Hmm things that come easy in the animation process and things that don’t… Under estimating how much time something will actually take comes easy, or at least it has so far. I’m not sure why I always think, oh animating that will only take two days of hard work because that is a big lie! Now I have goals to get things done before the due date as a way to give me extra time on stuff. If I finish my project on Tuesday then I have two more days to make it better before my project is actually due on Thursday. Hopefully things will remain on track. Modern warefare 3 is having it’s first double xp weekend on xbox live so I must resist the urge to shoot people to take hundreds of photos.
Another thing that comes easy in the animation process is coming up with ideas. Even if it’s a bad idea or an idea that I don’t like I usually come up with ideas pretty quickly. I feel like most of the time I have really good ideas too. People laugh when I present my ideas so that’s a good sign.
A difficult part of the animation process so far has been the actual animating. These new programs seem insane. I spend so much time just trying to learn how to use the tools even with the helpful videos. Practice may make perfect with things, but with five classes all of the practice I can manage to get is when I’m actually working on these projects. This week has been really adventurous for me, making my first stop motion films. I keep thinking that no matter what I do my frames are going way to fast. Hopefully I won’t have to go back and shoot more photos later.
Another difficult part of animation is credibility. I told my roommate that I would be busy for hours working on a project and he told me it was nothing compared to his two labs, so I was like well hey I work really hard and he told me, “Yeah well your classes are easy.” Where does that guy get off? He’s an electrical engineer, totally the joke of engineering. Animation makes me feel special and I don’t think that just any random person could pass this class.
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