Animation End Of The Year Reflection

Technology

This year in animation I have learned many new things.  I have learned new things about Adobe After  effects and Maya.  I learned new things by listening to the teacher in class when he gives us tutorials on what to do on projects. It is important to learn these new things because that is how you become a better at animation.  I have faced many challenges along the way that include, troubles making a walk  cycle in After effects and 3D modeling.  My greatest strengths are rendering projects and coming up with ideas of what to create in Maya.  My greatest weaknesses are paying attention in class and animating for big projects.  I have improved by watching tutorial videos on how to 3D model and I have tried to ask classmates for their thoughts on my projects.  I still need to work on my skills in After effects after this year.  If I could go back and change something I would have put a little more time and effort into my first semester final.

Collaboration

This year in Exploring animation I have had to collaborate a lot to get help in my projects.  I learned to collaborate by talking to the people around me.  It is important to collaborate because you need to work together to create a better final product.  I have faced challenges during the first semester final, I was stuck and I didn't know what to do, so I turned to my partners for help.  I still need to work on not relying on my partners too much and overcome obstacles by myself.  In the end my collaboration skills have increased this year.

Communication

Communicating is a big deal in becoming better in animation.  At times I would communicate too much and that would get in the way of my quality of projects.  I need to improve on communicating with the teacher when I need help on projects.  In the end I feel like my communication skills lacked a lot this year and I have plenty of room for improvement.

Project Management

This past year I have done a lot of projects.  Project management is a big key to keeping a good grade in this class.  I leaned to manage my projects by keeping track of the due dates.  I faced challenges during the final project when I worked with a group and I had to get my part of the project done before a deadline.  I have improved this year by only having a few assignments turned in late.  I still need to work on making sure that I stay on task and my quality of work only goes up.  I would change my final from first semester because the quality of work was poor because I didn't do anything for that project until the day before the due date.

Leadership

This year I have not been able to use my leadership skills a whole lot.  I have tried to help people when they need help, but I am not the best in this field.  It is important to be a leader because every group needs a leader to excel.  One time that I did get to use my leadership skills was the final for second semester, I helped my group create the robot and come up with ideas for our story. In the end I did gain some helpful skills for using my leadership and I can definitely use those skills in the real world.