This friday, our quarter project is due. We had three options to choose from this quarter. I chose to finish my idle animation because I didn't want to have to work with anybody else and it was already started and I could pick up where I left off. I thought that this would be the easiest project to complete but I ran into a few problems on the way.
The first problem I found was the moving paw. I realized that I had to make the paw come from behind the head and nose, overlap the nose, and go back behind the head. I thought I could make the head a clipping mask but I didn't remember how to do that so I traced over each frame with the pen tool. The second problem was the color. When I was making the lines, I was focused more on the animation than the colors I had to add. I figured I could just color the frames individually in a layer under the lines. This ended up being a time consuming and tedious process. Also, with the way I placed the layers, I had to carefully paint the brown colors in order for it to not noticeably cover the other lines under the layer. I had to do this for the tail and the moving paw. Another problem I had was with the time. I didn't know the time requirements for the project until Wednesday. This wasn't that big of a problem because I could just loop the animation 2 or 3 times. In conclusion:
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This Saturday, I went to the Durham Performing Art Center to see my first musical, Dear Evan Hansen. The musical centers around the main character, Evan Hansen, trying to comfort a grieving family whose son committed suicide by pretending that he was best friends with him. The story focuses on topics such as depression, loneliness, suicide, anxiety and social media. The musical uses a lot of color to set moods which is amazing.
In the musical, there is a lot of blue used. It's the main color shown on the promotional poster and it is also the color of the shirt Evan wears. The color is often associated with feelings of sadness. Most of the characters in the musical experience strong feelings of sadness either from dealing with their mental problems, feelings of loneliness, or not being able to be there for your family. During the show, some of lights changed color. Mainly during the musical numbers, though. But, throughout the show the color most used was blue. The first song it was used in was Waving through a Window in which Evan expresses how he often feels invisible and ignored at school. It used in Requiem where the Murphy's are expressing their grief and sadness over their loss. It seems the blue lighting often shows the character's sadness. Other lighting colors such as white, red and pink were used but rarely. The white lighting was used in You Will Be Found when Evan's speech becomes popular and he is finally known. The white was used to represent how he is now exposed. Red lightning was shown during Sincerely Me to show that the words that they were writing were impactful. The pink lighting was seen during Only Us to show the love between Evan and Zoe. In conclusion:
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AuthorI plan on learning the skills of Digital Design and Animation this year. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are solely those of the author and do not represent those of Durham School of the Arts or Durham Public Schools. Archives
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