Ari's Weekly Ramblings!!

I’ll use this part of the assignment as an excuse to vocalize my feelings! I’m unsure if that was your goal, Ms. Licata, but here it goes anyway! This week in O/N BOCES Animation, we studied the 12 principles of animation, color harmony, design principles, and analyzed a Pixar movie under the scope of the 12 PoA. Although drowsy through and through, I thoroughly enjoyed the majority of this week! My favorite was breaking down the intricacies of Pixar’s Wall-E and picking apart the creative elements of the process. The creative team was really attentive to color schemes, shapes, emotions, and visual cues during the production. I found myself adoring how organically E.V.E moved, despite her being a mechanical AI somehow capable of questionable emotion. In the future of this class, I hope to learn how to incorporate my visual style efficiently into 2D animation. I humbly believe the flipbook assignment will prove helpful in this, but I know there are definitely bigger mountains to climb and more bountiful creative valleys to explore. The single thing that frustrated me during the course of the week was my attentiveness to details on timing. I procrastinate a LOT, and I seem to do my best work when sliding riiiiight under the deadline, but, then again, when have I ever done anything before the day of the due date? This caught up to me when it came to the Color Harmony assignment. I had forgotten to pack the design principles files into my USB drive (let’s call her Wanda,) and therefore my head hit the pillow and the next thing you know I’m late for school and also severely unprepared. I don’t get anxious about these things, as they don’t usually slap me in the face for neglecting them. Things come and pass, and if I’m late on something, it's not a big deal; it’s just something I need to work on. I was excited to show off my skills with the 2D Character assignment, and I’m glad I was able to put my heart into it, albeit again very last-minute. I wasn’t late with it, though!

Down below, there's a link to a wonderful person's lessons on what to avoid to not totally tank your art drive. Thanks, Robin Clonts, for your wacky personality and your lovely attitude.
 6 Ways to Kill Your Art Drive