Reflection
For Steve’s animation Unit I was asked to create several moving animated images,
such as a bouncy ball, a cat and a robin that I called Colin. Overall, I
found this project very challenging and stressful.
What I found enjoyable was sketching out Colin on paper as I enjoy
drawing by hand. Colin is a type of bird who wants to stand out and be
different from the other birds. I decided to do this by not making him fly and
instead he wears big boots and wants to walk. I enjoyed creating this character
because it was fun. I think that animation gives me the freedom to be
creative and surreal.
Although I enjoyed creating this character on paper, once I had to
recreate it on Adobe Animate it was not an enjoyable process. I struggled to
use the 'bone tool' as this was difficult to use. I didn't completely
understand how to use the key frames properly and this is key to bringing
the character to life. As I found this difficult, this part of the
process was very frustrating.
I was not pleased with the end result because of the way it moved. For
example, the way it looks very stick like and is robotic when it
moves. I found when I was using the bone tool I found it hard to articulate the
joins and this lead to distortion and looked a bit strange. The one
positive is that the final animation looked like the initial hand
drawings.
If I would do this again I would need all the help I could get to create something
amazing, also I would need a lot more practice and patience. This has confirmed
that I am a perfectionist and the final piece of work did not resemble what I
had imagined and therefore I was disappointed with the end result.
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