Semester 1 Portfolio Reflection

This is in my top 5 favorite projects for this semester.  I picked it because it made sense and I got to learn more about after effects and I also integrated photoshop.  My greatest strength is making the grass in photoshop.  I have improved by being able to branch out and do things on my own as I grow in animation.  I am going to use the information I learned for making objects move using the pin tool in after effects.  I would change to work to be more designed than just lines on the worm.



This is another one of my favorite projects for this semester.  I had fun with this project because we had the chance to draw character and scan it onto the computer.  After that we got to design it more then make a background for it to walk. I also used the pin tool to move the arms while the character walked.  I improved in drawing and using skills to scan the project onto the computer.  I would probably change my character and add more details and depth to the drawing.


In this project I made a multiplane in photoshop and then I put it into aftereffects and edited it so it would like the background is sliding.  My greatest was making the grass and the sky.  Also I liked importing pictures from the internet.  My weakness was making it slide cleanly aftereffects, I had to get some help on that part.  I learned how to slide the background and if I changed anything I would try to draw more animals than import them.

In this pictureI modeled a pen in Maya without direct instructions.  This was my final for semester 1, I like this because I feel like I did great job on making a pen without any directions.  My greatest strength was making the tip of the pen using the vertices.  I also liked how I added lighting and make the pen transparent.  I would have added a different background and make the plane a different color.  I have improved by being able to do this without directions already made by the teacher.

In this project I had to make a castle on Maya. I learned Maya from my teacher then I had to branch out and do some on my own.  I picked this project because this is where I started to develop in Maya. My greatest strengths were adding textures to the castle and the grass.  My weakness was not making everything even, like extruding the pillars differently.  I would change it by making everything more even and not extrude one pillar higher than any other.