Sachse Animation - Digital Animation

Digital Animation

COURSE OVERVIEW

This is a Career Technology and Fine Arts Class. Students will learn how animations are created from start to finish. Working with color theory, perspectives, and industry-standard 3D animation software to develop models and simulations in a 3D space.

Storyboarding Animation

Students have to learn how to create a story just using six panels of a storyboard.

While also using the 12 Principles of Animation as well.

Hands-On Animations

Students create animations in Adobe Photoshop using the 12 Principles of Animation, such as Squash and Stretch, Straight Ahead, Pose-To-Pose, Timing, and Appeal.

The Bouncing Ball Animation:

Straight-Ahead and Pose-To-Pose

Arcs-Timing and Slow in/Slow Out Animations:

The GISD CTE Instagram page LIKED and SHARED this animation.

Walk Cycle Animations - Making it their own!

Color Theory Projects

Students learn about RGB, CMYK, and ROYGBIV, the emotions of colors, and how they are used in digital art and animation.

Color Wheel Assignment

Students create a color wheel, picking only six colors to tell their color wheel story in Adobe Photoshop.

60% - 30% - 10 % RULE Assignment

Students learn about the 60/30/10 Rule in Color Theory. They are also given three main color choices to create their animation and color schemes. They have to first create a color palette before starting an animation.