Journal 1
1/27/2023
So far I have animated the main stick figure jumping up and grabing the drawing tool and falling down and walking over a little but and drawing the head of the next stick figure. I feel like I thought this would be easier that it has turned out to be. I found out that I'm not the best at drawing stick figures. I am glad I've been able to use the drawing tablet, without that it would take even more time then it already is. I am very proud of myself with what I have done because just seeing it come together is very rewarding. I wish I could get the hang of drawing the stick figures a little faster so I could get the frames done just a bit faster. Using the tablet has been fun because it is something I have never used before. Getting used to it has been strange but I think I have it under control so far. On the first day using the tablet was a little difficult because I had to learn how to use the table so I did lose a day to that. So far the hardest thing to draw in the animation beside the stick figure itself was the last thing I finished. Drawing the stick figure drawing another stick figure has been very difficult.
Journal 2
2/2/2023
This week has been a pretty slow one for my project. I went back to what I did last week and did the in-betweens. The in-betweens took awhile because I needed it to be precise. I wish I could have gotten more done than I did. I do love how it is coming together. With the in-betweens now in it, it looks a lot smoother. I love watching the animation come together. I think that is my favorite part of doing this project so far. I've gotten more used to using the tablet to draw my animation. One thing that is making this take longer than it should is that I wanna make everything look perfect. Next week I wanna try to get more progress done than I have in the past two weeks. I am proud of myself for getting this far. I do think I will have to shorten my orignal idea from 5 settings down to 3 to get it done in time. I do hate the fact I'm going to have to do that because I liked my idea of 5 settings. The 3 setting i'm going to do is the adobe animate screen, then the back rooms, then the mac home screen.
Journal 3
2/10/2023
This week as been a good week for the project. I got most of the animation for the body done. I need to focus on getting it done and not how perfect it looks. I love using the tablet to animate with. Next week I wanna try to get more progress done than I have in the past weeks. I am proud of myself for getting this far. I feel like this project will turn out amazing. Every step I take makes me even more excited to see the finished product.
Journal 4
2/17/2023
So far I think my progress is going well. I do wish I could be a little further but I believe i'm in a good spot at the moment. The big fight scene is about to start. I'm surprised at how long it takes to do the little things to make things look smooth. I do need to look up a way to fix my pannel timing for i don't mess anything up. I'm worried if i go back to try to fix it i'm going to mess everything up. The only thing that bothers me in my whole project is the timing of everything, I will have to fix it to be happy this this project. One thing i find funny i did on this project is i put eyes on the blue stick figure for a couple seconds and it's really funny and I really like that. I'm trying not to get bored with this project because the drawing everything over and over part is starting to get on my nerves but i'm trying to push through that. I think I'm completely on track to get this done on time.
Journal 5
2/23/2023
I really like my progress for this week. This week I animated the green stick figure punching the blue stick figure to begin the fight. I think watching the baby sensory videos helped me keep on track. I got the most done on that day I had them playing in the background. I don't know why but it really helped. The really hard part is about to start because i'm about to start animating the fighting. I found out how much I hate trying to animate walking. I'm really bad at this. Therefore there will not be a lot of walking during the rest of this project. I do love seeing the progress I make each week. I hope to get the first fighting scene done in the next two weeks. I still need to figure out how to make it a little slower without messing it up. While doing this it has made me a little angry because I like to make everything look perfect and I can't get the stick figures to look exactly how I want them to look. I like hearing feedback from people to help make this a good project, so i'm very excited about the midterm presentation.
Journal 6
3/17/2023
So my thoughts and feelings have changes a lot lately but by the time of writing this I love what i've gotten done so far and about what I have planed to finish this project. I have changed a lot about the plan for this project in the last week. I was originally going to have a huge fight scene but I realized I wouldn't be able to finish the project if I kept that as what I was going to do. Now I'm going to have the second stick figure punch the first then jump on his head then it will zoom out to a class room setting and the teacher will be teaching the other stick figures why we don't draw new stick figures but one will get an idea and it will loop to start over again. Then after I get the drawing part of this animation done i'll start working on the sound effects and cleaning everything up for it will be perfect. This week I finished the first part of this project and I'm starting the clean up on the first part. I'm really thinking this plan is last and final plan i'll have. I'm very proud of myself for getting this far.
Journal 7
3/24/2023
This week I worked on editing the first part. I put all the background music in. I put all the sound effects in. I really like what i've done so far. I'm definitely on track to finish it on time. I've been using canva to edit my project. There isn't much to talk about this week but next week I should be starting on the second part of the project. The next part of the project will the the last frame of the first part and it will go to a classroom setting and the teacher will tell them that that is why we dont draw new stick figures.
Journal 8
3/31/2023
This week was a good week for my project. I'm another step closer to being done. Last week i finished the first part of my project so this week I started the second part. For me to start on the second part I had to find a picture of a classroom. This took me awhile to find because I had to have an image that looked just right for it to fit into my project. I had to fine and image that looked like a good classroom and also had a board or screen for I could put the last frame onto it for it looked like the teacher was teaching about it. I also ha to have the chairs in the classroom be pulled out a little for I could put stick figures sitting in the chairs. It took me awhile of looking all over the internet for the right one. I finally found the right one. It is shown in the image above. After I found the picture I found spots to put my stick figures in. One stick figure Is sitting on a chair in the back of the classroom. He is going to be the main stick figure in the second scene. Next I have a stick figure sitting on a chair in the middle of the classroom. I also have a stick figure sitting on a couch. The last stick figure is teaching the class and is showing the other stick figures that they shouldn't do what just happened.
Journal 9
4/14/2023
These two weeks have been very good for my project. I am very close to being done with the project. I will have my project done on time. With that being said let us move on to what I did this week. This week I finished up doing the classroom scene. The main stick figure will get an idea to do exactly what the teacher said not to do and walks off-screen then it will loop to the start so it will never end. The closer and closer I get to the end the better I like my project. I love watching everything come together. Now with what I did this week out of the way let us talk about what is left of my project. What is left of my project is the editing of the project and putting everything together. I have to edit the part where the teacher is talking. I have to edit the part where the main stick figure is talking. I have to edit the first and second scenes together. I also have to edit in all the sound effects. I will be using Canva to edit everything together. I love using Canva, it is a really good editor. I have been using Canva to edit all the videos I've done in this class.
Journal 10
4/28/2023
This week have been very good for my project. I am very close to being done with the project. I only have to edit and i will be done. With that being said let us move on to what I did this week. This week I finished up doing the classroom scene. The main stick figure will get an idea to do exactly what the teacher said not to do and walks off-screen then it will loop to the start so it will never end. The closer and closer I get to the end the better I like my project. I love watching everything come together. Now with what I did this week out of the way let us talk about what is left of my project. What is left of my project is the editing of the project and putting everything together. I have to edit the part where the teacher is talking. I have to edit the part where the main stick figure is talking. I have to edit the first and second scenes together. I also have to edit in all the sound effects. I will be using Canva to edit everything together. I love using Canva, it is a really good editor. I have been using Canva to edit all the videos I've done in this class. This project has come a long way from the beginning and i'm really proud of myself for getting this far.
Final project
