Blog 10: Animation Project

This week marks the halfway point of the semester. Time sure does fly when you're learning about different mediums of experimental film. This week we are experimenting with one of my favorite forms of film, which is animation. As a kid, I always loved watching cartoons or shows that weren't live action. They had a more relaxed feeling and had their own stories and morals. One of my all-time favorite cartoons has to be the original Teen Titans. I have re-watched the series many times over the years. The use of a complex and sometimes dark story, mixed with some anime humor makes the cartoon stand out from others

Today's work was not as in depth animated as those shows, but still created similar feelings when watching them. My favorite of the three techniques had to be sand hands down! The sand could be easily shaped and molded as the artist pleased. The sand was also easily erased, and could remove mistakes more easily than that of charcoal or paint.

My second favorite technique was drawing with the charcoal. The charcoal pencils were similar to regular pencils, allowing for more control than drawing with crayons, markers, or brushes. I was able to make more distinct shapes than that of the paint or the sand. However the charcoal was harder to remove for new work. The eraser didn't do much erasing, rather it just created smudges here and there.

My group is doing a combination of sand, charcoal, and paint, so it will be interesting how the elements interact in the final project.