This independent project was an interesting one. I say that because of how experimental it was. Even though i've played around with animation before, (mostly stop-motion) I still haven't really committed to a big animation project. At first my Idea was to do a stop-motion animation with action figures. Even though It would be a big project, I have done it in the past so I figured it would be no big deal. I was in the planning process when I realized that I couldn’t do it, because of the logistics in bringing expensive equipment (cameras, lighting, computer, etc.) into school and leaving it in the same space everyday, as even the slightest bump from a student would mess up months of work. So, I was not really sure what to do when my art teacher Mr. Gray encouraged me to try 2D hand drawn animation.
So, I went into the project with little experience, and just tried it out. I wanted to do something simple, so I just decided on a stick figure parkour sequence, that way I would be just drawing tons of stickmen. Well this worked out well for the first 2 weeks, and I was on track. The problem was that I was focusing too much on making it perfect, and not finishing it. This led to a very smooth first 4 seconds of animation. About halfway through my time, I realized I was far behind schedule, and this only further fueled my artistic burnout. I cut the original plan for 20 seconds of animation in half, with my goal being to make 10 seconds, which would end at just around the first scene. I also went at it with a different mindset, and that is to finish the entire scene, and then go in after and do the in betweens, and make it more smooth. With about a week left of time, I managed to do the same amount of animation I had done in nearly 6 weeks. It is on my website, uploaded and done, for the marking and projects sake. Although, as it is only 9 or 10 seconds of animation, and Mr. Gray won’t be showing off my art on the school page for a few weeks, I have decided to continue animating onto it. For the record, it is handed in, although, because of how short and in my opinion mediocre it is, I will be working on it in my free time to hopefully show off a piece I am proud of. In the end, it was a great learning experience, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, once I got the hang of it. I think animation is my favorite medium now, and I will continue to improve in the future.
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AuthorTyler Vincent is a mainly visual artist that does character and story illustrations, as well as experiments with Landscape and portrait painting. Archives
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