Though I’m a bit behind on my final project, we are supposed to have finished animation now. Animation has been a very interesting unit. At times it has been frustrating (see my previous post for more information on that) and tedious. Still, I have enjoyed it. I always liked the finished product, and I mostly felt like all the hard work was worth it.
The first animation we did was the ball animation. In it, a ball simply bounced on the ground. Still, it took forever, as we animated it traditionally. What I mean by that is every frame was done individually. This process was extremely tedious, and took a long time. Still, I was very happy with the end result. I didn’t mind that my attempt at squash and stretch ended up making a ball that looked like jelly. The hard work I put into it made the result much more enjoyable than it would have been if it was easy to make. The second animation we did was a motion graphic. I enjoyed learning how to make motion graphics, but didn’t really put as much effort into it. It took no time compared to the ball animation. When I finished it, I didn’t feel as satisfied. This wasn’t only because it didn’t look particularly good, but it was also because I hadn’t put the same amount of time and effort as I did for the ball animation. The third animation was the infamous monster animation. I already addressed my frustrations with this in my last post. The animation was made in Adobe Animate. As I said before, I found the program to be very frustrating. There were a lot of ways in which I could make mistakes. It took a long time to finish, but when I did, I was pretty satisfied with the result. Though I’m not sure if I will pursue animation much further than I already have, I have learned a lot from it. One of the most important things I’ve learned is patience. I think that, after animation, I will appreciate projects that take less time more. In the end, I’m happy we spent this time working with animation.
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