"Banana"
Can't believe this is my last project for Kate's class. I'm not fogging up I swear, it's just my eyes are sweating.
My inspiration for this piece was English artist Julia Pott, and her incredible hand drawn 2-d animations. Her animations are adorable and portray very intimate ideas or small conversations. I think my animation is similar because I focused on one single relationship and not a big broad idea. Also, I tried to stick to a very handmade aesthetic, which I like and Julia uses consistently. I think our work differs because I didn't animate the whole body of the bird, just her face, which was a challenge in itself for me. Also our, drawing styles are very different so my animation's style is a bit more unique to me.
The consistency in all of her frame-by-frame animations is also way better than mine. If you click from the first frame to the last frame there a pretty clear difference in what is on character for her. It works though because I think as the piece developed I payed more attention to the way Brynn talks and how she would say things. Ya know, if she was bird.
The consistency in all of her frame-by-frame animations is also way better than mine. If you click from the first frame to the last frame there a pretty clear difference in what is on character for her. It works though because I think as the piece developed I payed more attention to the way Brynn talks and how she would say things. Ya know, if she was bird.
So, this piece I created in photoshop CS6 and then polished in Adobe Premiere. The bird's body and the bananas, I actually painted with water colors and ink and then scanned in using the flatbed scanner. A while ago I recorded a small conversation with my little sister, in which she tried to tell me a series of knock knock jokes, and I picked my favorite one out of those. I animated her facial features and the little bugs using the frame by frame animation feature. It was a huge challenge to try and sync up her mouth with the audio. There were a few times that I thought I had it, but it was actually too slow or too fast and I had to scrap the whole 10 or 20 seconds and start over. Frustrating.
Time was of the utmost importance when creating my piece because if the sound or animation was off by a lot it would be very noticeable and irritating. I know that there are a few times the beak does't completely sync up or the key frames were a bit rushed. But I just let that go and it's small enough that it adds a little handmade character. Also, it is alms exactly one minute ling which is kind of odd for me to make something that fits in a perfect time frame.
Time was of the utmost importance when creating my piece because if the sound or animation was off by a lot it would be very noticeable and irritating. I know that there are a few times the beak does't completely sync up or the key frames were a bit rushed. But I just let that go and it's small enough that it adds a little handmade character. Also, it is alms exactly one minute ling which is kind of odd for me to make something that fits in a perfect time frame.
I really just wanted to capture this one small moment with my very funny little sister. She literally always screws up this joke every time, so I wanted to show this quirky thing she does. Everything is informed by her bright "chirpy" personality and a bird seemed fitting for her voice. I'm not sure why, but I like art that is candid and personal, so I hoped to make something like that. I originally wanted a story of some significance to animate over, but I think a silly joke is more fitting to me and my sisters relationship. I set it outdoors because it felt natural to see a bird just sitting on a tree branch, however, since you can't see me on the other end of the conversation it feels more like an interview. A little bird interview.
-Avery Violet
