to personalize your own house. i know the skills gained in this process will lead up to the final project where we build our own house. the doghouse was a sucsess.

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/