My Elevator Pitch

Elevator Pitch
I am a e-communtcations student at Olathe Northwest with a knack for animation and graphic design.   I have expertise in multiple art classes. I am accomplished in getting the principles art chose award in elementary school, getting my art work framed and placed on one of the walls in the school. I am accomplished for having all "A's" all through out middle school. I have also accomplished getting my visual art work entry for the MLK contest chosen to represent my school for both my seventh and eighth grade years. I am talented at sketching large and small detailed drawings. I am also talented a drawing cartoon character, preferably people. I am learning to draw animals. I am inspired by Walt Disney and I hope to become an animator some day.                                                    

Process 
This week in e-comm, animation class, I made a small video over my 10 strengths. The first step was to use the typing tool and type out 10 words that describe me. After I typed the words out I placed them in the form, that looked best for this project. Next I went onto the nternet and looked for a non-copyright photo to use for my background and color plait for the words. After the photo was chosen, it was embedded into my project with its own layer. I then used the video time line on photo shop. Then I shortened and lengthened the time when each word comes in. I also made the transitions on how each word came into view. Lastly I added fading to begining and the end of the video.                        



Whats New
This week I learned how to use the video time line on photo shop. I also learned how to use the text tool more efficiently. I also learned how to upload videos to YouTube. I also got a YouTube account set up.    



Take Aways For Next Time
Next time I will have spent more time thinking of a different way to organize the words in a more complex shape/picture.

Arcs and Anticipation

The Process

 The Arcs and Anticipation  project is the second project in photo shop, that I did over the coarse of  this week. This paper was however horizontal instead of vertical and required more time. First, I made a layer that I used the filler/ paint bucket tool to fill with the color of black. Next, I added text in  another layer which says "Arcs Animation" and my name. After that, I made a new layer that was filled using the fill/ paint bucket tool sky blue. I made another layer, then used the selection tool to draw a box from about a 3 quarter down from the top of  the page and brought it down to the bottom of the page. The box was then colored green with the filler tool. Now after the back ground and into layers were done I made a guide for the ball to follow. The guide started at the top of the left side of the page going up and down in arcs. The guide hit in four places. After the guide was made I made another layer and drew a ball using the circle tool. I then copied that layer. Next I put a smiley face on one of the layers and a frowning face on the other using the brush tool. All there was to do after that step was to make new layers for each ball and line them up on the guide. The smile faces were used on the curves and the frowning faces were used when the ball "hit" the ground. After the ball layers were lined up I then squashed and stretched them as needed as it moved down and up the guide. At the end of the arcs for my  conclusion I had a raven come from the distance and pick up the ball and take it away. I made this happen by using the paintbrush tool and drawing the bird on every new layer

only as there in a new layer the bird gets bigger as well as the ball after the bird picks it up the now spooked ball. Lastly I ended the animation with a fade out to a black screen with the end on it. I also had added a fade in at the beginning of the animation after I put all of the layers into the create animation timeline.  

What You Learned?

I learned now to use the fade in and out tool. I learned how to use the paintbrush tool. Also I learned how to add and place text. 

How You Think You Did?

I think I did good but I wish I had a little more time though. I could have also worked more on learning how to place the text, I had some problems with that. I think I need more practice on using the fading tool too. Over all though I think the animation turned out descent.