Portfolio-animation

 Polything Project 

In this project we were being introduced into the program Maya. I learned the basic tools like union, and difference. I learned well with the tutorial Mr. Netterville posted to Google Classroom. I picked this project because it was a Maya project and I really enjoy Maya because  it is more realistic. My greatest strength was forming the polything but my biggest weakness was remembering to name each object. I have improved much more because I remember to name all the objects. I am going to use these skills and apply them to my memory so for my future projects I can memorize them and get done quicker. There is nothing I would change about the project because I thought I did a pretty good job for my 2nd project in Maya.

Hammer Project 

In this project I learned how to use to switch to the vertices tool to move the end of the hammer. I learned this by following the tutorial we were provided. I picked this project because this was my favorite project because it was the easiest one for me because the tutorial was very well explained. My greatest strength would have to be editing the end of the hammer and making it pointy and my biggest weakness would have to be the stem of the hammer because it is a little too thick. I am going to use these different tools like the vertices and faces to apply to my memory again to become faster at making things in Maya. There is nothing I would change because I really enjoyed the project because it was so easy for me.

Cup Project 

In this project I learned how to use the curve tools. I learned how to apply this to Maya by following directions from Mr. Netterville. I picked this project because I like the shape I ended up with. Once I was done with editing my cup I ended up looking not too bad. My greatest strengths for this project would have to have been the curving of the cup from the front angle. My greatest weakness would have to be changing the length of the cup stem. I have improved from this project because I have learned how to stretch tools and edit their original shape. I know at some point I am going to use the curve tool again because it is such a common tool. So by learning this simple tool I helped myself in the future by learning it now and practicing it. The only thing I would change for my project would be the height of the cup because it is so stout.

Saltshaker Project

In this project I learned how to edit a circle into a weird shape. I learned this by following instructions on Mr. Netterville's helpful tutorial. I picked this project because the shape of the saltshaker may be odd but it is sort of cool. My greatest strength was making the cap and using the difference tool to make all the different holes but my greatest weakness was lining up the project to all be even. I have improved from this project by perfecting my difference tool and learning to practice with evening out the objects. I am going to use these tools toward future projects and make the process of making 3D objects. The only thing I would change is the body of the saltshaker because it is a bit wide and it doesn't look like a saltshaker I would have.

 

 Ice Cream Project 

In this project I learned how to animate something in Maya. I learned this by following the tutorial given to me. I picked this project because it was my favorite Maya project next to the hammer project. I liked it the best because of all the fun colors and it turned out pretty good. My greatest strength was making the simple shapes like the cone an the scoops of ice cream. My biggest weakness was the hyper shade. I have improved with hyper shade after working with it but I think I leave out steps to conduct the shade and so I doesn't show up on my project. I am going to use these tools to apply to my future projects to make them more realistic. There is nothing I would change about this project because it was the most fun project out of all of the projects. 

Article Review Blog-Video

Article Review

The story that I read consisted of two women who were raped and then one of the women was murdered. The article tells how the man hurt them with knifes and physically abused them. The strength of this article was the amount of detail that was put in. But the weakness of the story would have to be that the amount of detail was disturbing to a certain point. The story is not an argument at all. It is just a man reviewing a news story. A critique that could be done would be give less graphic details. As a news reporter I will use this article as a reference when writing the written stories to my videos.

www.pulitzer.org/winners/eli-sanders 

Professional Article Review-Animation

MAYA SOFTWARE

In this article the author speaks about how he was introduced to Maya in his college 3D animation class and how the Maya software became so popular for its neat tools, and quick shortcuts. The author doesn't necessarily have an argument he really is just explaining the purpose of Maya and some of it's features it involves. The author speaks of how the key frame feature in Maya makes the animations very clear. What the author struggled with was finishing the article. He only included 3 things about Maya even thought there are many more than that. The strength would be the detail he discussed about with the features he did list. His general conclusions was just saying to go get Maya and try it out and if you don't like it than delete it but if you do like it go take classes and learn how to experiment with it. My one critique about the article would be to add more information about the program instead of giving vague information. I feel like the explanation that he gave about the program would inspire people to go give Maya a try. The article gave me different tips that I can use at school when using Maya!

http://www.animationcareerreview.com/articles/autodesk-maya-animation-features-worth-knowing 

Professional project review-Video

Professional Project Review-Review

http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/young-gifted-year-phenom-flying-squirrel-takes-surfing-41432457 

This featured story was covering chance the rapper who is an independent song writer. He makes a unique style of music that represents freedom through a mixture of R&B, Hip-Hop, Rap, and gospel. The video speaks about his journey from starting in a public library in his home town to hitting the leader boards repeatedly. The project is done by Robbin Roberts who is a well respected anchor in america who has been on the daily show good morning america for 12 years! What I would take away from her work would be the different edits that she applies to her work. One element I have already learned is the right interviewing skills. What Robbin did well in the interview with Chance was that she made him feel comfortable saying what he really felt. This work is flawless in my eyes so I would think it needs no improvement.  

Technical Tutorial-Animation

Technical tutorial 

The skill I will teach in this tutorial is how to render in Adobe After affects. The purpose of the blog is to inform student's on how to use simple tools in after affects. You don't necessarily need this skill unless you are using this adobe tool.

The first step to rendering your animation out would be to import your file into after affects.





















Next you move the file into the composition box and doing this turns it into a composition or an animation.












When you have all of your key frames set to your liking you need to send it to the render que

After it is sent to the render que you can render it out with ease by clicking the render button (make sure that once you render it, it should be sent to your desktop!) Once you click the render button it will start to load and then once it is completely rendered out it should make a little twinkle noise to say it is completed! 

Professional Project Review-Animation

Profesional Project Review

The scope of the movie The Incredibles was mainly to give kids the entertainment of a movie. The story of the movie is a secret family of superheroes. The dad has the power of super strength, the mom has a power of super strech, the oldest daughter has a power of invisibility, the oldest son has the power of super speed, and the youngest son has a power of shape shifter. The story is told about a boy who worshiped the dad (bob.) Bob ignored him and the young boy became angered and when he grew up he became a super villain and tried to battle the whole family. To sum up the story quick the family wins because good always defeats evil. From the movie I will take away the extreme detail to the characters faces and hope to put these details into my maya projects in the future. One element that I have already used before that is in the movie would just be the 3D animation. The creator of the movie did the motion of the movie very well and I can tell that the project took a long time. There really is nothing bad with this project since it is a professional project done by pixar. 

http://www.pixar.com/features_films/THE-INCREDIBLES-