It's a Dog's Life..

Trying to find time between partying, sleeping and eating is such a challenge at the moment! :P (as you can see, I am thoroughly enjoying my summer!)

However, I have found a little bit of time to make a stop motion animation with modeling clay.

It was mainly an experiment to see what I could do, but I also based it on my dog Misty, who seems to have ever changing moods.

I hope you enjoy it. I do plan to put music/sounds to it at some point.
I am definitely going to do more and try to make the images in my next animation look smoother and also have better lighting (and work out how to make the lighting stay the same in each frame).

Julie

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Stop Motion Animation

Ok, so the other day I was saying about trying some more animation. So, here I am.

I was inspired to try stop motion animation after viewing this video, it's so beautiful and very well done.

I know I would not be able to ever achieve this standard.

But here is my attempt at stop motion.

I know it's not very good, I just had a moment of wanting to try it and this small attempt satisfied this urge.

I will definitely try some more stop motion in the future, with proper lighting and an actual story line/plan.

The previous redness on the video has now been corrected!

I hope you enjoy watching the crazy bear :)

Julie

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My First (Sort of) Animation

In our Photoshop lessons, we were asked to make a small animation to go with a piece of music.

We had to create this animation using Photoshop.

The animation didn't have to be a complex sequence, more of a series of images changing in time with the music.

So, below is the animation I made.

It's not exactly one of the best things I have ever done, but as it's my first animation I have ever made (with the added complication of trying to figure out how to do it in Photoshop) I think I have done alright. Although I know I could have done so much better, however, this can be a challenge for me in the future.

The animation is based on the song 'Sunshine' by The All American Rejects.

I shall definitely try to make some more animations in the future.

Julie

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Julie and Julia

Yesterday, my mum was kind enough to buy me a film (because I'm ill :( ) that I've been wanting to see for quite a while now. It's called Julie and Julia, yes, I was kind of drawn to it because the title had my name in it, but I was also drawn to it because it was about cooking.

Well, I watched it and quite enjoyed it. It has kind of made me want to start my own cooking blog, where I blog the recipes I make and how well they go etc. It's just an idea, I really do doubt that I will do it but it's a nice thought. Maybe I will do it over the summer.

The DVD even came with a little cook book, with samples of some of the recipes taken from Julia Child's cookbook, called 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking', which is featured in the film.