Animation Project (ideaFM)

In my AP English 3 class, we spend all out Fridays working on our ideaFM projects. The purpose of the project is to create or remix something (at least to my understanding).

Being a lover of art and an avid doodler, I figured i would try my hand at animating. I’m a big fan of anime and animated films in general so hopefully if this project is a success, I can consider becoming an animator as a future career.

Right now, I’m planning the project to just be a short animation with original music compositions if time permits.In the past, I’ve only done simple blinking and face turning animations so trying to make a full blown animation will definitely be an interesting challenge. One of my current problems is figuring out a story to animate. The main purpose of the project for me is to get a taste of the process of animating, not develop my skills in moving storytelling. So far, I’ve settled on using a plot I was going to use for one of my future comics. I’ll try to feel confident enough to stick through it to the very end. I won’t reveal too much of the plot right now but here is some concept art of my leading character! 🙂

Wish my luck :9

The Triplets (Morphemes Story)

Long ago, in a village we no longer hear of, there lived three young, beautiful girls; a set of triplets. Although this seemed like a blessing to the village that hardly had any inhabitants, there was something very strange about these children. Their emotions physically affected the world around them. Given, these girls were not normal humans, but rather, omnipotent beings. To identify the girls and provide a warning, they were each to be clothed in a certain color. The eldest was covered in a blue so deep that one could drown in it’s hue. Intelligent and refined, her most dynamic feature was her acuity of  mind. However, her emotions were as fragile as blown glass and any offense to her heart led to thundering storms and raging hurricanes. Even the slightest of  tears could flood out the village for weeks. Contradicting the eldest sister was the youngest one, decked in a bright scarlet red. Lively and loquacious, she made friends easily but had terrible temper. Her rage brought massive earthquakes and caused volcanoes to erupt as her feelings boiled. Often times, the blue wallflower and red hothead would get into arguments with each other that caused irreversible destruction to the village. Each fight seemed antebellum to the citizens, but to their rejoice, the middle sister always intervened to put them in conjunction. Known as “the mediator,”  she was dressed in flowing white and her voice could instantly make anyone euphoric. Wherever she passed, she made the land around her feet brighter, with vibrant blooming flowers and lush greenery. Loved by all, she spent much of her time repairing the damaged land. Although she was able to prevent many crushing blows to the village, only during the winter solstice of each year is she unable to fully pacify her sisters. As the years went by, villagers were either wiped out by the disasters around them or tired of constantly rebuilding their houses; the place that once represented a loving family and shelter. Fighting continued until the eldest and youngest sisters eventually destroyed each other, the middle horribly caught in between…

We no longer hear of this village because it was burned from rage and drowned by tears.

The morphs used in this post were: ac/acr, bell/belli, contra, eu, junct/jug, log/loqu/loc, medi, omni, pac, and sol. I hope it was a somewhat interesting read. 🙂

The End of Trick-or-Treating: Step into Adulthood?

It’s Halloween night and here I am, a slightly anti-social 16-year old girl, sitting in the peace of her home while indulging in the greatness of the internet.

I remember how when I younger, say my elementary glory days, Halloween was the best holiday next to Christmas.  We had the freedom to dress as anything or anyone we wanted; whether it be a superhero, a ghost, or heck– even a crayon. The icing on the cake was that no one could judge, and that was that. As I progressed onto middle school, the view on Halloween slightly changed. Friends either felt they were too old to pick up candy from door to door or tried to cling on to their youth; using short heights and baby faces to their advantages. Moreover, costumes were either the childish sort or the I-want-to-look-like-a-grown up. There was no in between. On one side you would see a fully clothed spooky witch, the other, the attempts of a barely developed girl being a ‘sexy’ witch. Of course, this still applies in high school. Sexy fairy, sexy vampire, sexy pirate, sexy carrot…if you can imagine it, I promise you it’s out there, or at least it will be. Yet, students who try to look mature in these costumes still try to sneak themselves in with little toddlers (or go to some rad party I don’t know, WASN’T INVITED) and such to snag a few bits of candy around the neighborhood. Now, I’m not exactly hating on these people. In fact, this is the first year I haven’t done that. Free candy is a pretty exciting thing when your parents don’t give you allowance to buy stuff (free stuff in general is pretty darn exciting…there’s no denying it). Anywho,  I guess I’ll be considering this end of trick-or-treating as my slow maturation into an adult, as I was forced by my family to transition from the trick-or-treater to the trick-or-treat-passer-outer. Maybe I’m just developing my candy passing out skills for the time when I own my own house. Plus, I got to see adorable children in their costumes and took note of the popularity of snickers, which I will be sure to get when I have to buy my own candy to hand out at Halloween (neighborhood kids will love me).

Truthfully, only about eight kids came by so I really know nothing.

In addition to the truth, I actually spent most of Halloween night watching a Taiwanese drama and bawling my eyes out. I looked pretty horrifying with all the tears and whatnot, so at least looking scary came easily today (runny mascara is a must when watching dramas).

Well, I truly hope you guys out there had a more eventful Halloween than I did. If you feel like it, tell me how it was or what age you stopped trick-or-treating!