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mipeltajaYesterday I turned 21. Whopee. No parties this year, because I'm not into that whole "going out to drink" thing and my apartment can't accommodate more than three or four people at once. Not that I mind. My cousin and her dog visited me, though, which was cool.
Also, my animation classes are over. Okay, so there's still tomorrow, but we're just showing our animations, not actually working on anything anymore. The stop motion animation turned out alright, the drawn one... well, we only had little less than two weeks to learn a new program and make a whole animation with some kind of plot with it, so obviously no one's animations were going to be Disney level. Or even Cartoon Network level. I'm still kind of embarrassed by the corners I had to cut and some frankly crappy bits that I just didn't have time to do any better. I think I still stand a very good chance at getting top marks for the course, though.
Oh, yes, about the program we used for the drawn animations. It's called Toon Boom, and apparently a lot of professional animators use it (well, likely a more professional version, but still). I think Family Guy is animated using Toon Boom. In any case, a lot of tools that are unique to the program and a lot of amusing quirks that make working so much harder when you're only learning the program. I can see how it makes things easier once you know how to work it, though.
Anyway, I'll probably upload my animations to YouTube and post them at some point. If I can get over my embarrasment of not rivaling professionals.
Also, my animation classes are over. Okay, so there's still tomorrow, but we're just showing our animations, not actually working on anything anymore. The stop motion animation turned out alright, the drawn one... well, we only had little less than two weeks to learn a new program and make a whole animation with some kind of plot with it, so obviously no one's animations were going to be Disney level. Or even Cartoon Network level. I'm still kind of embarrassed by the corners I had to cut and some frankly crappy bits that I just didn't have time to do any better. I think I still stand a very good chance at getting top marks for the course, though.
Oh, yes, about the program we used for the drawn animations. It's called Toon Boom, and apparently a lot of professional animators use it (well, likely a more professional version, but still). I think Family Guy is animated using Toon Boom. In any case, a lot of tools that are unique to the program and a lot of amusing quirks that make working so much harder when you're only learning the program. I can see how it makes things easier once you know how to work it, though.
Anyway, I'll probably upload my animations to YouTube and post them at some point. If I can get over my embarrasment of not rivaling professionals.
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Date: 2009-09-23 05:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-09-23 06:42 pm (UTC)We had four weeks. That's one week for theory and planning, and three weeks for learning two new programs and using them to make two animations from start to finish (including recording voices and sounds, though some people went for stock sounds. I didn't, because I hate hunting for stock sounds that are just right).
It's one of the downsides of my current study program; it has a little bit of everything relating to visual art, but the key words are "a little bit", so there's no room for pabsolute perfectionism in time-consuming things like animation. That's why I'm applying to more specialized schools for next year. I feel this one is simply tackling too wide a field.
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