Approach: Well it was the last week of my independent study and I know that i won't be able to finish the animation in time--but that's okay! I want to keep working on it as I see fit; and unfortunately I have found more and more errors in the seamless-ness of the animation that I am attempting to create. It's made a good amount of headache for me to go back and fix all these little errors, but every time I fix one I seem to find another. Oh well, such is the life of an animator! Choices Made: I think that for this next week and the following few weeks of the summer I'l be continuing to animate this piece for myself. I want to see it through, I think right now is a matter of fixing the small issues so that I can actually move forward. Some things I learned from working in loops:
Inspirational Sources: I really can't get enough of Ori Toor. His animation style and his tenacity to figure out how using a small piece of animation can become a larger entity is always intriguing. If I look here at this animation, I only see about 9-10 different loops, but layering them in a way with a slight offset in the timing of the animation makes it look almost like a living/breathing creature.
Next Steps: I will be continuing my work with the animation if I find more time during the summer to do so--it will probably become a weekend project depending on how it has been going to far. I am really pleased with the amount of progress that I have completed with it, and the information from the sources that I initially proposed have proven pretty useful in working towards sources for my thesis; even though the animation in this project doesn't necessarily pertain to my thesis-it was more an exercise in experimenting in loops. -Taylor Olsen Approach: This week I became that much closer to the section of the song that has lyrics in it. I know this isn't as far as I wanted to be at this point, but having lyrics can drive the animation as well, so this is good to have at this point too (seeing as I feel like I'm running out of 'shapes' to work with that don't take up too much of the screen). Choices Made: This week was just a good amount of working through Photoshop woes. I had some issues with layering within the program where I would duplicate or draw on the incorrect layer for a set amount of frames--I would then have to delete these frames and start over. Or, I would begin an animation of an object on the incorrect layer and finish the animation of another object on a layer that was 10 frames before; this makes everything line up incorrectly and breaks the visual flow of the objects. I would just tell myself 'keep going and fix it later', but having everything fall in line correctly beforehand is vital to the rest of the animation working. Inspirational Sources: Questions Raised:
Next Steps: Keep working on the animation and finish up the readings! I'm excited to continue working on this knowing that I won't have a time-crunch on when it is complete. I consider it a test for my technical skills as an animator and an artist too; I learned a great deal about loops and considering all the different ways that we can visually manifest new forms that are either recognizable, entertaining to look at, or just there for motion. -Taylor Olsen Approach: This week I unfortunately became ill and had to make a trip to the hospital. So, I spent most of the time recovering and doing readings for the week. Because of this, there's not much to say in terms of progress on the animation, but more the theoretical side of sound and animation information. Inspirational Sources: Though I didn't make progress in animation, I did find a number of inspirational videos that will help to elucidate more ideas out of my animations to come. Some are from are from past animators, and some are from present animators.
Next Steps:
This week I am still recovering from being ill, but will be vigilant in continuing to animate. From the progress I've made, I am not sure that I will have time to finish, but will have a rough outline of the animated shapes synchronized with the music.
*Animation still from the test composite for BBNG "Time Moves Slow"*
Approach:
This week for my animation I decided to test out putting together the introductory title sequence and compositing all the pieces of the animation into a whole piece. The resulting animation in my opinion is very nice to look at. It's mesmerizing and makes me very pleased to see how this will eventually become larger than it already has become. Choices Made: I believe there are 8 separate pieces to this animation. Though they are not perfectly aligned in the center, I think having a small gap between the pieces makes it easier for the eye to discern what section belongs to what piece. I added a layer of white to the animation itself on top of the black to easily see what was happening to the shapes. Now, for the video itself, I am wondering if I should stick with a traditional 16:9 or 16:10 aspect ratio, or just do a 1:1? The frame itself of the animation is a large circle, so this might make more sense in the end. LINK // BBNG - TestingAnimation Inspirational Sources:
Even though this is a 3D animation, I appreciate the amount of work that went into the timing of the assets, the background composites of the clouds, and the nice typography that accompanied the animation. The color scheme was also well chosen, giving a good amount of contrast for the shapes to stand out from one another.
Next Steps: I'm feeling pretty good about my progress this week, I have a feeling it will take me past these 8 weeks to complete this animation, but that makes me more excited to keep working on it! I'll also be continuing my proposed readings and notating them as necessary--most of the them seem to be helping so far. -Taylor Olsen Approach: For the week I continued to animate. There's not a whole lot to say in terms of textual-context, but the animation itself is coming along. There is a number of different avenues I can go down in terms of the number of forms to work with on the screen -- though this does cause some headaches with trying to keep track of all the different objects. I've also been notating my readings and I will be using them for later thesis writing. I mainly just want to get the gist of the information out of the sources and find more resources that might be even more helpful than some of my more outdated sources. Choices Made: I know that last week I mentioned I would be working with purely non-objective forms, but I decided to add in more solid forms that make sense to the audience. Mainly, it's just foliage right now as I am not sure what other forms should be involved (perhaps I should take a look at the lyrics of the song), but I am really enjoying the variety of movements, shapes, and explorations from this process. I will be uploading an in-progress video soon, but for now I want to keep it as under-the-radar as possible. Inspirational Sources: I want to consider how color will play an effect on the animation. Though, based on the video below from Ori Toor and Animal Collective, the song is much more dynamic and seems like a necessity to show color rather than not. My animation is focusing more on the forms that are present rather than the color. It's also trying to incorporate the 12 principles as non-objective perceived motion. *Ori Toor - Animal Collective - "Lion in a Coma"* Next Steps:
Keep animating, keep reading, and keep going! I know this is only a single-credit independent study, but it feels like I've been doing about the same work of a 2-3 credit course. I might need to dial it back in order to feel like the amount of time I spend on this is appropriate. -Taylor |
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