Test Animation

This is my first attempt at creating an animation. I created 38 frames for the original animation but shortened it down a lot in editing. I think that the movement is smooth, however I feel that I should have added movement to the body rather than just focussing on the wings.

Turning the frames into a GIF also seemed to remove the fine detail of the drawing itself. When I come to animating my collaboration project, I'm sure I will be using proper animating software. This drawing was purely created as an experiment.

Visual Thinking: Starting Out

After receiving the brief for the new project today and the news about collaborations with other courses, I instantly felt inspired to do some sort of animation. I have already contacted my housemate since receiving the brief - who is an animation student - about potentially creating an animation together.

I have also thought about including one of my other housemates who is a student studying Graphic Design, and how we could possibly re-create a news article or something. I was thinking about doing an article related to Bournemouth, and having us both re-create it in a more exciting way utilising both of our disciplines.

Tomorrow I have my first workshop of the new unit!