2D Animation Spring 2021

  This animation was actually fairly difficult to complete. I still have some trouble with timing and exposure, but I think it came out ok for this assignment. The main issue I had was the same as when I did the flour sack sketches: it's difficult to give one of the most emotionless inanimate objects an emotion. However, I believe I was able to overcome this challenge to some degree.

  It was fairly difficult to figure out how to give life to one of the most lifeless inanimate objects out there. I think I did pretty well with the end products, but I also feel they could have been better. My personal favorites are the flirty and excited poses. The sitting and sad poses were better the first time around, but I couldn't seem to fix them up and ended with the thumbnails pictured above.

  This project was overall more difficult than the previous ones so far this semester. Proportion/size control was difficult to maintain all the way through to the end and the general mechanics of timing became pretty difficult towards the end of the animation. I'm fairly satisfied with the end product, with the exception of a small hiccup towards the very end.

  This was a challenging project but a lot of fun to complete. I started with a rough sketch on paper and, throughout the process, had to edit my ideas slightly to adjust for what I could and could not do with the knowledge I had of the software. After completing the short video, I was very happy with how it turned out and with what I was able to accomplish.

    This first exercise introduced some of the fundamental ideas of movement and animation. The examples in the video might differ a bit from what was accomplished in class because I could not find the file that was saved in class. This was redone on my own outside of class.

 My name is Nicolas Baker but I go by Nico. My family's military so I don't really have a hometown. I was born in Dallas, TX and raised mainly in San Antonio, TX (big TX man). I lived for a few years in California before moving back to San Antonio. The longest I've ever spent was up in MD before moving down to Land O Lakes (about 30 min north of here) a year and a half ago. I transferred from Savannah College of Art and Design where I was an animation major with a concentration in 3D animation a minor in film and television. I'm currently still an animation major but might be switching over to a film major with an animation minor. For the longest time I had my mind set on becoming an animator, but within the past few years I have become more immersed in the film side of the industry. I had an internship with a local production company over the summer and now freelance for them, which has given me a lot of insight into the business. I love the more technical side of film