Gabriella Magruder's Blog

Write a summary/scope of the project. The project was to create an animation with a story for the song "Easy" by Mat Zo and Porter Robinson. Zo, Mat, and Porter Robinson. “Mat Zo & Porter Robinson - Easy (Official Video).” YouTube , Bullion Productions, 8 Mar. 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=at3FPJaAwoY. An animated music video for the song "Easy" by Mat Zo and Porter Robinson. During (00:31) and (00:36) the animation uses contrast by changing the city lighting changes from warm colors and shades of yellow and orange to cool colors of blue and red-violet. Between (01:19) and (01:23) i n order to emphasize, the speed of the girls' vehicle Emphasis/Pattern/Rhythm is used. What story was told and how was it told? A model living the stereotypical life of luxury in the big city escapes to a simplistic paradise, by destroying the city, after she discovers she is miserable with her current life as a model. The story was told through her facial expression

What was the scope of the project? The project was to create a multi plane animation based on in class examples and of other students. What was your process (speak to Pre-Production...idea, concepting, storyboards, etc.; Production...the actual creation; Post-Production...editing). First I decided to make a multi plane animation based on my character from the character walk cycle project. I looked through images online and based my first attempt on a candy land like landscape. After a few days I chose to restart and based my second multi plane attempt based on a horror game landscape instead. I used the mixer brush to create a dull brown orange and blue color for the sky. For the grass i picked three colors from a reference photo of the horror game. Afterwards I dragged each layer and render the entire project. What did you learn along the way? I learned how to use the mixer brush tool to make interesting colors and minor blurred effects to resemble cl

What did you do this Semester?  What is your overall opinion on the design process and final outcome of the  project? Raccoon :   The project was to create a raccoon with a fall background.  The project took 2 weeks to complete. While making the raccoon I and many others noticed t he instructions were outdated and some of the short cuts and options were removed or renamed. So we had to experiment until our raccoons matched the instructions. While making the raccoon I  learned how to experiment within the limit of instructions, trying different methods while making sure the raccoon was the same as the instructions. After I finished the main raccoon I was told to a dd more to the area surrounding the raccoon so  I changed the size of the raccoon and added a tree, piles of leaves and nuts around the raccoon.  I Liked how the raccoon itself came out however the process of making it was frustrating because of lack of instructions Typography:   The project was t