Spencer Neel 10 Words Animation

Animating this video was different than previous animations I've done in Animation. The Video Timeline is different from Frame-by-Frame animation because it requires you to set markers for where you want certain objects to go at certain times. Instead of making several different frames, you only have to use one frame and move it at different times with the markers on the timeline. I had trouble trying to edit the words after the markers were set because if I changed the size, the size would only change at that time on the timeline. I had to delete some of the markers and change the size at that time in order to get around this issue. Making animations this way took much less time than making animations frame by frame because I only had to use one frame rather than several for one object.

Spencer Neel Name Bounce

Arc Project

Creating this project furthered my understanding of "squash and stretch" by having the object moving rather than just up and down. I struggled on how many frames should be added to display the appropriate speed of the animation. This project was a pleasure to make because I got added more of my own creativity. I enjoy animating and hope to be doing more projects soon.

Links to more information about the principles of animation:

Idea Rocket Animation - Squash and Stretch

The Principle of Arcs

Ease In/ Ease Out

Bounce 1 Spencer Neel

From doing this project, I learned about "squash and stretch", the idea of when an object is moving, it will stretch outwards, and when it makes contact with the ground or other objects, it will squash down. I also learned about "ease in and ease out", which means that the object will go faster as it reaches the ground and slower back at the top where it started. In photoshop, I learned how to make an animation with the timeline. I had used photoshop before, but I never knew about the timeline.

Spencer Neel My Website

 My home page on my website consists of all the necessary components. I followed the instructions thoroughly. This project was something new for me but I didn't have too hard of a time. I enjoyed learning how to type in the HTML and hope to work with HTML's more often. Creating the link to the other page amazed me since I never knew how people were able to link one website to another without just posting the link. For my projects page, I posted my personal Logo for my graphic design project and my Chase Scene for my video project. Posting the video taught me how to post a video alone directly in the website. The coloring was the only issue I had. I couldn't find which colors worked with each other, so I looked up some color palettes online and found one I enjoyed. I got the colors on my website with the color dropper tool. I hope to pursue more about how to create websites.

Spencer Neel My Bio

I live in Lenexa, Kansas and attend Olathe Northwest. I was born in Leawood and moved to Overland Park when I was five. I attended Heartland for elementary school and Harmony for sixth and seventh grade. For eighth grade, I moved to Lenexa and attended Prairie Trail. I'm in a four-year e-Communication program to further my understanding in design, animation, and video. In my personal life, I'm the youngest of four children. My eldest sister is a sophomore at Kansas University. My older brother attends Kansas State University as a freshman. My second sister is a junior at Blue Valley Northwest. I live with mother and my step-father. In winter of 2007, my father passed away of skin cancer. I love to play and program video games of all kinds. I'm a Type 1 Diabetic and have ADHD.

For the future, I plan to attend Baker University to improve my programming skills and learn more about becoming a video game developer. I love to study game design and psychology and hope to major in either subject during my college career. I'm always willing to learn something new and pursue my dreams even further.

My Personality Type

My Myers-Briggs personality type is INTJ, which stands for introverted, intuitive, thinking, and judging. That means that I am someone who functions better alone rather than with a crowd. I’m always living in the future and coming up with new ideas to improve it. I use logic for my reasoning rather than how I feel about a situation and always analyze a situation before acting. When working, I always try to complete meaningful and important parts before moving on and always stay ahead of deadlines. A famous actor that shares my personality type is Colin Firth.

I think that this personality type is close to how I actually am. I don’t rely on how I feel and act in a sensible way. Before acting, I must know all outcomes before I do anything. Understanding how others feel holds no importance to me. I’d choose the logical outcome instead of the empathetic outcome. I don’t very much agree with the judging part, though. I don’t really have a routine and I usually don’t plan as much as I should. I won’t commit to anything that interferes with what I want or need to do. Taking this test further deepened my knowledge of why I gravitate to certain activities. I usually associate myself with play that involves some sort of logic or puzzles and figuring out how to solve them.

            My personality type clarifies how I need to be the one in a group with the most logical and sensible feelings. Others in a group may be interrupted by their feelings and it would be my job to show them all the outcomes that may result if they falter. When I fill a role that matches my personality type, I can work to my full extent

Tutorial Spencer Neel

Step 1. Use the Type tool to create an N and make it 80 pt. Zoom in (command +) to make the creation easier.

Step 2. Click the N, go to Effect-Distort & Transform-Free Distort and move the bottom two anchors backwards to make it slanted forward. Make the N red.

Step 3. Create a square shape and make it overlap the left leg.

Step 4. Create a copy of the N. Move it aside, then select both the original N and the square covering the left leg and right click. Select "Make Clipping Mask".

Step 5. Now that you have the leg, change the color of the leg to black (you have to double click the leg to go into the layer and then select the shape and color) and carefully overlap the leg with the copy of the N. Use the Arrow Keys to move the leg to be as precise as possible.

Step 6. Repeat the process of making a clipping mask but for the right leg. 

Step 7. Type a capital S that's 80 pt and color it red.

Step 8. Free Transform the S the opposite way of the N so that the S and the N create the image below when they overlap. Make sure the S is behind the N.

Step 9. Create a clipping mask for the bottom half of the S. Try messing around with different shapes in order to get the best mask. Copy the S to not mess with the image.

Step 10. Put the mask on the S.  Make it bigger or add a stroke if the mask fails to hide all the color of the original S. 

Finished!