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Week 4 9/18 – 9/22

September 26, 2023 By Lila Mali

Animation Training

I figured out how to make titles!

Anyway this was an exciting week as I got to practice my favorite medium, animation! I had a lot of fun with these training, but there were a few bumps.

I’ve never animated in photoshop before and I don’t think I’m used to it yet. I ran into some problems because there were steps I didn’t keep in mind completely. But all worth it cause I got to make an animated GIF!

It’s so satisfying to watch.

Next, I completed the online course graphics which was also really fun as I got to use After Effects!

That program is very intense and overwhelming but I’m surprised to say I’m getting used to it. The training was to make an animated intro for a class of our choice so I chose the RTF class, Comics and Cartoons. Here’s how it turned out.

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Some of the assets I had to make in procreate which wasn’t a problem at all. Some effects I used weren’t very straightforward and looking up tutorials wouldn’t get me anywhere so there was more experimenting with this project than I thought.

I’m currently working on the motion design animation training. I’ll upload those to my blog next week!

Filed Under: Fall 2023 - Spring 2024, We are STAs

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