Stop Motion Video I worked by myself on this project, what I found difficult was making each different frame the same part apart from the one before, also it was hard to change the photo just a little bit every time. I feel like this is pretty good for my first ever animation.
Clone Project Some problems I faced in this project were that whenever I took a new photo of myself I would move chairs in and out, which made it difficult to overlap the images because the background wasn't the same. This made it so I had to crop out and keep some parts of each chair from each layer to make them match. If I could change anything about this piece I would've not moved any of the chairs so it would be a whole lot easier to edit.
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Patterns My theme is sports, and I chose this as my theme because I wanted something simple but also something that most people like. MY favorite pattern is the one with the footballs and the basketballs, because the colors go well together and the pattern also looks more randomly spread out, especially with the different size on them. What I found difficult about this project was trying to outline my sketches on the computer, and making them perfect, and trying to make lines as straight as possible. In this project I would recommend to do easy patterns, but also make sure the the patterns go well together.
Squash and Stretch Flipbook This assignment was to create a flipbook with squash and stretch to show motion. Some pros were that it was fun to make this project and also that adding squash and stretch made it look very realistic. Some cons were that it was very hard to keep the same volume while moving and stretching the ball, if I were to do this again I would probably cut out a template.
State Fair Poster This project was to create a poster for the NC State Fair, and the theme was farm animals. The process I used creating this was; I wanted to keep the color scheme of the normal state fair logo, and make the whole poster that same color. I then copied and pasted some animals on photoshop and then painted on top of them to change to colors to match. I did the same thing was the barn as well. Some pros were coloring in the animals because it was really fun and easy. A con was Trying to color in the barn, and changing so many colors, that part took a lot of time.
Creepy Image This is a photo of when I went to the beach last summer, and the goal of the project was to add an image to make the picture look creepy. What I did was found a spooky image on google and then pasted it onto a new layer, I then colored on top of it and changed to opacity to make it seem like it was apart of the original photo. I struggled on trying to make the opacity just right to try to make it seem as if the picture was apart of the photo. A pro of this project was that I had a perfect picture already that was perfect for this theme.
Label Project The project was to design a label for a product and make it your own. I decided to do Jiggle Juice. The process was first I had to create a logo for my product, then I make ingredients and other information to help fill up the label and make it look realistic. Some pros of this project was creating the logo, it was easy and fun to try to create my own design. Some cons were trying to think of words or images that could fill in some empty space.
New Animal Project The objective was to combine two different animals to essentially create a new one. I chose a giraffe and a cat, the process was to remove the giraffe's head and then to crop out the cat's head and replace it. Then I had to use the clone tool to help morph the two together. Some pros were trying to crop out each image, but a con was it was hard to make the cat's head and giraffe's body maintain the same color.
Product Add The process of this project was to make a commercial/billboard/poster or something in that sort to advertise our product. I went with something like a billboard of some sort. I went with a plain but effective type of advertising, eye appealing, little words, and gets the point across. A pro of this project was thinking of an idea because I already had one ready. A con was trying to evenly space all the words and the bottle; but it ended up being perfect.
Final Animation Project The assignment was to create an animation about anything and with anything you wanted. I chose the hardest way which was through photoshop. The process was to make one frame then duplicate it and change it up each time. Some pros about this project was working on the computer would save my work from day to day and has an undo button. But some cons of this project was that I did not have enough time; I had to shorten my project by so much just to finish in time, and also trying to keep the same volume of the basketball the whole time was very hard.