End of Year Animation Blog
This year in e-Communication I was in the animation and
graphic design strands. Specifically though in animation I learned many things
such as learning how to use new tools in After effects and learning how to use
Maya for the first time! I gained these skills over the year by being taught
and actually going into the programs multiple times and actually making
projects. The 2-D story animation in After effects we did consisted of us
making a character and making him a setting, plot, background, and more. In
Maya we would make a 3-D model of things like ice cream or even a hammer!
These skills I learned this year in animation are important
as I go into my junior year of e-Comm and continue to improve my skills in both
programs. I have strengths and weaknesses in both programs and they are almost
the same for both. My strength is that I know how to make and finish the
project I am currently working on, but then I won’t be able to make it look
nice and neat unlike how others would be able to. For example, I would attempt
to draw a fish and it would look like a circle and a triangle eating other
circles when it should be a fish eating fish food. This, of course, would only
be a problem in After effects and not in Maya since in Maya you don’t scan your
projects into your computer. Yet, I still have improved from circles to ovals
so I am making progress.
With what I have learned this year I may be headed into
graphic design but could still apply my abilities there. For example, in
graphic design I could make something and it look really nice but want to make
a gif out of it. I could then take my animation skills and make a gif.
Throughout my time in animation I would not have changed anything that was
taught or shown in the class.
Overall I would have had a wonderful time here in animation
this year. I have learned and gained skills for using After effects and Maya,
and learning how to make many different objects and making short films.
