I also learned the basics of Java programming. I learned coding through Lynda.com, a pdf textbook, and Practiceit.com (as below). I’ve learned up to different types of methods, and now I am moving to objects.

 

I processed more than a dozen ID Photos for CoLA graduate students and faculty. Some of the photos needed cleanups in Photoshop. Above shows the before and after of the staff profile photos.

Request:Create an animation with the different stages of children ( baby, toddler, 5-year old, and 10 year old). Each child at different stages will walk behind an object and then ” grow” to the next stage. Baby crawling then moves behind bear and is a toddler. Toddler walking and then moves behind abc blocks and turns in to 5 year old. 5 year old walks and then moves behind “bush, tree, …?” and turns into 10 year old. 10 year old starts off walking and notices a little girl waiting for him and they both run off to play ground.

Professor:

Project Managers: Ashley Schenker

STA’s : Anna Xu

Character Design References: https://www.pinterest.com/characterdesigh/

First found references for drawing baby’s and toddlers. Tend to be more rounder with bigger heads.

My Character Design:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Progress So Far:

My role is to create the animations and I am collaborating with out fellow STA Anna who will be creating the props that the character moves behind.

I think you can tell by the fluidity of each of the animations that there was a point when I got used to the movement. The baby is a bit glitchy and then the walk cycle of the toddler is a bit smoother but the arms are a bit strange. By the third walk cycle of the toddler I feel like I got a hand of it and by the 10 year old I was satisfied with the animation and moved onto completing the color. Might need to change the colors a bit since it differed from the ones on my computer screen.

Today I worked on updating a few more COLA ID pictures, including cropping, resizing, and a bit of color correction. I learned a little on how to use the shadow/highlight adjusters in photoshop and will probably get to use those more in the future!

Earlier in the summer I began the process of redesigning several important kids interactives on the Texas Beyond History site. The first of these was the Population Puzzlers interactive. Today I spent some time making minor adjustments to some visual assets, as well as going through and making the relevant buttons and graphics for each possible question and answer choice.