During my preteen years I wanted to help people by becoming a doctor. When I was a younger teen I wanted to be a veterinarian and help animals. Soon I will finish high school; I’ve decided I want to become an animator. The reason I may not like animation is that I have a difficulty drawing. I don’t have much skill in drawing because I have very little patience and refused to practice. I am now motivated to practice drawing because I love animation and have a burning passion to start learning how to animate.
I remember when I was a child, I loved animated cartoons and I still do. I based my passion for the love of animation and have decided to become an animator. Some of my favorite animations as a child were: Tom and Jerry, 64 Zoo Lane, Magic school bus, and many more. It will be fun learning how to create animations and hopefully see one of my own on TV someday. I believe that is the most exciting part of being an animator. Seeing your work on TV must be exciting, and if your animation becomes popular is the best reward for all of your hard work.
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The Stories Behind Lotte Reiniger’s The Adventures of Prince Achmed The word “animation” defines as the technique of photographic successive drawings to create an illusion of movement, bringing a sense of life and vigor. Animation is usually associated with a sequence of drawings, bringing fluidity and character to a sketch. The same is said to miniature models, by the use of stop-motion; but what about cutouts?
We’ve all heard of Disney. Weather that be Disneyland, DisneyWorld, Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse, or even Disney movies. Disney is such a household name around the world, but especially in American culture. However, there was a time when the name “Disney” meant nothing to nobody. From Walt Disney’s early life in a series of small towns, to creating the Disney brand, and finally Disney animation as we know it today, Disney became one of the largest franchises in the world.
Art is something strange and even meaningless in my family tradition. I am from a family of the medical discourse community. Most of my family members have medical degrees. Therefore, they hoped that I could follow the family tradition. However, I chose to follow my dream. According to the book, East Eats West, by Andrew Lam, he mentioned ““America will tell you to look out for number one, to think for yourself […] follow your dream … take care of yourself first … you cannot make anyone else happy if you don’t love yourself” (45). I have to make myself happy before helping and satisfying other people. Therefore, I chose to continue my education in the Digital Media Art (DMA) field because I love technology and art. I believe that I will do well in this profession. Art is created for many reasons, and art can be beautiful, frightening, or provocation (Barrio). In order to explain the discourse community of Digital Media Art, I will use the interview that I had with Ms. A, a professional artist in Graphic Design, and some other research articles. I will include the background and experience, career path, and writing and communication skills of an artist. Also, I will conclude into my writing what surprised me during the interview and what I need to do to make my goal real in the
Bates (2013:[sp]) identifies that animation is an excellent and ingenious way to encourage children to communicate stories, ideas and concepts in a creative and original way. As explained...
During the 20th century America faced many issues overseas, but during times of trial America continued to grow culturally and developed many new media. Throughout the 20th century new forms of media were slowly being produced throughout America, including animation. While there were many experiments during this time that ultimately failed animation grew in popularity very quickly. Animation slowly developed throughout the 20th century and encountered three eras, the silent era, the golden age, and the television/dark era.
A pencil and a sketchbook usually accompanied me wherever I went as a child. Whether I was sitting in class, church, or the car, my hands were usually busy creating a new character or developing a storyline. Friends call me an artist because of my love of drawing, however, I have never really used that term to describe myself. Drawing has always been a part of who I am and has acted as an extension of my creativity. Early on, I never considered drawing as a way to make a living. But as I have grown older, God has shown me that He has given me my abilities and I should not waste them. So with His help, I intend to pursue my dream of using art to entertain and inspire people of all ages. My ultimate career goal is to secure a graphic design position with Walt Disney Imagineering.
In thinking about my interest in art and the idea of studying to be an art therapist, I realized that it all started as both a hobby and a skill when I was really young. I loved to draw my favorite superheroes, video game, Disney, and anime characters, films, and song artists while growing up. I also drew images based on observations from personal experiences or looking at picture books.
My first long term goal is that by my last semester that I will already have contact info with an animation company. By spring I will send my digital portfolio to at least three animation companies for a job. I will send a variety of short and long animations and hopefully will hear something back before June and by the end of graduation, I will have a startup animation job.
There are many cartoons shift in to computerized cartooning, but others still use hand drawn animations, but with a tactful use of CGI. It is great to be able to save time and concentrate on additional essential details of the work which could not be done in the past, but the world need to remember where it created from and must be in touch with reality. Not like present, before 50 years ago the situation of the Mickey Mouse was sad. Having a mixture of both is the best way for do. Walt Disney has been making hand drawn and also CGI films at that time. Perhaps the reason is that they understand what their clients want. Cartoon animation is not only for children, it is for the parents and grandparents too. Hopefully companies will not much use their hand drawing departments but some have done and simply focus on CGI. A combination of both is needed. There might be the debate about all being digital and accessible on the internet and as a result they must do it with computers to save money and try and earn some money. It will be great to see what men like John Lasseter can and will do for The Walt Disney Company and other producers in the years to
In this chapter, it has shown a brief history of animation and how it started in the early days of animation. It also discussed about 2D in brief and 3D. Also the techniques applied in making of animation since early ages with the evolution of 2D to 3D animation.
Animation is a visual technique that creates the illusion of motion, rather than recording motion through live action. The technique is used mainly for motion pictures. Animation can be created by illustrators, filmmakers, video makers, and computer specialists. Animation is most popular in creating cartoon movies. Advertisers also employ animation to develop commercials for television. In addition, producers of instructional films may use animation to help explain a difficult idea or one that could not be shown in live action. Animation can also be combined with live action in a movie. Many animators continue to make many drawings by hand. Since the mid-1980's, however, computer assistance combined with hand-drawn animation has become standard in many movie studios. These methods created such feature-length animated films as The Lion King (1994) and The Prince of Egypt (1998).
Animation, like any other creative art, requires a successful animator to be: patient, talented, disciplined, and willing to work hard. Among the term animation are subcategories such as: character and effects. Character animation is the hardest, in that is requires the most skill. The animator must have a critical eye for every detail that goes into the final project. Character animation can also be broken up into its own subcategories such as: 2D, 3D, traditional, stop motion, and motion graphics. However, 2D and 3D are the most commonly pursued. Regardless if the project is generated by hand or by computer, the overall goal of the animator is to entertain. The animator must have both a clear concept of how to entertain the audience, and
I really love to draw and imagining my own little world. Watching many animations has influenced me a lot. I learnt how people made those animals speak, how those lifeless dolls become alive, and how another dimensions of mythical creatures can be created. Since then, I know that I wanted to do this for my whole life. It has inspired me to do something that I love as a career. Imagine that you are supporting your financial needs by doing something that you love. It has been my dream since a little kid to put my imagination to life.
Animations are a series of drawings, computer graphics, or photographs of objects, like puppets and models, which are different from each to create a variety of entertainment for the audiences. Animations are what brings excitement and mystery, hooking the audience in through interest. It is a form of some sort of “magic” where things that aren’t real but from the imagination comes to life in front of people who live these mundane, ordinary lives, adding color to the eyes and mind. The creators of such amazing arts and creation are animators.
The demand for the manual animation technique known as “in-betweening,” where an artist draws hundreds of images to produce the idea of motion, takes countless hours and requires the dedication of an artist’s full time. With the aid of computers, images are generated at face paces and movement can be altered with the click of a mouse. Thus, those hired to do such jobs have the opportunity to better the product with far less time and frustration.