Aisling Browne

Fota Wildlife Park trip

26/04/22

La hinch 5/04/22

Today in AMD we were divided into groups of three and tasked with the challenge of making a stop motion video using fruit as the main props. I worked with @k00255087 and @k00261947 .I found this group project really fun and exciting. I learned a lot about making stop motions and working as a team.

Our story is about a murderous banana shark preying on his victims (the apple and orange). Hope you enjoy!

My first draft of my animation. I added in the flying bats and a grey overlapping bat on the white circle- which I really like.  So far I am happy with how it’s turning out. Now I am planning on adding the title and making the light’s from the skyscrapers move back and forth.

 Project Statement

For this project I focused on the movement of flying particularly the movement of butterflies and kite. I became really interested in the movement of kite how an ordinary object can move with the force of wind. The flight of things that shouldn’t be able to fly is engrossing. Finding way to visualise flight through animation, print and ceramics was really exciting.

For my primary primary research I took photographs of a kite flying in Achill beach (the windiest place I could think of). With the photos I looked at how I could develop the photos into visual art. I started off by creating mono prints of the scenery and with these prints creating stop motion animations. I also re-created a digital version of the background and created further animations using Adobe software. I then re-created the beach background using clay, designing four glaze ceramic pieces. I then used the ceramics piece to create further stop-motion animations. It was really fun process exploring how to create stop motions both digitally and also 3D and 2D.

Overall I learned a lot throughout this project. I learn how to develop simple concepts even further to create a body of work. Instead of simply just making one piece I looked into further and found ways to combine animation, print and ceramics all together. This experience has been really satisfying. I am excited to continue to developing these skills I have learned in my next project.

Final Ceramic Piece (Glazed)

Click above to access my powerpoint presentations.^^

Digital drawings I did for this presentation of the character and background designs:

Stop-motion Animation using Mono-print as the background

01/02/22