Week Eleven

Homework~

This week, we didn’t have any specific class assignments, as our focus was on progressing with our animations. Unfortunately, I feel like I made minimal progress, and it’s been a bit disheartening. I believe this might be due to the fact that I’ve been heavily focused on the animatic for the past few weeks, and as we near the finish line, I’m starting to experience burnout.

I tried to make the movements smoother and fix any areas that appeared off or too fast. While I believe some areas were successful, such as the moment when the mushroom’s arm is chopped off and everything that follows, I’m not satisfied with the scene where the cyclops is trying to grab the onions. I spent several days attempting to fix it, even isolating that particular section into another file to have more freedom with the frames. At one point, I think I lost the shape of the head, resulting in a strange jump between movements. This has made the scene quite challenging, and since I’ve already spent so much time on just the body’s movement without even touching the face, I’ve decided to leave it as it is for now and move on to other parts of the animation to ensure that another section doesn’t suffer.

Group Work~

As usual, we maintained our communication and collaboration throughout the week, exchanging advice and ideas. However, the primary focus for our group this week was preparing for the group presentation. We decided to make it a fun and lighthearted experience, using the opportunity to bond with the rest of the class. We created a funny PowerPoint presentation that was completely intended to make everyone laugh and keep them entertained as we shared our work. I had the chance to speak for three slides and thoroughly enjoyed sharing my perspective and experiences with everyone. It was a great opportunity to engage with my peers and contribute to the overall learning atmosphere, I also unexpectedly really enjoyed looking at everyone elses work as knowing what everyone’s progress was like and how it compared to my own served to ease my worries and motivate me to continue the work up until the deadline.

Week Ten

In Class~

In class, we learned various techniques to refine and tidy up lines. However, I opted to use a stabilizer with my usual textured brush because I have a strong preference for weighted lines and a slightly messy final look. Although the idea of using bezier curves was intriguing, I felt that it wouldn’t align with the aesthetic I wanted, and I would have been dissatisfied with the outcome if I had pursued that approach.

To balance out the textured and somewhat messy appearance of the linework, I made the decision to opt for a clean, cell-shaded coloring technique. I believed this would enhance the shape of the floursack and give it a polished, completed look while still capturing the essence of my own artistic style.

Homework~

For homework, I applied the skills I learned in class to clean up the lines in the animatic. The process took longer than expected, so I couldn’t accomplish as much as I had planned. However, considering the level of detail in my animatic, simply refining the lines brought it very close to the final animation.

I received some feedback on my animatic, which prompted me to make several changes. I removed the full walk cycle of the mushroom man and replaced it with a close-up shot to still convey the movement. Additionally, I added a subtle bounce to the mushroom’s mustache, which I believe added a lot of appeal to the character. As I continued working on the animation I made small adjustments to the timing and spacing.

In group~

This week we were primarily focus on our individual work however we still kept a constant line of communication on discord and asked eachother for feedback throughout the week to ensure we were on the right track.