#dfaproject2

- A 8-10 drawing animated sequence of a suitcase metamorphosing into another form. THOUGHTS: - I decided to stick with 8 panels again to create this animated sequence/animated gif. - It took me a while to figure out what to do with it. I understood that I had to get a suitcase and metamorphosis it into another form/something else. But I just couldn't figure out what suitcase I wanted and what to change it to. In the end, I picked a suitcase and then tried to decide from there. I tried a few times with this activity, erasing the ones that did't quite work. For example, I thought that with this suitcase shape I could maybe make a robot but that didn't work and breifly I thought I could make Spongebob Squarepants with it but that also proved to be difficult. Somehow I ended up turning the suitcase into a lady beetle. It seemed to work the best and more smoother than any of the other trials I did. I think I might had done the metamorphosis a bit wrong, probably with losing lines or the sort, but it does have a certain flow to it and the gif seems to be smooth and transition nicely so I guess it is okay. In fact, I like the finished gif quite a lot. - Either way, this task ended up being as fun as the others. Though the process was a little frustrating and I found myself spending a lot of time trying to get it to work, in the end the frames and gif are pretty nice. - These were drawn with pencil and eraser on normal paper.

-- An exploded diagram, which clearly articulates the key character and functions of a particular suitcase. THOUGHTS: - This task utterly confused me for a very long time. Mosty because I was debating whether to use a different suitcase or 'Satan's suitcase'. After many trials and much erasing, I decided to just stick with Satan's suitcase. This didn't quite help much though, because I was then stuck trying to figure out how to even create the diagram. I ended up creating the above, and I hope that this is what the task was asking. I did my best to take apart the suitcase so that each part can be examined. I have written notes for each part as well, though they are brief. Basically, the spikes and such are decoration that comes with the suitcase. The spikes are made of an otherwordly material and thus they shine with a strange coat and have hellish properties. This should not be surprising seeing as the suitcase belongs to Satan himself. The material may be 'Hell Rock' or something like it. The dot patterns are part of the actual body of the suitcase and the eyeball on the suitcase isn't just a pattern; it is an actual, alive eyeball that moves and can blink its eye. Yet again, this is not unusual for Satan. I also then had to draw what was inside his suitcase, and I had trouble trying to figure out what exactly Satan would pack. What would he pack in a suitcase on his way to see God? It was honestly something I had to think about; and it produced many funny results. In the end though, I decided to draw a variety of weapons... because in all honesty a whole variety of cool weapons would probably be what Satan would pack in a demonic suitcase if he went on a trip. Especially one to see his rival, God. The weapons were fun to draw and so was the exploded diagram, even though the perspectives were really hard to get right. I still think there are some things odd about the perspective, however, I'm really happy with the way I drew those weapons. The exploded diagram turned out better than I thought it would as well, considering I had no idea about how to start it. I also found this fun since I was debating about Satan and his suitcase of all things, which made the task fun to complete. In fact, the Satan concept is proving to be fun and this activity as well. These were drawn with a pencil, eraser and a ruler on normal paper.

- This one took a while to do because I wasn't quite sure how to start it and make it work the way I wanted it to. I also had to make sure it was interesting by using aspects such as exciting angles, perspective, playing with the horizon line, etcetera. It took me a couple of trials to get it right, though I do feel some of the perspectives may be awkward because I began to confuse myself somewhere toward the end. Either way, it was pretty interesting playing around with perspective like that rather than flat, straight on perspective. I think some of the frames look really good, and I did try to fix up some of the other ones that were a bit off but couldn't get them any better than that it seems. It was good practice though. I also decided to use the idea I created with my concept map. So, the storyboard above shows who appears to be Satan with his satanic, demonly decorated suitcase. I had a lot of fun designing that suitcase and basically knew what I wanted it to look like. The first image above was just variations I drew while brainstorming the suitcase. Either way, I used the less spikey version for Satan and his journey. Satan took off from the palace and began his journey; and following the concept map, he goes to the gate, passes it and makes his way towards the Enchanted Forest where God is. The last panel shows the Enchanted Forest way off into the distance to hint that he still has a journey ahead of him and to hint that the forest is definitely his final destination. I thought it would be a fitting end to the storyboard. Overall, it was a nice task to complete. I probably spent a bit too much time on it and added more detail than needed, considering its supposed to be just a story board. However, the sketches are still quite rough and either way, it was a fun activity. Lastly, Satan is a demon but in this he has a human-like figure and so this storyboard concept shows his journey with his suitcase.

-4 x hand-drawn images of the suitcase in different social and transit settings. THOUGHTS: - I wasn't quite sure whether there had to be people in each image or whether it could just be a suitcase by itself, etcetera. So I decided to do a couple more than 4. The first page is the first four I did; hand drawn images of a suitcase in different social and transit settings. The ones used were a bus stop, trainstation, and airport. Then I drew three more images, one where the suitcase is all by itself and two others which are displaying situations. One is looking for a friend with his suitcase following him, while the other figure is hailing a bus to stop it so that they can get on with their luggage. The task was overly interesting. In fact, it was entertaining trying to draw different types of suitcases in different ways, especially since I was trying to give them nice angles and perspective; just for the sake of practice.