Final Animation

Here is my final animation for my project. I didn't have time to incorporate any sounds or voice overs because I had tons of work to complete for all of my classes.

Pictures of progress

Included here is some screenshots of scenes 2-4.

Scene 2 - Introduction by the announcers


















Scene 3 - Introduction of prizes
















Scene 4 - Bulldog close-up

Storyboard

Here is a quick storyboard I did for my animation.

Opening Sequence

My opening sequence is pretty much done. I just have to add sound to it. I am now working on creating the characters for my animation. First I am creating the close-ups for each dog for the next scenes.

First Scene

Here is a screen shot of my first scene of my final project:















It is the opening introduction title plate.

Status Update

I am currently working on the first background for my scene. I am rotoscoping a couple of dogs to be the announcers that will appear like these guys:

Schedule

I have completed my schedule for my final project. It is going to be one long and busy month. Keep logging on to receive updates from me on my progress.

Lip Sync

Here is the last tutorial we had to complete before midterms. It is an example of a lip sync. To create it, I had to create a character and their appropriate mouths for replicating the various syllables a person creates during speech. Before I did anything, I had to find a certain sound clip that I wished to replicate. I found a Halo 2 sound clip of Cortana talking to Masterchief.

Walk Cycle

Below is an example of a walk cycle. In this particular walk cycle, I made my character have a limp. I had to complete the animation using a cut-out approach. I found an image on the Web and then imported it into Flash. I traced the bitmap and cut out each moving part. I then added key frames to my time line and moved the parts respectively.

Rotoscoping 2

Here is the Rotoscoping 2 tutorial. This time I had to find my own footage and then trace over that.

Digital Puppet 2

Down below is a digital puppet I made in Flash. It's a jack-in-the-box. I first drew the character in a sketch book, then scanned it in, traced it in Illustrator, and lastly imported it into Flash. There I colored it and separated the different parts, like the head and neck. I then completed the animation.

Rotoscoping

Here is an example of rotoscoping. This was a tutorial assignment where I had to import footage I was given from the instructor and using the tools inside of Flash I traced each frame one by one.

Script

I am working on my script for my final project at the moment. I should have it up by midweek. I am going to have script start off with announcers introducing themselves. One of them will introduce the final five dogs at the last table of the 2008 World Series of Poker.

Digital Puppet

Below is an animation of a clown jumping. I colored the scanned image and grouped the head and the neck to create the motion tweens.

Simple Ball Bounce #2 -- Graph

Now here is a ball bounce I created in Flash using the ease in/out graph editor:

Simple Ball Bounce -- Flash

Here is a simple ball bounce made with key frames in Flash.

Premise for Final

For my final project in ANIM 342, Digital Cel Animation, I am going to do a spoof on the famous painting, "A Friend in Need." If you are not familiar with the painting, it is of dogs playing poker. I am going to implement a spin on it though. I am going to have the dogs appear as if they are part of the final table at the World Series of Poker. I am going to have it appear like it is airing on ESPN, with commentators adding their unique play-by-play of the action. I would like to animate this using a cut-out animation approach, similar to South Park. Instead of using the ESPN name, I am going to come up with my own sports channel to steer-clear of any copyright issues.

Best Work

This piece of work that I have completed represents one of my best works:

This is an island scene I did for ANIM 411.

Final Project

The animation I am thinking about doing for my final project is a cutout animation. The animation will likely be 2 dimensional. For characters I may use some sort of cardboard cutouts. Overall I would like to create something that is funny and witty. Some examples where cutout animation include Southpark and JibJab cartoons.


Here is a JibJab cartoon entitled, "One Lucky Leprechaun - LepreKanye West"

Favorite Animation

One of my favorite animations is the Flash based animation entitled, "Animator vs. Animation" by Alan Becker. The animation is about an animator "battling" his own animated stick figure. The medium which the animation takes place is inside Adobe's Flash. The animation starts off with the animator creating a stick figure. The creator uses the Flash interface as his arsenal to torture the figure. However, the stick figure fights back by using "tools" of his own. Some of the tools the stick figure uses are the eraser and brush tools.

A unique aspect of "Animator vs. Animation," is Alan Becker uses Flash not only as the medium for the animation, but also for the story for which it takes place. What I like most about this animation is the resourcefulness of the stick figure. He finds out that he too can use the tools within Flash to battle back against the animator. Will the stick figure climb to victory? Find out now:

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Introduction

Hello, my name is Greg Morgan and I am from Virginia Beach, VA. Virginia Beach is known to have the largest pleasure beach in the world. I currently attend Savannah College of Art and Design. My major is Interactive Design and Game Development. I am also minoring in Animation. I am originally a transfer student from Virginia Beach, where I received my Associate's Degree in Computer Graphics.

I am in my final quarter here at SCAD, and along with ANIM 342, I am taking Interactive/Game Portfolio, and Modeling, Materials, and Lighting.

Some of my favorite things include:

Foods: Spaghetti, pizza, seafood
Drinks: Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Vault
Song: Chop Suey by System of a Down
Websites: ESPN.com, Google
Web animation: JibJab cartoons
Video game: Half-Life 2
Book: Lord of the Flies, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Magazines: Sports Illustrated, Wired, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Nintendo Power
TV Shows: SportsCenter, Pardon the Interruption, Around the Horn, The Office, Heroes
Movies: Gladiator, Lord of the Rings trilogy