Character Development

My finished GIF.

In my GT class, we are going to make GIFs. One important thing to note is that in order to make a GIF, you will have to learn about yourself. I have been doing some reflection myself, and here's what I came up with. I am a smart guy who will strive to do my best. I am a bit of a nerd but I like it that way. I am very quirky at all times, and it isn't always a good thing, believe me. I shall make a GIF based on that. Wish me luck! Believe me, I need it.




I plan to use my quirkiness in my animation(s). I will do that by making my animation as silly as possible. I am thinking of doing a circus act in one of my animation scenes. Ok, now back to my GIF (my current project). I did a GIF where I slide into frame, shake my booty more intensely than possible in real life, then slide out of frame. That's how I used my quirkiness in my GIF.

Figure 1: My arms are outstretched
so I can use puppet warp and the
green screen is to make using the quick-selection
tool easier.

Figure 2: I cut myself out.

Making the GIF was a fun experience. First, someone took a picture of me standing in front of a green screen with my arms outstretched as seen in
Figure 1. Then I used the quick selection tool found in adobe photoshop (btw I'm not sponsored). I used that tool to create a cutout of myself, as seen in Figure 2. I then added a backdrop dragging and dropping the .jpg file from my finder window (you can find the .jpg file in another blogpost). I forgot to mention that I moved myself inch by inch to make my frames. After that, I hypnotized myself by watching my GIF over and over again (it was quite a trance). Anyway, that's all for now, stay tuned for my complete animation; same time, same blog, different post!