FMX 238 Animation I- Natalie Brooks

 (Click "read more" and then the link to see video) The Hungry Cloud- Natalie Brooks  ( https://youtu.be/hVkrgbWM3U8 ) This short film was a challenge for me, I tried to incorporate squash and stretch with appeal to the character. A lot of this short is also pose to pose. The cloud appeared sad and or hungry at the beginning which he came back to eat after the tree was full grown. If I were to do it again I would provide more pictures within the animation to slow it down.  (Click read more to see video)

 (Click "read more" to see video) My Bouncing ball project consists of a character throwing a ball to his dog. It was one simple bounce to show arcs, squash and stretch and weight and then dropped at the characters feet at the end.  (Click read more to see video)

            Hi there! My name is Natalie Brooks. I am a Bachelor of Fine arts major and animation minor at University of Tampa. I love to create and learn anything involving art. Like most people, as a kid, I fell in love with the animations of Disney movies. My goal has always been to work on movies or television, I just don't know exactly what specific area I would like to pursue. My goal for this animation class is to experience how to animate and get comfortable using the tools to do so. I also enjoy my major (Fine Art) because it gives me extra background on how things look realistically and advance my skills in drawing and painting! I am excited to produce a walk cycle because I watch a lot of youtube videos with my favorite animators who show their processes of walk cycles, environmental design and character design. In which, getting actual class instruction on some of these things would help me understand it more than a video. I'm really looking fo...