Tressa McIff Blogs

Process For this project we had to come up with ten strengths that we possess. The ten that I came up with are  writing, honesty, loyalty, logical, intellectual, creative, patient, helpful, supportive, and humorous. I had to ask some friends to help me come up with some of them, which was very helpful. After we came up with these strengths, we had to find a photo to use as a background for our animation. I chose a large, old library because I love books and antiques. We then had to arrange our words on the background using different layers. In order to make them look pleasing, we had to experiment with fonts, sizes, and colors. Finally, we got to the animation part. unlike the last few times, we used the video option in photoshop to animate this particular project. We used various tools availible to us to make the words move and come into the screen at different times. What I Learned While doing this project, I learned how to take advantage of more tools on Photoshop. I ...

Process In this second animation we discovered and experimented with the principle of arcs. We started with adding the background and foreground, then added our name. Next, we drew arcs with the paintbrush tool as an outline for the bounces. We then created the two different faces on the ball that would appear at different times. Then we copied the balls and placed them accordingly on the arc lines. We finished up by creating the beginning and end screens and animating the entire project. What I Learned In this second project we learned about arcs, which is one of the twelve principles of animation. I also learned how to use more toss on Photoshop and continued to incorporate principles we learned in the previous project. In The Future... In the future, I would like to spend more time making this animation the best it could be. I would focus more on getting it done well instead of just getting it done. Watch this video if you want to learn more about arcs in an...

Process In this first glimpse into animation, we learned about Photoshop and two main principles of animation. We started with creating the sky and ground to be the background of the bouncing ball. I then made one circle on the next layer, adding gradient afterwards to give it a more 3D look. Then I added multiple layers of the same ball, gradually making them further apart and stretching them. These were the "Ease In and Ease Out" and "Squash and Stretch" principles.  What I Learned I learned many new skills throughout this first animation experience. I learned all about Photoshop, which I had never used before. I learned how to use tools such as gradient, shape, and crop on Photoshop. I also learned a bunch of short cuts on the Mac computer using the "Command" key and others. In the Future... If I were to do this again, I would probably do most things very similarly. I really like how it turned out and am fairly proud of myself. However, I...

The whole team experience was overall very interesting. We started out on Monday by learning about what various colors can mean and thinking about which one best expressed who we are as individuals. We also had to think of and research symbols that represented each of us. I chose black for my color and a heart for my symbol. I chose black as my color mostly because I really like it and I just thought it captured who I am, or at least a part of me. Black exudes thoughts and feelings of control, mystery, strength, and formality, all of which I identify with in one way or another. I chose a heart as my symbol partly because you wouldn't typically expect black to go with a heart, which goes along with the part of me that is unpredictable. Also, I simply didn't know what I wanted it to be, so I decided that a heart was simple and universal. There were many creative differences in our group. Some people wanted to keep our design simple and separated, while others of us wanted it to...