Danielle Gin: Frame by Frame Animation Process
forgive me
(ooh visual ASMR)
Normally, my blog posts are sharing others' work or showing rising movements in the art world. I share my fascination with the different styles and how "aesthetic" the work is. I love it!
This week, my blog post is a little different.
I wanted to talk about my own work– specifically, my work on Project 2: the animation.
At the start of the assignment, I was ecstatic to animate as I saw this YOUTUBE VIDEO and was so motivated to create something beautifully emotional.
My poem was about the unheard heartbreak: losing a friend. This allowed me to take my poem abstractly and subjective, but that also meant that I was limitless in my approach. To start, I just sketched the five images for the storyboard. Easy... Yes, easy until I had to decide how to connect the five images. I knew the storyline in my head, but to draw the "in-between frames" was a large struggle.
It is interesting to realize that images like this one were in the frames to transform the rose into a teardrop. It was hard to conceptualize the "in-between frames" in order to connect and have the animation flow.
On top of that, I had to have the patience and time to redo each image. After a while, copying a very similar image to the one before gets tedious. I believe this helped me practice my shortcuts on Photoshop, thus better knowing the software. This led me to be more efficient in my workflow.
Although I am familiar with Photoshop, this animation project has taught me a lot about the expansive capability the Photoshop software has. As someone who wants to use visuals to communicate ideas, I see how Photoshop and animation as a whole can really help with communicating and expressing emotions. Hours and hours have been put into this project. Although there are things I want to improve, this project has taught me a lot about the animation process and I hope to apply these skills in future projects.
On top of that, I had to have the patience and time to redo each image. After a while, copying a very similar image to the one before gets tedious. I believe this helped me practice my shortcuts on Photoshop, thus better knowing the software. This led me to be more efficient in my workflow.
Although I am familiar with Photoshop, this animation project has taught me a lot about the expansive capability the Photoshop software has. As someone who wants to use visuals to communicate ideas, I see how Photoshop and animation as a whole can really help with communicating and expressing emotions. Hours and hours have been put into this project. Although there are things I want to improve, this project has taught me a lot about the animation process and I hope to apply these skills in future projects.
At the end of the day, I am really proud of my work.
SONG: forgive me -Nohidea
I cut the audio myself but the music is not mine.
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