Module Evaluation - Visual Language

This module was incredibly difficult for me in terms of general time management and the quality of work I produced. I really think I should have worked harder on this module in general, but i put other modules over this one in terms of priority. I managed to get done with all of the physical work before this module ended, but I didn't get done with my blogging. Im not sure i'll even be able to get this 500 word evaluation done because i need to turn it in in 10 minutes. Ive been procrastinating this module and the work just kept piling up and it made me want to get done with it even less. I wish I had worked more on this module not only because of grades but because I genuinely want to get better at drawing by hand. I'm going to be drawing more and more often now because I feel as though I didn't get done with the amount of work I should have, and I want to fix that. Hopfully I wont recieve too terrible a grade for the end of this module.

Development of Turnaround Object

I had not originally heard the brief and the tips the teacher gave me on making my turnaround animation, so when I decided to make mine i cleared off my bed, shined a directional light on a stuffed animal I had and began to draw it from scratch. The series of drawings I made were contour line drawings so there was no shading value to them. I had difficulty making the series of images congruent in terms of sizing in the head. The doll itself fell over several times so I had to reset it to where I thought it was before it fell, which might have been the cause of the head sizing issue. Overall though I think this was pretty successful as a first attempt. I hope i'll be able to retry this project on my own time once again to see if i've improved.

Maya Tutorial - Working in 3-D

On the 9th of February the Instructor gave us an induction into Maya. Our assignment was to make a very simplified Truck in a 3d space, then texture and render it.
We needed to render the trailer, cabin, chassis, wheel bars, and finally the wheels.
He showed us how to translate and expand faces, vertices, and edges of our meshes to create the shapes we need. he also taught us the bevel tool to create rounded edges out of flat faces.
After, he showed us how to do this he showed us how to add textures to the meshes we created, along with adding in a skybox. He told us to mess around with different textures to get a feel for the program.



After that he assigned us a project to create and render a shape of our choosing. I decided to use my baymax bracelet and create it within a 3-D space. I used the skills he taught us and made a rough rendition of what it looks like.

Overall the class was very informative, especially since I want to start doing 3-D animation. I hope to be able to use this program in a more in depth way in the future.

Sound Animation 3 - 自主制作アニメ/TANABOTA

This is a student animation made in the Kobe Design University. I find this animation interesting because it uses an english speaking song in a Japanese Animation. Its an animation about a young cook who makes baked goods for people supposedly on Valentines Day, which is reversed in Japan. Whereas boys would usually give chocolates to their girl crushes or girlfriends on Valentines Day,  girls would give chocolates to boys crushes or boyfriends. Back to the point, the cook gives out chocolates to girls all day and sees them get together with various boys. At the end of the day while he's heading home, a girl who has been following him all day offers chocolates to him and he picks her up and twirls her around. Its a fairly short animation, but its interesting to see how the song goes along with it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvBprH7PGc8

Sound Animation 2 - 自主制作アニメ 「 May 」

I chose this animation for various reasons. While it doesn't completely focus on the sound for the animation, it shows how to create sound design so good that it completely melds into the animation. It complements it instead of directing the way it should go. It manages to include all of the small sounds we hear without giving it an overpowering feeling. The jingle of the door as she enters the cafe, the small talk going on in the background when she's daydreaming, even the music style complements the animation. It manages to give a sense of reality to the animation, which is really nice to see.

Sound Animation 1 - Out of Sight

Out of sight is a short animation made by  Yu Ting Ya, Ya Hsuan Yeh, and Chung Ling. It opens with a small girl whos purse is suddenly stolen. The dog she has runs off after the man who stole it from her, and she goes after him. When she gets to a fence she runs into it, then sprawls her hands onto the fence looking for a way to get past. She finds a hole and climbs under it into a black surrounding. After a while you realize that the girl is blind and using sounds and smells to direct her around. As she goes along she starts to rough out a surrealistic world around her. This animation is really cool because it heavily relies on sound to create the world around it.

Environment Animation 3 - 自主制作アニメ 「星の下、少年の日」

This is a short animation most likely made by a student as a project for college. Even though this may be, this animation shows a really interesting variation of environments. The opening sequence is a series of backgrounds to show movement by train. Later on it travels into rural areas, and shows a rural japanese home along with a beautiful night sky scene. This animation shows how rural areas and settings can give a romantic feeling. This is the type of backgrounds that I would like to emulate in some ways in my animations. Not all the time, but it is a really nice style of animation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPObGuEwGzY