Morphing Animation(s), and Being in Over My Head
- Sam Eckart
- Sep 25, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 8, 2022
I'd like to start this by saying that in the beginning of this assignment, I was Icarus flying too close to the sun of creativity, which led to my downfall and many setbacks. I started by planning out thumbnails of my project, showing the objects and how they would turn into each other.
I was proud of myself for thinking out my designs and planning ahead, and assumed that I could quickly complete it. Unfortunately, I forgot to factor in how detailed I had made the items, and I quickly realized that if I were to keep working on it, there was no way that I could finish something so complex in time for class. Below is how far I managed to animate before realizing it was pointless, and you can see I also added keyframes, something I wasn't aware we shouldn't have been utilizing.
So, starting on the 21st of September, I completely scrapped my original animation, and started anew, using no complex designs or keyframes. I called my little sister(6) and she suggested a pokéball, so I took that idea and ran with it. I think the finished product looks nice, especially because the simpler nature of the shapes allowed me to color the final product in nicely.
I would say my biggest struggle with this project was animating on 1's. Maybe it's because all of my previous work has been with 2's, but I found working in 24 fps jarring, and made me feel as though I had a very limited range of motion. When animating in 12 fps, movement can be shown in a much smaller amount of frames using smears and in-betweens, and not being able to lean back onto those techniques that I have heavily used in the past was extremely challenging for me. After this set-back, I think I've been reminded of something crucial when working with artistic school assignments. It's more important to have a completed work than a work that looks exactly how you want it to, and to not let the daunting idea of magnificence block you from completion. Or better put, as my dad says it, "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good."
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