New Year!

So Im going to use the same blog for my second class of Dynamic Imaging. 

Today we talked about our  summers and what we were think of doing for our projects this semester. We also went over the syllabus so pretty much the same ol' first day thing. 

Our first assignment is to write a response to four questions:
1. How long and why do you make art
2. What are the sources of your ideas
3. What do you most want to develop during the class
4. What skills do you bring to the course  

outline

-Reel of 2d Animation using Toon Boom animate pro and After Effects

Showing character design, animation principles such as squash, stretch, ease in, ease out, arcs, timing, appeal, and follow through.

1.     Couch potato drooling          Animation Character Clip 1

2.     Ball bouncing in sand           Animation Squash Stretch Clip 2

3.     Frog jumping                        Animation Animal Movement Clip 3

4.     Stuffed animal walking and knocking over blocks              Animation Character Clip 4

5.     Dragonfly flying- creating depth                                   Animation Depth Clip 5

6.     Fish swimming in a bowl                                       Animation Animal Movement Clip 6

7.     Couch potato eating and watching tv                    Animation Character Clip 7

8.     Flower morphing into a girl who then punches symbols that use replacement animation as they race across the screen                                                Animation Morph Clip 8

33sec total 

to do

Weekend 14-
Field-Fix todays mov, field come alive, talk between jub and girl

-one page outline/concept using clips from past and current assignments, explaining the area of expertise you are highlighting (3D computer animation, 2D traditional, character design, cinematography, editing, etc.) Think of this assignment as a "paper edit" for the demo reel you would provide with an internship application. All of the clips called for in the paper edit must be properly formatted and labeled within a demo reel master folder.
Thursday
Throne-Conversations in throne room and edits from tuesday


Weekend 21-
Marriage- give wheat
Present Jub as savior
-Design Portfolio for Online and DVD distribution 
Thursday- finish marriage- jub appears maiden is casted out


Weekend 28-
voices, Edit fix and clean up change anything mentioned in critique 
put up artist lecture

demos

Aristides Gomez Ramírez's Portfolio- I  enjoyed how he presented his charater design. Not only did you get to see the character alone in a walk cycle but you also get to see them in their environment through a short scene.  But, it was a bit long and didnt seem to have a strong beginning middle and end.  I liked how he included a key (program used, title, date made) for each part.  He also included contact information in the demo.  
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Demo-Reel-2009/346811

Barbara Domuschieva's Portfolio- She gives character development, characters in action, a beginning middle and end, and gives contact information and a key for the parts of the reel. Her page has the reel, stills, a link to her portfolio, and links to other work. 
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Animation-Demo-Reel/1957119 

Fei Gao's - I really liked how she put her demo together it showed a range of work but still had a beginning, middle, and end. The music wasnt distracting and the reel wasnt too long. 
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Demo-Reel-2011/1348765

new maiden

all together

a little different story but basically the same

a girl  uses a creatures skill of bringing things back to life to become queen

but her lie unveiled and the creature gets the credit and she is banished from the kingdom

In a  kingdom whos crops are dying a king tries to find a way for prosper by asking the people of his land 

A maiden tells the king she can make the land prosper -she can bring it back to life

He says if she can shell be queen

In a field the girl makes a deal with a  creature she's captured to turn the crops from dead to alive (it bounces through the crops -connected to the maidens leash)

- shell promises to let him go once shes queen. 

 at the wedding the king wants to show the land how she made the kingdom prosper- this time in front of everyone- a dead rose

She says she can only do the kings crops- he brings in wheat as he turns her hands go in her pockets

with no way out she slips the creature in her hands and goes to put her hands on the wheat

as she does this the creature slips and dangles by the leash she has it on 

the king picks up the creature and by doing this the wheat is touched and brought back to life

the king sees the maiden for the fraud she is and banishes her from the kingdom

he then presents the creature to the kingdom as their savior