Date & Time Activity Commentary Pictures with Captions

Monday, August On Monday, I spent It was a bit nerve

7, 2017 the time during my racking to try out a
lunch to begin new style. I tried to
10:55am–11:41am working on my senior make it more
10:53pm-11:37pm project. Starting in a simplistic from my
fresh new sketch book, usual style of
Total my first job was to try drawing and it is
1 hour & 30 and adapt a new style. easier to draw. This
minutes For the animation, I will be crucial in
thought it easiest to making my animation In the picture above, I started thinking about
develop a more as I may not have a what I wanted my new style to look like.
simplistic style from ton of time to make Mixing a bit more cartoonish feel with my
the style I usually every frame regular slightly realistic style, it earned me a
draw in. Once I felt extremely detailed. cute style that I enjoy drawing in.
like I had a good grip What was exciting
on the new style, I was that I got to
began sketching begin sketching out
concepts for one of my what I want my main
characters. characters to look
like.

In this photo I started sketching out what I

wanted one of my main characters to look like.
Her name is Petunia and my favorite part about
sketching her was getting to style her hair.
Tuesday, August The next day I While sketching
8, 2017 continued developing concepts for my two
my other characters. I other main characters
10:34am-11:15am had a basic idea of I could feel the joy in
10:33pm-12:28am what I wanted them to my heart as I created
look like for a while two more characters.
Total so putting them onto I love designing
1 hour & 36 paper was quite easy. characters and I love
minutes Once I felt like I was it even more when I
pleased enough with can develop their Dagger, in the photo above, was the most
their designs I drew personality through difficult character to develop. I wasn’t sure
some full body simple sketches. It what I wanted him to look like so I looked up
pictures of each one of was interesting to references of different types of dogs and went
the characters and draw the full body with a mix between a hyena and a lab. The page
lined it with pen. This pictures of the shows the trials of trying different head and ear
was just so I could characters as I do not types until I settled on something I liked.
have a reference to usually line my
work off of when I sketched pictures.
begin digitalizing
them.
 The last character I designed was Steve and on
this page, I mostly spent time deciding what
face type and facial features he should have.
The most defining thing about Steve`s character
is that he has a scar across his face in the shape
of a lightening bolt. I also took the time to
sketch his bass quitar which also doubles as a
war axe.

In these two
images, I
decided to
create
traditional,
uncolored, final
versions of my
characters. I
left them
uncolored
because I
wasn’t sure
what I wanted
their colors to
be yet and
didn’t want to
mess up.

Thursday, August
10, 2017 On Thursday, I had Starting part of the
begun to traditionally hardest aspect to
1:22am - 1:40am sketch the story board animation, I slowly
9:50am- 11:12am for my animation at started to see how
home and during my difficult it is to not
Total lunch period. It get tired of listening
1 hour & 40 involved a tedious to the same song
minutes process of listening to repeatedly.
a few seconds of the Especially if it is only
song I have chosen to the first twenty-five Above and below are both pictures of the first
my animation to and seconds. Though, it twenty-five seconds of my animation. The
sketching out what I was fun to finally boxes contain small sketches to give me a
thought would be sketch the intro to my rough idea of what will be in the scene. Several
appropriate for the animation as I have notes are all around, telling me what second to
scene. Once I had had the idea in my match the animation to the song at and what
scribbled down my head since I first movement needs to be made. Arrows help
 idea, I had to rewind heard the song of my direct the movement of the characters as well as
most of the song and choice. I am fearful the order in which each panel of animation
examine the work I though that my goes.
had done and animation will not
continued onwards. It match in time with
was a long process of the song as it is fast
listening to the same paced.
twenty-five seconds
over and over again.

Monday, August After having sketched I was full of

14, 2017 some of my animation inspiration as I jotted
story board, I realized down the notes on Both images
11:00am-11:28am I needed more my heroes` journey. show the
9:20pm-10:00pm direction of what the It gave me a chance page on
story behind my to develop my which I
Total animation was. Jotting characters more jotted down
1 hour & 8 down some ideas, I while giving the notes I
minutes detailed what my direction to my needed to
heroes` journey was, animation. I learned further my
who they were, and while doing this that animation.
how they met. On the it may have been On the back,
back, I planned out the wise to have planned
I did some
smaller details of the these details in
story. These smaller advance before even small
details talked about beginning to sketch sketches of
components of the out my animation. my character
journey that were Steve`s bass
crucial to helping me and what
set up what should importance
happen next in the it plays in
animation. the story and
the entire
premise
behind the
animation.
Wednesday, Once again, I went Going through the
August 16, 2017 back to sketching out tedious process, I was
my animation`s feeling incredibly
10:40am-11:03am storyboard as I finally tired of the song I
had the details to add had chosen to do my
Total to my story. The animation along with.
23 minutes process began again of This is terrible as this
listening to a few is not the last time I
seconds of my will be having to
selected song, listen to the song as I Both images show more of the traditional
sketching down what I still have a lot of version of my animation`s storyboard. The
thought would be work to do and it arrows still point to character movements and
good for that moment, requires me listening the flow of the scenes. Exact minutes and
and listening to the to the song even seconds are noted to ensure the animation
song while looking more next time. matches up perfectly with the song.
over my work. Finally,
I finished the story
board and I am ready
to begin the digital
work on my animation

Monday, August Finally, I began to turn It was exhilarating to

21, 2017 – my traditional finally start truly
Tuesday, August paperwork into digital bringing my
22, 2017 works of art. Looking characters to life.
over my sketches, I Choosing the right
Monday – began to craft my colors for Dagger
3:00pm-4:11pm characters into my art was a crucial step in
program. Starting first making sure his
Tuesday – with a sketch, lining appearance was
8:40pm- 12:00am and then coloring, pleasing to look at.
Dagger finally came to Avoiding too bright
Total life. Choosing his of colors was the
5 hours & 31 colors was the most most important step
minutes difficult task as well as here as if I had
looking up references chosen a brighter red
of different angles of it may have made his
dogs and hyenas. design hard to look In this image, I have finished Dagger`s
at. A difficult aspect reference and am making sure I like his colors.
of Dagger`s design I I also checked to make sure there weren`t any
tried to make simple spots I missed to color or did not replicate from
was his spots. Since I another pose.
wanted him to
resemble more of a
hyena, I tried to give
him spots but a small
amount so animating
them won`t be a pain.
Friday. August 25, As I did with Dagger, I fell in love with
2017 – I began to construct Petunia`s design as I
Saturday, August Petunia`s digital finished coloring her.
26, 2017 reference. I had to She has a friendly
look up several appearance and a
Friday – references of female lovely expression. I
11:00pm-1:30 am figures in her side wanted to create a
pose and a few other lovable character and
Saturday – aspects of her design. one that had a main
3:25pm-5:00 pm Starting with color that I do not
sketching, lining then really care for. Her The image is the final product of Petunia`s
Total coloring, the process personality is clear reference sheet. Like Dagger, I struggled with
4 hours & 55 took a total of two through her reference making sure I liked her colors before deciding
minutes days. and brings a smile to this was her final design.
my face whenever I
see her.
Saturday, Finally, Steve was The most difficult
September 2, 2017 given his own thing I struggled with
– reference sheet. when making Steve
Thursday, Several references was what colors I
September 7, 2017 were collected to should use. Stuck
create his own between either a blue
Saturday – reference as I required or red cape, I decided
2:12pm- 3:00 pm examples of armor and to go with blue as I
a male side view. thought it fit better
Thursday – Once I had a sketch I with his character.
11:24pm – 1:15am was happy with, I The image resembles the previous two as my
began the process of last character, Steve, was given his reference
Total lining and coloring my sheet. Here, I not only show his entire apparel
2 hours & 41 character. and body structure, but his bass as well.
minutes
Tuesday, After finally finishing To begin digitalizing
September 12, my characters` my story board was a
2017 references, it was time bit of a nerve racking
to get to work with experience. I had just
3:30 pm – 5:00pm digitalizing my begun using a new art
animation story board program that I had
Total that I had sketched in never used before. It
1 hour & 30 my sketch book. was messy at first but
minutes Grabbing my tablet as I began to get used
and laptop, I started to the tools and flow
the long process of of the program I was
looking over my story on my way. Though
board notes and bring it doesn’t seem like a
my vision to life. lot, I was able to
Though I only did sketch the first
rough sketches, it was twenty-five seconds
better to have a of my story board. This is a picture of me
reference to look off beginning to transfer my traditional story board
so that I was not going onto my art program. With my extremely large
in blind. It saved time drawing tablet, I use it draw on and while
and spared me from looking at my computer screen, I create the
having to listen to my
chosen song at the
present time.
 frames for my animation.

In the top and bottom images, a few frames

from my animation story board can be seen. It
is clear that some aspects from my traditional
story board have been changed as I added more
details to some of the frames.

These two images show two different frames

from the animation. It begins with the character
Dagger with his head raised, then the next
frame directs that his head will lower in a snarl.
When it comes time to animate, this will help
create a trail for several more frames that will
make this motion look more realistic.

Wednesday, The same as when I After learning how

October 4, 2017 first began sketching the tool called ‘onion
my animation story skin’ in my art
9:30 pm- 12:00am board, I spent time program, it felt as
looking over my though I had just
Total original story board solved the hardest
2 hours & 30 and digitalizing. I math problem of my
minutes separated several life. I had seen the
seconds of the tool used in tutorials I
animation into used as reference but Both images show the many layers that
different files, so it did not truly contribute the the story board of an animation.
will be easier later to understand how to It shows the frames that will later grow in
animate each section. utilize the tool until numbers to create a smooth animation. The
Luckily, I learned how learning how to do so smaller window on each image is displaying a
to use a useful aspect myself. short preview of my work. It creates almost a
of this new art smaller animation of my sketches so I can
program. This determine if it matches with my vision. So far,
 knowledge has both have pleased me and I am excited to begin
allowed me the chance the long work ahead.
to better see the
different frames of my
animation and see
them put into motion.

Wednesday Today, I worked on Working on my

November 8, 2017 sketching the rest of animation again
my story board into made me realize how
8:22pm –10:35pm the digital art program. tedious it is to try and
Looking over my create an animation.
Total original paper It is especially hard
2 hours 13 sketches, it became a when you are the
minutes game of remembering only one working on
my original ideas, but it. I did have fun
I got it down. I check moving on to a more
how the story flow is exciting part of my
Both images are scenes that are going
going by using the animation where I
to be in the animation. They are
‘Auto play’ option in have begun to sketch
the art program. It some action scenes. extremely rough sketches at the
allows me to create a moment, but will later be transferred
preview animation of into another art program to be given
what the product looks proper shape and color.
like so far.
Thursday The final few minutes As I finalized my
November 9, 2017 of my animation are rough sketches, I
now transferred into realized how
9:45pm- 11:07pm the digital art program. painfully lengthy the
When sketching some process of making
Sunday of the scenes, I looked these scenes come to
November 12, up references, so I life will take. Each
2017 could get a better scene will need to be
picture of what I was resketched, so the
8:00 pm- 9:44 pm imagining. Looking on images are clearer,
with the reference lined, and fully November 9th:
Total images, I was able to colored so the
3 hours 6 minutes create scenes that will audience can enjoy The image above is of a scene that will be in
hopefully look as the animation. As the animation. I was going for a sort of
wonderous as I scary as it seems, I ancient jungle, which required some time
imagine them to be. am also terrifically examining reference images. The reference
excited to finally images helped give a general idea of where
have everything everything will be placed in the scene.
sketched on my
computer. Now, I can
really start to make
my masterpiece come
to life!

The image above is another scene of the

animation I sketched out. The hardest part was
trying to figure out how I was going to make a
maze. I once again looked up a reference image
and ended up with the scene above.
Tuesday Finally, the longest Now that my scenes
November 14, part of creating my don’t look
2017 animation started completely like a
today. I went back mess of blobs, I can
5:04pm- 6:47 pm through my new, begin to finalize parts
8:46pm – 9:07pm digitally sketched of my masterpiece. It
story board and began was rewarding to go
Total to pick out some of the back over the old
2 hours 4 minutes major scenes. These sketches and create
major scenes I created new ones. Though, it
separate files for. This has already become
is so I can go back tedious to go over The images are of scenes from the digitally
over them and create several scenes of the sketched story board. Each scene now has
new and cleaner animation to work on new sketches that will gain another sketch
sketches. Doing this the look I hope to on top before lining. Doing these two layers
will allow me to have accomplish. of sketches gives me something like a stencil
improved guidelines that I can line over perfectly and add color
of where my to.
characters will be,
their surroundings,
 and what poses they
will be in.

Tuesday Today, I worked on As I began adding

December 12, adding details to my details to my
2017 original sketches. sketches, I couldn’t
Though I had the help but feel
9:35pm – 11pm shapes down, I could impatient, as the
not begin drawing the process became
Total final product until repetitive and quite
1 hour 25 minutes adding details to the boring. Since I
sketches. Each layer already had draw the
was sketched, each set of frames before,
This is a screenshot of one of the sections of
with a different frame it was a bit frustrating
animation that I had gone back and added
of the animation. to do it again but
details to. It is quite messy but in time, the lines
Color and clean lines with adding so many
will become smooth and color will be added to
will be added later details.
the character and background.
when I get closer to
the final product.
Tuesday Throughout Tuesday Going back over the
December 26, and Wednesday, I rough sketches filled
2017 worked tirelessly to me with a sense of
turn the beginning excitement and
11:30am- sketches into defined anger. The anger
12:38pm sketches. What started arose from the need
as circles and a to make sure that
2:00pm – 8:00pm random assortment of each frame of
blobs became defined animation had the
Total figures. Going over same size figures as
8 hours 8 minutes the multiple layers of the last. This meant,
Both images are sketches created from
sketches, each if one leg was smaller
past rough sketches that were used as
Wednesday received a new sketch, in one frame but
December 27, which will become the larger in the next, it a template for these sketches. Several
2017 guidelines for more broke the natural layers can be seen on the side of the
clean and defined flow of the images, showing the many frames of
2:00pm- 9:47pm lines. Using layers, it animation. animation that were also sketched in
allowed me to see Though, a sense of this manner.
Total what I had already excitement also arose
8 hours 47 accomplished in the in me. I was getting
minutes previous frame. closer to finalizing
my animation and the
progress could be
seen.
Saturday Saturday was used to I was overwhelmed
December 30, finish creating with anticipation as I
2017 sketches from rough finished sketching
sketches. Now, every out all the frames of
11:44am- frame of the animation my animation.
12:02pm has a sketch, which Excitement followed
can be utilized to soon after, once
Total create cleaner images. more, as I began to
18 minutes make the new layer
Sunday began my long of clean lines. Being
Sunday journey of lining and able to draw these
December 31, coloring the frames of clean, beautiful lines
2017 my animation. Taking made the process
my original sketch, I more enjoyable. I
12:05pm- 1:24pm transferred it over into could finally see my
another drawing project coming to life
Total program. Originally, I with form and color.
1 hour 19 minutes was sketching
everything in Fire The screenshot shows a fully lined and colored
Alpaca, but turned to frame of animation. The program present in the
Paint Tool SAI for picture is different from the program I was
lining and coloring. sketching in as I prefer this program for lining
Taking the sketches, I and coloring.
created another layer
over top , so I could
draw cleaner lines.
After finishing this
process, I deleted the
sketch and replaced it
with color. The
background came last,
giving the final touch
to the frame.
Monday Over these past two As I worked on my
January 1, 2018 days, I worked on major sections of
some of the major animation, I began to
9:41pm – 1:50am sections of animation. feel tired of working
This included the on my animation. I
Total longest animated had spent several
5 hours 9 minutes section of the entire consecutive hours,
project, which is a working diligently on
Tuesday running animation. I completing the
January 2, 2018 went over each animation sections.
individual sketch, Each layer almost felt
3:10pm – 6:30pm lined them, and then mocking as they
8:12pm – 3:00am colored them all. never seemed to end!
Adding the Though, it was
The image above in of one of the frames from
Total background, I added enjoyable to see my
the running animation sequence. The several
11 hours 18 different layers, so it characters coming to
layers can be seen to the left of the image.
minutes would appear as life.
though the background
were moving with the
character. In total,
there were over 100
layers used to create
 two seconds of
animation.

Wednesday Wednesday and I felt incredibly

January 3, 2018 Thursday were used to delighted in finishing
complete major another large section
11:00am – sections of the of my animation. The
12:30pm animation. I moved on characters, with their
3:00pm – 5:00am from my running brilliant colors, came
sequence to that of a to life. Being able to
Total dragon falling. Each draw a full
16 hours 30 frame was once again background for this
minutes individually lined and section of animation
colored. Each frame of was a refreshing
Thursday animation received a addition to the
January 4, 2018 folder. This folder was process of
composed of the completing my
11:23am- 3:00pm animation frame`s line animation. Adding
10:00pm- 5:00am art and color. Lastly, a the background gave
background was added the animation a
Total onto the major section greater sense of
12 hours 37 of the animation. telling a story. Being
minutes Following the able to show this
completion of another story visually made
major section of the me happy to continue
animation, I began to with the rest of my
work on minor project.
animated scenes,
which also required
individually line and
colored images. The series of screen shots show the frame going
from just the line art, to colored, to being
colored and having a background. The
background takes place in a sort of ‘dragon
den’, where several dragons live.
Friday The past three days I was ecstatic when I
were major work days. finally reached the
January 5, 2018 As my larger sections final few frames of
of animation were my animation. It had
finished and I began to been several long
12:00pm- 3:45pm finish the other days of work and
frames. The following begin able to see the
4:45pm – 3:00am frames of animation several completed
required the same frames of animation
Total
process of lining, filled me with joy. A completed frame of animation with a
16 hours coloring, and adding background. The background is of an
backgrounds. During overgrown laboratory where grass has been
 this time, I took a able to grown through the floors. Several layers
break to examine other can once again be seen on the left of the screen
Saturday artists` animations. I shot.
January 6, 2018 used them as an
education tool on how
10:20am- to make my animation
12:10pm look better. The final
sections of the
8:10pm- 6:00am animation required
extensive attention to
Total backgrounds. Creating
12 hours 40 more detailed
minutes backgrounds, the
frames of animation
looked brilliant with
life.
Sunday Today I finished my Overwhelming joy
animation! It was a was felt when I
January 7, 2018 long process of saving finished creating my
12:00 pm- 1:30am every individual frame animation. Being
of animation as a able to finally see
Total separate image. So, everything in motion
every frame of made me feel like I
14 hours 30 animation went from had accomplished
minutes being on one file, to something great.
being spread out into
Monday several. Taking this The image above is the process of putting each
newly made images, I section of animation together. The music is put
January 8, 2018 behind the animation and finally saved.
inserted them into
10:00am- 2:00am Movie Maker.
Utilizing this program,
Total I carefully set the
images to the song I
5 hours
had chosen to
accompany my
animation. Finishing, I
watched it over
several times, ensuring
that my project was
perfected.

This image is of me working on putting my

actual animation together. I was excited to
finally be able to piece everything together.