TO MUCH PRESSURE (Blog # 48)

This week has been pretty normal, just lots of homework.

We've worked all week with our 11 second club projects and I extremely proud of mine. Lip syncing is so fun to!

I really want to learn how to do motion blurs in 2D Animation.

Something good?
Well, I have a full Tweek Tweak Cosplay that took me one day to put together. The quickest cosplay I have ever made.

Now for the bad, It's homework. I was pounded with homework this whole school week, it's ridiculous. UGH (Continues to complain)
But really, I had an anxiety attack because of my math test. I haven't had one of those in a while. Literally, I was scared, it was hard to breathe.
Like the title says, to much pressure...

Summing it Up:

If Our Programs Were Alive... (Video # 20)

I just found this pretty entertaining and I thought all of ya'll would enjoy it
Plus I died of laughter at "Sleep Tweening"

Here's a Video Anyways! (EXTRA)

So, I decided to put a video on here anyways so, guys. I know of (coughcoughJOEL'Scoughcough) thing with Shrek and I found this on my tumblr and literally died. Reminds me of our Maya problems, but worse.
So enjoy the Shrek-tastic humor

The Cheap Way Out (Blog # 47)

So, in many music video's and movies. The subject is thrust-ed into a black abyss for that moment and many, don't know an easy way to replicate that exact effect. So, here's a cheaper way of doing so.

Some Tips

. For a black drop behind your subject, simply use black material such as bed sheets, muslin or even fleece. Make sure to leave out any creases!

. Lighting is the main part of this as you need good lights and not some crappy lights. This is the fine line of making it crappy or professional. ( Recommended is 800 watt lighting)

. This, if done right is sure to make your video look much more professional.

O-PIN-ION

. I really like this effect, but it has to be done right and in the right situation and not just on random. You can't have your singer for example singing a song about sunshine's and lollipops and being a dark abyss for the lord Satan, can we?

. In my opinion, don't go to cheap. Going to cheap might hit you right back in the face and wil make it look really bad.

Please Answer

. Your opinion on this?

Getting Creative! (Blog # 46)

Studies have shown that being an artist or even just creative is much more interesting and complex then what we all thought!

Learn Da Stuff

. As we learned before, the two sides of the brain represents the mathematical side and the creative side but, there are speculations that with the creative side it's much more complicated. As the personality and quirks of the person coincide with this to actually make that person creative.

. Many creative people go out and seek the world for discovery of themselves and the world itself. The truths and beauty of the world is what they seek. Creative minds make time for themselves and they simply think. For them, for others and they burrow into the minds of others to understand them as well. \\

. Creativity breaks no boundaries. We ask the big questions and don't care if people see us staring at them. (People watching) We do what we need to do, to spread our minds to the vast endless pans of the Earth. Or to one another.

My Own Creative Mind

. All of these examples and facts of a creative person to me, is truth. I looked at myself and how I act and multitudes of them to reflect to myself and it makes me feel good to know that, well, I'm a creative person and I'm able to see the world a bit differently than others.

. Daydreaming is something I do way to much but that's how I figure some ideas out. Iv'e always daydreamed ever since I was younger.

Are You Creative?

. Do any of these examples parallel yourself?

Bill Nye the Party Guy (Blog # 45)

Yooooo, it's been another week and it's going by so fast. Damn.

So this week, we learned how to make title cards for your opening and closing and i can't wait to play with this. Also, Iv'e been animating for my 3D Short and figured out my "plot" for the 11 second club. So let's hope everything goes well!

I really want to learn how to animate a character going down stairs better.

What made me happy though, my character animations are actually coming out pretty well! (surprisingly)

But, yes there is a but. I wish that my character would blink and move her eyebrows but they don't work at all.

So, other than that, it was a pretty normal week.

Summing it Up:

LIP SYNCING (Video # 19)

So, with the 11 second club coming along. I bring thee a lip syncing video about the different mouth shapes that go into making a mouth moving.

it's pretty interesting and by some animators i like so, enjoy!