First Animations in Flash

My first experience with making a face animation in Flash has been very fun. This has definitely been my favorite lesson yet. I really enjoyed drawing, and making my face look however I wanted it to. Although my artistic skills aren't very good, this lesson was still very enjoyable for me. I hope we can use more of this in the future and I hope I can learn more about drawing in Flash. I hope my drawings will improve in the future too. Below, is the face I made. 

Dancing Stick Figure

In this lesson we learned how to make an animation move/ dance. I really enjoyed doing this and I hope to use it more in the future. 

Moving Objects in Flash

During this lesson I learned how to mainly move different objects in flash. When you finally choose the shape you want to use, you can make the shape go in any kind of direction you want it to go in. You can also have as many shapes going as once which is really cool. I chose to only have 2 shapes moving because it was my first time using this. I would love to use more of this in the future because I think its very cool and entertaining. I like to experiment and see what I can do and how I can change the shapes and change the direction they are going in.

Flash Drawing Tools

Using the different drawing tools in Flash was very fun. I really enjoyed playing around with it and making different shapes and objects. My favorite part about using the drawing tools in flash was being able to form any object, anyway I wanted it to be. Choosing different colors and fonts for our objects was fun too! I definitely got a better understanding with the different tools used in this assignment. I hope we can use more of these tools in Flash in the future.

Windows Movie Maker

Using Windows Movie Maker has been a very fun experience. I enjoyed making different slides and adding whatever kind of music I wanted to my movie. I found it difficult to cut the music right where I wanted it to be and adding that cut music into my movie. I would love to work more with Windows Movie Maker. Below, is my movie I hope you enjoy it!

Pivot Free Runner

I really enjoyed creating my own animation. It was fun to make my animation do whatever I wanted it to do. But, sometimes it was difficult to make the animation move as realistically as possible. Moving each body part to make it seem perfect was sometimes frustrating because it wasn't exactly how you wanted it. I liked finding ways to make my animation climb, swing, dance, flip, jump,and slide. Like I said, I really enjoyed this assignment and would definitely want to work more with Pivot Animator. Below, is the animation I created. 

History of Animation

Animation has changed drastically throughout history. Some of the earliest animations included Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Popeye. In class we watched some of the earliest animation videos. These videos were in black and white and had some sound effects but there was no talking. In time, animations got color, talking and many more. I think learning about the different animations throughout history is very cool.