Jacob Kiester Art Blog

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Animation and Second Year Independent Project Requirements

***ALL WORK IS DUE APRIL 5TH FOR FIRST AND SECOND YEAR STUDENTS***

Instructions for submitting final projects:

Art Server > Computer Assisted Arts > Drop Box > State Show 2013 > (use your name in file)

Year 1 Students - 5 Second Animation with a Prop

***These are the next steps that you will need to complete in order to submit your final animation for a grade and to be displayed at the Wyoming State Art Symposium.

USE THE FOLLOWING AS A CHECKLIST

• Build a simple environment around your character (use prop models)

• Add Lighting

• Draft batch render

• Adjust

• Final Render

• Send to Final Cut Pro

• Add free sounds and music

http://www.freesound.org/ (Ask me for login info)

http://soundbible.com/

http://www.royaltyfreeheaven.com/

• Create title screen and credits

• Final Animation Export

• Send final projects to State Show Drop Box on the server. (see instructions above.

Year 2 Students - Independent Project

***Continue on with your independent assignment and be prepared to submit all of your work by April 5th.

• Send final projects to State Show Drop Box on the server. (see instructions above.

Rory

http://rorybartblog.blogspot.com/

URL for blog

http://phillartblog.blogspot.com/

Kara's Bolg

http://kararobersart.blogspot.com/

Mark Kinders Link

http://kinderartplace.blogspot.com/

Andreas DeGraeve URL

http://degraeveart.blogspot.com/

NickSanfordBlog

http://nicholossanford.blogspot.com/

http://marekprojectlog.blogspot.com/

Nathan Green URL

http://ngreenart.blogspot.com/

NCHS Alumni Blake Whitworth Kickstarter iOS Game

Gnarly Bones Booth Display Ideas

Another New Poster!

Limit Reactor, Overrated Overlord, Wrath Of Inhumanity, and the 10th studio album: Volume Ten.

Almost Done!!!

Yeah, I screwed up on the track list for "Hope Dies Last" & "Finish The Fight" with a few duplicates because I didn't remember what I put down for the first trilogy (Reckless Youth, Envoy Of Another Dimension, & Madness Within Reality). Anyway, here's what I've got and what I'm going to promote at the time. Like how I advertised my Mind Crush EP?! I think it's awesome! I mean, look at the text effect I used on my own! That's crazy! I like it a lot!

Shay's Independent Progress

So far in my process I have gotten my planning and sketches done and I have started to figure out how I am going to color my piece. One of the challenges that I have already encountered was getting the anatomy of the subject of my piece correct. It was difficult to first figure out a pose that would work. Then figure out how the to draw a human body anatomically correct in that pose. I still need to refine my sketch a bit to make it look less cartoon-like but I think I’m getting closer each time I work on my piece. Another challenge I have encountered was learning how make a skin texture correctly and how the skin would look in the lighting that will be in the piece. I think I’m a bit behind in my break down and at the rate I’m going I will have to rush the piece, but I am going to stop messing around in class from now on and focus on the piece. Also if it’s needed I will come in at lunches and after school to further progress on this piece to finish on time, completely finished and portraying the message I’m aiming for.

Reflection of my Independent Project (02-27)

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Reflection:

Challenges-

I suppose my biggest challenge has been how smooth the animations have been. For example, in the hand might ‘jump” out of its original place as well as the steering wheel has been displaced throughout the entire animation. I have worked on the steering wheel so that it doesn’t look too apparent that the wheel has jumped around (it’s more of a gradual movement down, not to the point that it’s noticeable though >.<). The wind shield wipers need some work to ‘smooth’ out, but I feel like I will be an easy fix. I also need to try to slow down the beginning because I feel like somethings are happening way too fast.

I’m nervous about the character looking to his side and seeing the alien, because I don’t know how to transition into new scenes, and I don’t want it to feel jumpy or forced.

I really do think I’ll get my animation done by the end of March. It’s been surprisingly easy and faster than I have thought. I want to spend a few days cleaning up and making the animation prettier, but I’ll save that for the end. Overall, I think that my independent project has been going well. I’m over half way through this project and I feel like it’ll be ready soon.

Independent Evaluation

            

 

            During this composite process I encountered a variety of challenges. The first of the difficulties I faced was actually taking the pictures. I thought that the HDR process would really bring out the surreal element in the photo right from the start since the HDR processed images tend to push the boundaries of photography and come out with a gritty effect. When I set up the photos I had a variety of pictures to take and realized I would need a self timer on the camera in order to get me in the frames which was difficult because I only had 10 seconds to get into position. Another issue with the HDR aspect was I had to stand perfectly still until all three exposures completed which lasted around 30 seconds or else I would get blur. Surprisingly, assembling the photos went quickly because the shots were lined up correctly on the first attempt. Another issue I faced was creating a floor that I was satisfied with. I went through about 4 trials on the floor and finally got what I was looking for from generating it in Maya and bringing it over to Photo Shop. It was also difficult to get the floor pieces to blend once in Photo Shop. Looking at my breakdown I feel that i'm on track because I have a full month to complete as many more of these as I can and they should go more quickly now that I have one out of the way.

20 Frame Poses

***DUE at the beginning of class February 4th and 5th: A minimum of 20 drawn frames of your animation. Think of the key poses ***

Bouncing Balls