Bunny

Angeles Rangel
Sophomore
IB scholar

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My topic is animation. I think it something interesting to do and fun. Since I was little I
grew up watching cartoons. I liked Cartoon Network and all but I was in love with anime and
Studio Ghibli. I remember my first time watching My Neighbor Totoro and I was mesmerized. It
wasnt like the cartoon movies you saw from disney or pixar. Studio Ghibli's films have a
different feeling when you watch them. Even today I watch movies from Mr. Miyazaki. Hayao
Miyazaki is my role model and hero. His movies always made my day no matter what. I wish to
meet him one day and work with him. He is one of the many people who inspire me to work with
animation. When I have free time I would go on youtube and watch animation from many
different youtubers. I would try their art styles. When Im in a need of inspiration I look at anime
or others work to get inspired.There was a time where I wanted to be famous on youtube. I
wanted to be a mysterious singer who know knows how they look and only have animated music
videos like Daft Punk. This may seem embarrassing but I love when the hair of a character
moves in animation. Hair surprisingly can be hard to draw because the the multiple movements.
The more of a flow desired the more time and effort is needed. I can talk about animation and
things related all day if I really wanted to! The global context I chose was identities and
relationships. This topic really shows who I am and what I love to do. I think we all have a
passion in something that drive us. Each individual passion is different yet they all intertwine one
way or another. I know that animation was a long process of brainstorming, revising, and testing
if all goes well. In order to make my animation I need to know the basics of using Adobe Flash
in order to do my project. It is different from photoshop. Adobe flash is more than I thought it
was. Don't get me started with frames! I learned what real dedication is. Before I started I was
very clueless as to doing the animation. I think I felt I could easily do it because I saw my sister
do her animations. I felt if my sister could do it I also have the capacity to do an animation. My

sister made it look easy. She graduated majoring in animation. My goal was honestly to
complete the animation in general. I am just a novice but I gotta start somewhere.

Well I wanted to make an animation worth making. I decided to make an animation that
tells the viewers to not care what others think and love themselves. Hopefully it would boost
their self-esteem. I remember being made fun of when I was little and my mother always told be
to stay strong and to not to care what negative thing people have to say. I want my animation that
holds a purpose. I want to make something people can relate to and see it more than just a boring
animation. I know many people have been fun of at least once in their lifetime. It is a horrible
feeling to be made fun of and some people dont know how to deal with it. Some who get made
fun of might think it okay to make fun of one another and spread this negativity. The steps to
making my animation were:
1. brain storm
2. Inspiration
3. story board
4. revise storyboard
5. cry
6. cry more
7. have your sister motivate you
8. Getmotivated
9. start animation
10. fix and revise animation
11. Publish animation

To be honest, I really procrastinated. I am normally a person who does things on time but
things was such a new challenge that I tended to leave if off. I always tried to do at least 2 or
more hours of work every other day. I did a lot of things on computer and got easily distracted. I
would end up drawing something as a break to just let myself go and do whatever I wanted. I
would always tell myself to try to get something done. I would have a small objective each time
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whether is was draw the full outline for a certain scene or clean up certain parts. As for research I
used the Adobes official website, and my sister who majored in animation. In every animation,
movie, game, etc, there has to be storyboard or timeline to organize what is going to happening
at that certain point. Instead of using the mouse I use a drawing tablet. It made thing much easier
and more fun to do. I didnt really pay much attention to my own deadlines. I would always talk
to my sister. We would both look at it and think if there is something to improve in it or if it is
good in general.

I ended up making the animation about being comfortable with ones body and to ignore
the negative things people say. When I wasn't working on my animation I was drawing on the
program making art or little animations.The animation holds its own purpose and the animation
can help those who are constantly suffering from bullying and self-hate. The main character is
named Bunny. (Got it from Chubby Bunny) She puts on a picture on soical media and later soon
to get negative comments. She get affected by it and starts crying. Later she sees the picture of
her mother who was battling cancer when she was little. She sees the bravery that her mother
hold and uses it to overcome the negative comment to continue staying strong. I love drawing
and helping others. This was like killing two-birds with one stone. I demonstrated thinking skills
by showing people to become open minded about what they say because it can really hurt
someone. There are many people especially teens getting bullied online or outside. One of the
biggest problems I faced was having to revise constantly! I spent hours looking at references to
help me draw my characters, settings and objects. I felt hopeless at times but my sister or my
mom motivated me. My sister during the time was also working on an animation so we have to
create a schedule to allow both of us to use the animation program.Since I did this project, I
became much closer to my family and I learn that animation is more than just what meets the
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eye. I can use my experience to interact with other artists and perhaps get advice and feedback.I
communicated with my mentor by emailing when they were available and then we would talk
about what there is to be need done. I would tell them a heads up most of the time. I was able to
work my mentor with no problem. I have my sister and her boyfriend help me with tips and ideas
to improve any way I can. Theyre both artists who have a lot of experience in the art field.

I put all my effort in this project and it truly showed what I love and held purpose. I am
no professional but I think my animation was good. I enjoyed working with it every bit. I
evaluated the quality of the project by making sure it was spaced well and that those who
watched it enjoyed it. I have my friends and family watch it and I was happy to see they were
proud of progress. Since completing the personal project I learned more about my capabilities
and who I am. I want to become an activist and this animation shows people I want to stop what
is wrong even it its something like bullying. I love that I can draw and animate. This makes me
one step closer to creating videos on youtube or even working with my role model. I became
more reflective and open-minded when it came to the arts. I learned to communicate more with
my family and other artists.I realized how much I love to draw and be myself. I hope that people
can see my work and learn to love themselves. We all should love ourselves. No one should
determine how we should be. The only one to tell us how to be us, is us. No on has the right to
say we dont follow society's expectations. We were all born different and being different is okay.
For those who are the bully, they can see that words really hurt. It mean not seem like it does but
it hurts the victim either very little or a lot. We dont know if that person was going through
something and those words are the ones can cause things to worsen. I know there many
improvements in the animation and that is perfectly okay. I plan to counting in animation and
make this animation better.
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Bibliography
Rangel, Claudia. "ClaudiAnimation." ClaudiAnimation. Weebly, n.d. Web.
20 Mar. 2016. <http://claudianimation.weebly.com/>.
"Jaltoid." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2016.
<https://www.youtube.com/user/Jaltoid>.
"Adobe Animate CC." How to Make an Animation in Animate CC. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2016. <https://helpx.adobe.com/animate/how-to/make-ananimation.html?set=animate--get-started--overview>.
"Studio Killers." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 20 Mar. 2016.
<https://www.youtube.com/user/StudioKillers>.
"TIMBER- SVA Thesis Film -VivziePop." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 20
Mar. 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCusehQROC8>.
Claudia Rangel, Depaul Graduate, majored in animation.

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