Sketchy

For this project, we had to rase our names backwards to create the illusion of someone drawing our names. I chose a relatively hard font to work with, to make it look like it was a bubble letter drawing with artsy details inside. Hannah and I did a kind of joint project concerning this, and I love the finished product!

Video Killed the Radio Star

Using our ten words that we chose for ourselves at the beginning of the year, we created a video style animation with Photoshop, instead of a frame by frame animation. The result is a smooth animation with little work involved, instead of those time-consuming frame animations.

ArcFire

For this animation project, we used the same principles from the first bouncing ball project, squash and stretch, ease in and ease out, and anticipation. We used a frame by frame animation style and did it all to make it look like the ball was bouncing along out name. This one was really fun!

Squash and Stretch

The first principle of animation is Squash and Stretch. It occurs when an object is in motion, and makes the object look more lifelike. This can be applied to a bouncing ball, as I did, in a way that makes the ball stretch until it hits the ground, where it squashes. This makes the animation look more exaggerated and fun and adds a bit of life to it.