Critical Questions to "Basic Animation Aesthetics"

1. Relating aesthetics to real life, as a society, we generally try to achieve the best be can and look the best we can while doing it. Sometimes we try to cut corners doing this, and a lot of the time we get the same result. O'Reilly sets rules down for himself, and draws lines at what he cannot do. Do you feel that it is important to set boundaries to what you are doing if you are trying to achieve something specific in your style or something with guidelines? If so, do you already have boundaries? Did you find yourself creating boundaries in our last project? Also, if you do not feel that rules are necessary, do you agree with this quote from the passage, "The more rules we allow the more this elegance is compromised"? Page 6.

2. O'Reilly mentions that in a large audience there may be only one person that notices the flaws in your work. Do you think that using this as a mentality, it would make it okay to cut some corners, or use rules you may have prohibited beforehand? Also, do you feel it is important to run your works across many people of many different skill levels of media/art before completing a project, or go off of your own insight and if it makes sense to you? He also mentions that sometimes things just don't seem right, but we cannot put it into words, or figure it out -- if this is the case, would getting help from a qualified person be in your continuing process?

Tate Project GIF

 

Title of painting: The First Cloud

Originally I planned to use this painting, and have the light flicker, with the man's head bobbing. However, after looking at the same of the piece, and general somber feeling, I decided to keep the light coming on and off -- the nature of a storm, and the heads/torso disappearing in a creepy effect that forces you to watch something else or perhaps pay attention to another point on the GIF/painting. I used three general layers -- one for the original painting/room, the next for medium light, and the last with brighter light. Following this, I used the stamp tool to erase/blend their heads into the background. Finally, I used tweening to help blend layers, and copies of the layers together. Overall I thought of the title "The First Cloud" as a storm and flickering lights and a general struggle to feel safe and sound.

Story Boards for Tate GIF Project

My story boards are rather light, given the scanner I was using.