Project Ron Saks Proposal

My idea is to make a short animation that should be with in 5 minutes. This animation is a love story of a she cat and dog.
I was inspired by the following image, so I really want to make a little animation about different animals which can still get alone with.
http://ww1.sinaimg.cn/large/7788124bjw1dqbw9rnvw7j.jpg

My story is that the dog first doesn't care about the cat, no matter how hard the cat tries to get his attention. Then, the dog notices the cat and they are together. A very simple story that can be finished in one minute. There is one scene I really want to have in the animation is that the dog hugs the cat over like it is in the image. I wish the animation is in a simple but warm style.

For this project, I think I will need at least two members who knows how to use flash, or harmony, and after effects. I also need at least one person to do the character and environment designs. I need one person who is responsible for the sound and music which will be needed in the animation. Photo and illustration majors are so welcomed!

Another option for this animation could be hand drawn animation.

Four Sisters IV

I failed to complete this project, so I think I should post my progress on this project and finish it later on. 

This is the finished no color version of my project. I spent too much time on it, especially on cleaning lines. I didn't get a lot of time left to color. = = That was bad... 

This is only 50% colored.  >_< I will keep completing it = =

Four Sisters III

 Over this week, I finished the design of Yellow. I set her as a elementary student who is very soon to be a middle school student. Of course, she also has her family trait --  big blue eyes!

I also rearranged the composition for the final version! For now, Red is sitting up and is reading a book with her sister Blue. Two pillows are added to this composition, so the whole piece felt warm. I scaled the whole piece so the window showed more in the composition. 

Four Sisters II

I designed Sister Red for my Four Sisters project. I set her as a high school girl who looks and dresses herself like a boy. She is kind of childish but she looks a little bit older than her age. Her eyes are the most beautiful eyes among her family. All of the family members have blue eyes, but hers are so special. When she is dealing with people who are not from her family, she is indifferent to everyone. She doesn't even pay attention to people she doesn't care.

I think I will set Yellow, the youngest sister, as a middle school girl. She is childish and likes candy and other children stuffs. I haven't finish sketching her yet, because i don't know how to draw a kid.... That is difficult to me>_< I often draw people older than they actually are. Drawing young child is challenging to me! My solution is to learn how to draw young children this week!

Yellow -- a big failure this week >''<

Also, I planed my composition for the final version of my project. I am thinking about that they reunion around Christmas. This following scene happens in the afternoon of Christmas Eve, taking place in the study room. They are all settling at the big french window. Purple is standing and watching her siblings' having fun; Blue is sitting in front of the window and reading her favorite story book; Red is resting on Blue's thigh, falling to sleep; Yellow is sitting on the wool carpet and play with her most loved, humongous teddy bear.

New technology I used this week: Photoshop! I used Photoshop to do all the drawings!

Four Sisters

I am animation major. For this project, I choose to do a series of character design. My theme is "four sisters." They are sisters and they look alike, but they have different personalities. I will use one color to represent each of them. The first two colors are purple and blue. The rest two colors are red and yellow. They are named under their own color.

Purple is the oldest sister. She represents grown-ups. She experienced a lot in grown up world. She feels like purple that she is mysterious, elegant, and sad.

Blue is the second oldest sister. She represents college aged girls. She is in a little society. This environment is complicated, but still very save and peaceful. She is getting experienced while she is ageing. She is simple and refreshing.

I only have Purple and Blue designed currently. I am not sure about how Red and Yellow will look like yet. Basically, they are high school students and middle school students.

For this project, I try to use fashion proportion for the sisters. They have ten head proportion. In this way, they will look more elegant. I am thinking about using different media to finish each sister, but they will be quite different in that way. 

I related them by designing similar clothing patterns and colors. Obviously, they are sisters, so they look alike.

(I dont know how to attach the contact sheet on here....I uploaded it to gostudio.)

First Day

where are you on the Dreamer/Doer spectrum (why) and what area(s) of Media Arts are you going to test-drive (have you ever produced an animation/cinematic/photography masterpiece? What are your goals for this course? What will be your accomplishment?)? Include at least one image of your own art (what are you proud of?). 

I think I am in the middle of the Dreamer or Doer spectrum. Like how the article define Dreamer, I usually have a lot of thought when starting something and will very soon have other idea coming out. When that happens, I always end up having a lot of projects which is only a third done. This is my Dreamer side.

Like how the article define Doer, I feel like "a slave to the structural environment of your day job and find it difficult to go “off the map” and innovate." When I am working on my class assignments, I always follow every single rules the teacher made. I just can't go off the map. I can finish all my projects in time, no matter how many hours of sleeping I have to satisfied. I think this is actually a good thing about me. It helps my Dreamer side. Haha.

I plan to go in into 3D animation because I want to either be participating into making those great 3D animation movies or to be working for my favorite game company. 2D animation is cool, but I don't feel myself is that close to it. I took experimental animation last year. I learned and experienced several types of animation. I had made several little animation. They were not that perfect, but they were my first time experience of making animation.



This is a little ten second animation I made for a British animation festival. I used Flash to make it.

Actually, I don't have any idea of what we will do in this class. I will probably expect to know more and deep about animation making process. I want to be a good animator!