Journal Entry 69: Reflection Piece

During my experience throughout this capstone I have learned a lot. In comparison from my last capstone I had more responsibility. I felt like it was the real deal. It was nice. I have learned that it's important to get things done on time and not leave them to the end where we're rushing around. It's important to keep in contact with the client and show him our progress throughout the period.

When it comes to layout I learned more about definition and how to show more depth. Also remember that the farther back something is the less detail it has. I noticed when I added in the critique from my mentor; Randy the layouts look better and more realistic. For instance when I drawing a tree to put more detail on the edges and less toward the centre to create the shape and make it look flat. With coloring I feel I have learned more about how to use it and how to collaborate colors to make the backgrounds look good. When I painted the location 2 backgrounds I had to create a color scheme for the throne and the tree. I found the colors I chose fit and added to the rest of the background. Something else I realized about color is you tend to use colors you wouldn't think to use. If the color seems to not make sense to you then use it. It's surprising how much different added to a painting. I am so happy that I got the oppotunity to continue my layouts and got a chance to practice with color more because I want this type of work to be my coreer. I now have more layouts and background under my belt.

With the animation I really enjoyed the process but with scene 15 I had a quite a time getting the walk cycle for the Fool correct. I spent about a week working on that one scene. I needed to place the legs correctly in the walk cycle for when I animated him walking across the scene. I had to make sure the frames were spaced consistantly so he would walk right. But Overall I am happy I got a chance to animate and work on the a couple of the builds so I have the experience along side of my layout skills.

For time management I feel I did pretty well. Toward the end the capstone I made sure the backgrounds got done. There were times I was worried about if the backgrounds were going to get done when I wanted them to But in the end they are done and look great. I also got my scenes animated in time even though scene 15 took me a while to do.

Overall I still feel animation is the career I want. I love it so much. I like the professional aspect and I don't feel like a beginner anymore. I don't think there is anything about animation that would to turn me away from it. That's how much I enjoy it. From this capstone and from the rest of the two years experience I will take everything I have learned and apply it to my position out the work field.