Progress 9 FINAL

I am finally finished with my animation and I have to say that I have learned a lot.
Final touches include:
1 making the lizard walk
2 changing the direction of the each scene to match the other. For example: if the lizard walks from right to left in the first scene, then in the next scene, he would have to walk from left to right. This fills in the blank with reality of what really happens. That way the viewer isn't confused.
3 making the bird fly
4 making joey stumble over himself as he is "trying to walk"
5 making sure that joey and the bird are hopping together
6 adding fade in text to the close up of the bird as he is watching joey stumble over himself
7 adding the lizard's walking reflections in the scenes with close ups of joey's face
8 adding "The End" fade in with a close up of joey's face to end the animation
9 cutting the music in areas to fit certain spots of the animation
10 adding a title page that fades in on the background

Progress 8

Two saturdays ago, I completed my Animated taster in After Effects. That was my first time using the program and I must say that I found it way easier to use than Adobe Flash. This week I will be gathering constructive feedback from my peers so that I can improve on the animation as a whole. I will pose questions such as; How off is my timing? Are the background graphics too distracting from Joey the kangaroo? How should I make Joey stumble over himself to make him believable? Is there anyway I can improve on the bird flying or hoping? Also, I will be designing a title to put into the first frame so the audience understands what is happening. Lastly, I will be working on perfecting my storyboard and shotlist to make sure my story matches up with the actual animation.

Progress 6 & 7

Posted, are finished illustrations ready to be animated this weekend!
Unfortunately, I do not have an animated short ready to be critiqued by the class. Will be working on that this weekend as well.

Progress 5

This week I will be starting and finishing every illustration I will need for this project. This includes, every angle of Joey and every single background that I will need to for each slide. I will be taking my illustrations into After Effects this Saturday. Also, I will be figuring out slide transitioning.

Progress 4

I decided to make a few changes to storyboard.


Mood: Happy go-lucky and frustrating.
Tone: "didio"

***Genre: (Original) Muted watercolor background that will transition from day to night and the use of vector illustrations will give a modern look and feel to Joey the kangaroo.

(Change) I will be designing various simple, vector images for backgrounds with the use of muted tints, tones and shades. Also, I will be introducing a new character(a bird) at the end of the story that will be vectorized in brighter colors, similiar to Joey.

Theme: Joey Learns to Walk.
Style:Vector Illustrations
Audio: None

Progress 3

Inspiration Report/ Library Assignment

Mood: Happy go-lucky and frustrating.
Tone: Happy go-lucky and frustrating.
Genre: Muted watercolor Background that will transition from day to night and vector illustrations to give a modern look and feel to Joey the kangaroo.
Theme: Joey Learns to Walk.
Style: My inspiration is Sandra Clay
Audio: None

Art References:

http://animation-artist.com/Animation/AnimationSelectionPage1.html
http://animation-artist.com/FineArt/Landscapes/FM-LandscapeSelectionPage1.html

Kangaroo References:

http://www2.warnerbros.com/warnervideo/kangaroojackdvd/

Progress 2

Following up with last week, I was able to find at most, three students who were willing to help tutor me both in class and outside of class. Also, this weekend, I was able to download Adobe Creative Suit 4 with Flash included. Now, I have the opportunity to use the program outside of class to finish animatiions that were started in class.

Since I will be receiving tutoring and help outside of class, I have chose not to be with a partner for fear that I will hinder their individual performance in this class. This week, I will be working on my library assignment that involves me finding an animation artist that relates to the style I am going for within my own project and having an oral presentation ready to pitch to the class, allowing me to get positive feedback. Also, I will be refining my storyboard and shot list, making sure that everything flows nicely, is easy understood, the frames are not too long, and has an overall essence that draws viewers in without being too over the top or boring.

My story title is the same as last quarter: "Joey Learns to Walk"
This animation is about a baby kangaroo that is rescued from the wild due to a broken leg and brought to an animal hospital to heal. The roo is then returned to the wild and is given the name Joey at the animal hospital. He remembers seeing the humans walk and tries over and over again to learn how. Problem is solved when a random bird flies down from a tree and shows him how to hop.