8/3 Homework

The projects are looking great...

Tomorrow we will look at them one more time as works in progress.

Depending how far along everyone is we can start working with sound, make sure to follow the directions on the sound tab at the top of the blog. 

7/31 Homework

The projects are coming together

This weekend you need to work on drawing, inking and coloring the assets for the Godzilla project.

Monday we will look at each of your projects and I will give you feedback on how to fine tune them

Also on Monday we will begin talking about adding sound to your animations. 

7/30 Homework

Homework

1. Color your zombie and re-upload to the zombie discussion board

2. Draw, ink and color your characters and backgrounds for the Godzilla animation

• Keep background simple, no shading or texture, let the program do that for you when you color the work.
• If you want an object to move independently of the background draw it separately. Example, clouds, butterflies, airplane.

3. Below I have place images that may be of some help. Bird in flight, trees, locations.

Here are some sample backgrounds.

One of your asked about birds, 

below are two flight cycles.

Inflight

Taking Off

Someone ask about 

different styles of trees.

7/29 Homework

Great job everyone your 

cartoon heads and bodies 

are looking fantastic!

1. Go to the "Practice Movie" tab at the top of the blog follow the directions as you create a practice movie, export it and up load to the Practice Movie discussion board. Due at the start of class tomorrow.

2. Go to the Draw yourself as a Zombie tab at the top of the blog and follow the directions as you turn yourself into a zombie.

Make to use the techniques you have been shown in class. For drawing, feet, head, hands and the pose.  

Due at the start of class tomorrow

Does anyone recognize this guy?

7/28 Homework

1. Upload the sample page shown below of your character to the "Create a full body cartoon character of yourself" board.

2. Upload "Revised full body cartoon character of yourself" to discussion board.

                                                   

3. Reply to your peers.

• After uploading your final concept drawing to the "Revised cartoon character" discussion board with its description added to it, please comment on two other fellow students character pages on the discussion boards 
• Try to find examples from the character description that match the drawing, be specific. 
• If one person already has two replies move on to someone else. Once you have replied to 2 people you may then go back in and comment on anyone else you would like.
• limit each response to 30 words.

4. Go to the Heads discussion board and follow the direction on the blog.

• Take photo
• Watch video
• Draw then ink.
• DO NOT ADD COLOR
• Make sure to upload the photos you used for the head drawings
• Due tomorrow morning at the start of class.
• Upload to the cartoon head discussion board along with the original photo that you based the drawing on.

7/27 Homework

Hi everyone, great job today!

For Homework, I would like you to practice two of the drawing techniques I demonstrated in class. Drawing hands and Feet. 

1. Go to the tabs at the top of the blogs and follow the directions.
2. When complete, upload to the discussion boards of the same name.
3. Due tomorrow at the start of class.

Welcome to class

Class meets

7/27/2020 - 8/6/2020

Orientation: 

Our first meeting on 7/27 will be
held online from 9am-1:30pm.

All other meetings will occur online MTWTHF 9am-12:30pm

Go to the tab at the top of the blog titled 

"Basic Class Information and Class Syllabus"

for more information about the class.

6/17 Homework

Homework
1. Continue working on adding animation drawings to fill the 20 seconds
2. Add audio to your movie, 1 sound minimum, however you can add up to 6.
3. Remember to create a Production card.

6/16 Homework

Homework

1. Please continue working on your animation drawings 
2. If you are done with them, I have added a tab at the top of the blog titled "Studio Card". The studio card goes at the very front or the back of your animation production. If you had a big animation company what would you call it? would it have a mascot? Would it be animated?
Have fun!

6/15 Homework

Hi everyone!

Homework, Please work on the drawings that can be used to fill the 20 seconds of time before the character gets squashed. Possible ideas already talked about in class:

Fishing, waving, looking around, having the character walk in, looking scared, blinking, moving the eyes around.  

Maybe you have another idea, that's ok, lets try it.

looking to see what you come up with, see you tomorrow,
Arthur

6/12 Homework

Homework

1. Import your background drawings into Adobe animate and color them. Due Monday 9am, at that time you will be using them to build your movie. If you would like to start early you may. If you do make sure to set up 3 scenes as shown in the practice movie project.

2. As shown in class and on the Practice Movie tab on the blog, create a 3 scene movie and upload the exported content to the Practice movie discussion board on canvas. Due Monday 9am.

3. Go to the tab on the Blog titled "Sequential Art" and review the information for Monday.

4. If you liked Don Hertzfeldt's work check out some of his other animation, it really shows that you do not need a fancy background and you can use stick figures to create an interesting animation.

This is the Simpsons

 opening couch gag that

Don Hertzfeldt created

 for the show.

6/11 Homework

Homework

1. If you have not colored your character in Animate please do so for tomorrows class.

2. If you have not done so please got to the "Classic Tween" tab at the top of the blog and follow the directions. Upload your exported movie to the discussion board titled "Simple Tween" on canvas.

3. Go to the tab on the blog labeled "Layout Design" and read through the information for tomorrows class.

4. Go to the tab on the blog labeled "Backgrounds" have a look at all of the different backgrounds that are shown, some are from video games, TV and film.

5. In your sketchbook, doodle or sketch out some ideas that you might have that you can use for your backgrounds. Tomorrow at 9 be ready to talk about the backgrounds or environments that you think would best suit your cartoon character.

6/10 Homework

Hi,
1. Go to the character design tab and follow the directions, the pencil version of your character is due tomorrow morning.
2. Go to the Feet tab at the top of the blog and watch the video, as you do, follow along and draw the same page in your sketchbook.
3. Go to the Hand tab at the top of the blog and try drawing the rest of the hands.
4. I have two discussion boards set up in canvas, one for the hands & feet and the other your Pencil only character design.

Zombies