Robot Walk - FAIL

So I picked up some super string magnets to help the little robot stand up properly... sadly, they were pretty difficult to work with. He kept falling over and I never ended up getting him to walk!

Here is a pretty bad stop motion animation of the robot... Dan pointed out he seemed as frustrated as me...

I also have a nice new platform for him to walk around on! I think I am slowly getting the hang of this. It is just a little frustrating when you can't get it right! I'll keep trying!

More Stop Motion Animation!

Back by popular demand.... well, sort of....

This is another attempt at using my puppet for stop motion. After the last video, his ankles broke, so I made some new legs for the little guy. I'm slowly learning how to be consistent with how I make the limbs.... it is surprisingly hard!!!

In this video, my character finds a ball and is happy when it rolls over to him. Sadly, the ball begins to melt and in his sorrow and frustration, he stomps all over the remains of the ball. I am sure I could have played up the emotions a bit more. It is funny trying to show emotion using only body language! I'm a big fan though.  

Anyways, I hope you enjoy the results of my new hobby!

Stay tuned for more stop-motion! I can't wait to try it out with new puppets!  woohoo!

Check out my amazing stop motion animation skillz!!

So last Thursday Dan and I went on a trip out to good ol' Home Hardware and picked up some supplies so that I could make a stop-motion puppet... or at least the armature for a puppet.

A couple days later, and a trip to Canadian Tire for Epoxy Putty, I made my first animation with the little guy. Obviously, it is pretty bad... BUT, considering I have absolutely no experience, I am feeling pretty proud of myself!  The second animation is a lot better in my opinion.

I can't wait to make more!!! 

Enjoy!

It begins...

I decided that I would like to try making some short stop-motion movies. I really like the way it looks and I think working with my hands would be a nice way to spend my evenings!

When I was little, I never made those stop-motion lego movies, so I decided I would take a few minutes and try making one with a cute eraser and the webcam on my laptop.

I'll probably start investing in some better materials as I learn more... for now... a simple stop-motion animation is all I can really do!

Enjoy the magic! haha!

Hopefully you will see more of these as I learn more about stop-motion. I seriously have no clue what I am doing, but it seems like a lot of fun! I can't wait to start making puppets!!!!

I used photo booth to take the pictures and AfterEffects to compile them.

Thanks for stopping by!

AfterEffects Afternoon with SHEENA!

Sheena is helping me to learn AfterEffects.

This is what we created today!

Bouncing Ball Pencil Test

I am slowly completing the assignments from first year animation at sheridan, just for fun. Thanks to Dan for letting me explore his first year binder! This is part of the first animation assignment. Stay tuned for the bowling ball and balloon :)

Overall I found the assignment pretty fun. I didn't plan the room very well, so the ball bounces in and hits off of an invisible wall. I got a little fancy with some special effects when it hits the wall.

I went a little crazy with my squash and stretch. Subtlety is clearly not my forte!

Enjoy!

Character Rotation

In my Community Centered Design Research class, we need to complete several assignments and collect 20 points by the end of the term. Each assignment is worth a specific amount of points depending on the level of difficulty or complexity. I decided to complete the "traditional animation of a rotating structure in flash" since it sounded like a lot of fun (5 points!)

Overall I am very pleased with the result. I created the character very quickly and focused on simple shapes. Colouring her in flash was very simple as well. She is a little off balance but I don't think it takes that much away from the end result.

Also, feel free to check out the website I made for this class. It contains a less choppy version of this video.

http://bmc.erin.utoronto.ca/~nicole/newMediaSite/index.htm

I hope you like this one :)

SOOOOO BAAAAD!