Portfolio Reflection-Animation

Hammer Project 

In this project I learned how use the polygonal transformation manipulator tool, how to extrude, and how to subdivide polygon faces. I was able to learn this project by watching our teacher do a quick explanation/ tutorial and by reading the directions typed on google classroom. I picked this project because I spent a lot of time on the hammer's head and this project turned out better than I thought it would, especially the shadows. My greatest strength during this project was patience because when I was extruding, my hammer was not doing what I wanted it to do. My weakness during this project was would be not making the green take up more of the picture, because there is too much black. I have improved because I have the right shadows. I will take my learning of the manipulator tool and extrude tool to my next projects. I would change the background so there would not be so much black. This project helped me prepare for other projects by practicing the manipulator tool and the extrude tool. 

Polything Project 

In this project I learned how to create polygon primitives, use shadows, and use the boolean difference tool. I leaned this by reading the step by step directions posted on google classroom, and help from my neighbors and teacher. I picked this project because it was the first project I created with shadows, and I like the blinn on it. My greatest strength on this project would be listening to my teacher help me arrange my lights. My weakness during this project would be needing lots of help to get my lights in the right spot. I have improved from this project, because the very first project I made had no shadows. I will use my knowledge of shadows and boolean difference in my future projects. I really wouldn't change anything about this project because I thought it turned out pretty well. In general this project helped me to be able to know how and where to set the lights.

Salt Shaker 

In this project I learned how to use NURB and lofting. I learned this by paying attention in class and reading the step by step instructions. I picked this project because I liked how it turned out and it was more of a fun project to create. My greatest strength in the project was to be able to figure out how create the NURB primitive circle. My weakness would be making the ridges on the salt shaker, because it was hard to make them all equal, so one was not bigger than the other. I have improved because now I know how to use NURB for my future projects. I am going to take NURBS and lofting into other projects to make them look more realistic. Making this salt shaker and was pretty easy, and only took me a day to finish.

Cup Project 

In this project I leaned how to use the revolve tool and how to create a profile curve. I learned this by watching our teacher created a cup as an example. I picked this project because I was really happy about how it turned out and it was fun to make. To create the profile curve was interesting to me because I had to click 13 dots on the grid, only on one side. Then, I clicked the return button so it created the outline. After that, I clicked the revolve button and my cup was made! It was super easy. My cup was bigger at first, but I scaled it down and played with it a little, so it would look more like a wine glass. My greatest strength in this project would be helping others, because I was able to complete this project with no other help so my neighbors were asking me to help them! I don't think I had any weaknesses on this project because I had a good idea of what I was doing. I have improved because now I am able to use the revolve tool. I am going to take the revolve tool and profile curve into my future projects. I would change my project by rendering it out instead of doing a screenshot because I would have had a different background. This project was my second favorite and I was really happy I was able to complete it by myself. My favorite project is next. 

Ice Cream Project

This is my favorite project I have made in animation this year! I learned how to create a moving lazy susan and use tagents linear to create a seamless rotation. I learned this by reading the instructions, getting help from my neighbors, and help from my teacher. I picked this project, because even though it took a long time to complete it was fun making the ice cream and adding the textures to the ice cream to make it look realistic. My strength during this project would be patience, because this project took a lot of time and importing it into After Effects to make it an animated video was frustrating at times. My weakness would be making the lazy susan. At first, it was spinning way out, but then I remembered that I had to center pivot it. After that, it was all good. I have improved because now I know that I need to click center pivot if I don't want it spinning out so far. I am going to take my knowledge of the lazy susan to make moving parts, and my use of tagents linear to make a seamless rotation. I wouldn't change anything in this project because I love it! This is my favorite project I have made in animation this year and I hope I can do something similar to this project in the future.