Weekly Post 13 Final Presentation

Senior Portfolio Final Review

What were your goals this semester?

My goals for this semester to improve upon my Digital 2D art skills and 3D animation. I also wanted to learn Toon Boom but with work and classes based on projects, it seemed impossible. 

Did you achieve your goals for the semester?

I achieved my goals of working on my 2D art and 3D animation skills. I did not learn much about Toon Boom.

A lot of things worked out thanks to my classes. I was able to design concept art and item icons for the game development.

Some examples of the 2D art I created:

Some of the animation I created:

Individual Scene

Robed Mage

Slime

What worked and didn't?
I was able to practice a lot but I wish I could've learned more 2D animation while studying at CSU Chico. It is really difficult for me to study on my own to learn something new. I need more self-discipline and focus in order to make progress. I hope that I will prosper over the summer and reach my goals for 2D animation.

What would you do differently in your project?

I wanted to learn more about other software I have yet to mingle with since a lot of job postings I was interested in want me to know Adobe After Effects or Adobe Animate or Adobe InDesign. Toon Boom was the software I wanted to learn for 2D animation but a lot of television shows are using puppets rather than frame-by-frame animation.

I found some YouTube tutorials online otherwise I need to subscribe to sites like Pluralsight to learn about these software. Since I am a student, I am able to obtain Adobe CC for a year for free but I would have to pay for Toon Boom after my free trial expires.

Weekly Post 12

For this week, I've mostly been working on 432 and 545. I got my second covid shot on Tuesday and basically slept and rehydrated for two days. I was worn out and finally felt better Thursday morning. I got most of my biped rig done except for the stuff my professor wants us to add on from Monday's lecture. My 495 has a build due Tuesday so everyone is working hard to polish our game. My 545 animation class is going steady as I clean up the holds and cameras. I've learned a lot here at CSU Chico and I know I still have a lot more to learn from new challenges and projects that await me in my future career. I've been applying to any animation job or art internship but I haven't had much luck. I'll work hard over the summer to improve my skills and create an awesome Demo Reel! I can't believe I'm about to graduate in 2 weeks. It feels unreal but also as if the time flew by. I plan on taking a few more classes at community college to improve my Spanish but my primary goal is to attain a full-time job in animation or digital art.

432 Rigging

Biped Rig Part 9 and Locators done!

495 Game Development

I made one new icon and only had time to clean up two others by erasing the outer edges so they didn't show up in a PNG file.

Gem Bag

545 Advanced Animation Production

My second to last update for this project.