Projects from School of Animation Classes
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EXERCISE: FIRST KEYFRAME
This lesson was to learn how to move things around and create basic animation. (Art and sound effects supplied by SOM.)
EXERCISE: LOGO ANIMATION
Learning how to import artwork, prep it for animation, and coming up with a way to reveal the logo. (Grayscale art supplied by SOM.)
EXERCISE: THE WOW FACTORY
Getting comfortable using the parenting tools in After Effects by animating an assembly line. (Art supplied by SOM.)
EXERCISE: AWESOME SCRIPT
Learning how shape layer work and show how to create fills, strokes, bezier paths and how shape layers work with mask layers.
EXERCISE: GEOMETRIC DANCE
Learning about some new keyframe types, creating arcs, motion paths, and more about transitions. (Audio supplied by SOM/Premium Beat. Design by Amy.)
EXERCISE: EXPLAINER VIDEO
Putting everything we learned together for this final project explainer video. Plus learning a few new tricks like the puppeting pin tools, expressions, and the value graph. (Audio supplied SOM. Art created by Ariel Costa.)
EXERCISE: SPACE EXPLORER
This exercise was to help develop a better sense of timing/speed changes and spacing by only using hold keyframes and frame by frame animation. (Artwork provided by SOM/Designstripe.)
EXERCISE: STEP THREE
Learning to use the value graph to effect timing/speed changes and animate between three different scenes. (Artwork provided by SOM/Designstripe.)
EXERCISE: DOGFIGHT
Learning about the speed graph for animating objects that don't move in straight lines and the relationship between the speed and value graphs, as well as the importance of using arcs in animation. (Artwork provided by SOM/Designstripe.)
EXERCISE: RUBE GOLDBOUNCE
Learning the physics of a basic ball bounce. (Artwork provided by SOM.)
EXERCISE: ROBO BUDDY
Learning the animation principle of follow-through/overlapping actions. (Artwork provided by SOM/Designstripe.)
EXERCISE: DESK UNMESS
Learning the animation principle of squash and stretch. (Artwork provided by SOM/Designstripe.)
EXERCISE: PING PONG CHALLENGE
Learning strategies for choreographing lots of elements that need to work together precisely. (Artwork provided by SOM.)
EXERCISE: CIRCLE SOCIETY
Learning a strategy called "reinforcing movement." (Artwork provided by SOM.)
EXERCISE: EYES GO HERE
Learning a new strategy called "reinforcing movement" by choreographing multiple elements in a scene to move together and create a cohesive animation. (Artwork provided by SOM.)
EXERCISE: SCRAPBOOK ELVIS
Learning how to approach complex animation and pushing the boundaries of standard animation principles. (Artwork provided by SOM.)
EXERCISE: BE THE ICE SCULPTOR
Learning how to import artwork, prep it for animation, and coming up with a way to reveal the logo. (Grayscale art supplied by SOM.)