This is a personal journal started from the 23th of January:
Self study: Research
We didn’t have a new exercise assigned so I went back to work on my old exercises and did some more research on character designs and body movements for better understanding.
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Stop motion TECHNICAL WORKSHOP (24th of Jan): Puppet Making week 3
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Using wire and wrapping them around each other, I constructed the foundation to make Mr Basken’s hat. I then started cutting out felt and sewing in all the skin and the suction part.
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The process took me a really long time, so I needed to finish the puppet after class. However, I went back to film Mr Basken as I wanted to see him being animated.
Reflection from class:
I had a lot of fun using wire to construct the hat for Mr Basken. I was thinking of using Basalwood as my foundation but it would take too long and I thought I have already wasted so much time sandpapering the wood. Hence, I felt like I saved a lot of time.
I didn’t have time to make the storyboard of how I wanted to animate Mr Basken so I just played around with what I have in the rostrum room. This unexpectedly took a long time again even though not a lot of activities happen.
I genuinely love this puppet-making experience as I got to make something with my bare hands and it also taught me the importance of planning what I want to do to save time.
Life drawing (26th of Jan):
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Reflection from class:
Looking at the results, I was really happy as the drawings look better compared to last week. However, I forgot to apply more 3D knowledge to the drawings so some of them still look flat.
Overall reflection week 13:
This week has been pretty much more relaxed compared to the others because I got to go back and work on exercises that I didn’t get to finish or those that I wanted to polish further.
I had the chance to explore more areas that I’m interested in and am now more specific about what I want to do for my upcoming personal project. Hence, I become more inspired and energetic.