7th & 8th Grade:
Cartooning II & Pre-production to Animation (B)
You will be required EVERY DAY to bring a:
-Pencil
-Sketchbook
-Notebook
Absolutely no exceptions.
Most, not all, of the assignments for the year will be below to give you an outline on what to expect as well as what we will be doing this year. The directions, examples, links will be below for each project. :)
Homework will also be assigned every Tuesday and Thursday.
Contact me at: TYSONANIMATIONEO@GMAIL.COM with any questions.
Today you will be learning about our animation program with a presentation! You can follow at the link below.
You can also refer to syllabus at the link below.
Syllabus
You will be required EVERY DAY to bring a:
-Pencil
-Sketchbook
-Notebook
Absolutely no exceptions.
Do not forget your pencil.
You will be using this website every day as well as Schoology, Focus, & storing your work in a Google Drive.
I will go over all the technology tomorrow!
#1: Syllabus & Intro Presentation
-Please complete form at link below. 2-3 FULL SENTENCE answers.
-Log into Schoology and make sure you are in my class:
-Create a GMAIL email address & log into google drive:
#2: Getting to know you & Other
Today we will be watching two videos on the process & principles of animation to become more familiar with it.
-Short video & Worksheet on intro to animation:
Watch the short video and complete worksheet on 12 principles:
#3 & #4: Animation & the 12 Principles
-Write down a list of the 5 basic shapes.
-Draw 5 RECTANGLES keeping in mind width, height, volume, line quality and negative space. Take your time.
Remember: They should be exactly identical to each other as possible.
Hint: Pay attention to the space inside the shapes and compare all your shapes to the first one that you have drawn.
Continue with 5 of each ONLY after being approved to move on.
#5: Basic Shapes Intro Tutorial
You will need a notebook each day we will cover history as we go through early animation history on the overhead projector.
It is extremely important that you take and keep your notes. Take care of them & bring them each history day.
We will be watching clips, films, taking notes, and learning a lot. Fun fact: Animation history is my FAVORITE!
#6: Intro to Animation History
In this project, we will be making different combinations of the basic shapes to represent real life objects.
Think of an ice cream cone. It is made up of a circle and a triangle! Another might be a shelf with books on it, or a table made of a square and four rectangles for legs.
Your job is to create 5 different shape combinations of objects that you have seen in real life. Try and think as creatively as possible. Make sure to draw the shapes first.
The objective is to use shapes to draw, not just draw objects. (Important! This is called a breakdown and we will be using this technique in every aspect of animation over the next 6 years.)
While you are doing this, make sure you are still paying attention to your lines. They should be clean, even, and the same width at all times.
Try not to push down too hard or too light and keep your paper clean!
Wrinkled or ripped projects and assignments will have to be done again.
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#7 Combining the basic shapes
#9 3D Forms
1. -Answer the question in a paragraph: What is the difference between forms and shapes? What are the names of the 5 3D forms?
2. Draw 5 of each of the 3D forms, again, keeping in mind width, height, volume, and negative space.
Remember: They should be exactly identical to each other as possible. Hint: Pay attention to the space inside the shapes and compare all your shapes to the first one that you have drawn.
We will be using our new knowledge of 3D forms to break down real life objects so that we can draw them accurately. If you think of any object, they are made of basic forms. This makes drawing
anything EXTREMELY easy once we learn this!
There will be objects below an we will analyze what basic forms make up these objects, then we will start drawing them by drawing the basic form of the object and adding the other basic forms that make it up.
After we are done, then we will add curves and details to finalize. There is no detail to be done before the breakdown ever.
#10 Bottle
#11 Table
#12 Couch
#13 Lamp
#10, #11, #12 A break down of basic 3D objects
-Answer the question in paragraph form with a heading: What do you think a light source is? What do you think shading is? How do you think light will effect your drawing? What would happen if there was no light source in a drawing?
Create 5 gradients going from dark to light. Focus on the pressure you are putting on your pencil and the direction of the light source.
#13 Shading Gradients
-Shade the cube first to the light source following the lesson
-Shade the Cone following the Lesson
-Shade the cylinder following the lesson
-Shade the sphere following the lesson and light source.
#14 Shading 3D Forms
-Choose one of the still life below.
(We will be drawing and shading two of them.)
-Break down scene table & walls
-Break down into basic shapes. Pay attention to the negative space.
Do NOT add details
-Shade with textures to light source.
-Add shadows
-Add highlights
#14 Shading 3D Forms
Answer the question in a paragraph: What is perspective? What are the three parts to a perspective scene?
We will be drawing the image below. We will be drawing it together and your homework will depend in which step you are on. The steps are listed below and they will have a homework number next to them.
1. The first step is to find the horizon line and vanishing point.
2. The next step is to start breaking down the scene, in this case there are many buildings. Pay attention to where the buildings are in this scene and compare it to where the vanishing point and horizon line are (use them as a reference and look at your negative space.
3. Start putting the road and sidewalks in but watch how wide the road it.
4. Then put the buildings in one by one (start in the back.)
5. Move towards the buildings in the front (only the basic shapes.)
6. Clean up your entire scene
7. Begin adding the line and the details to the buildings in the frot and then more towards the back. (Remember: Details on buildings are small. Keep in mind how small your door or the window in your house looks compared to the whole building.)
#17 One Point perspective
Follow instructor led lesson.
-Find Vanishing point
-Find horizon Line
- Breakdown all buildings
-Add details
#18 One Point Perspective #2
1. The first step is to find the horizon line and vanishing point.
2. The next step is to start breaking down the scene, in this case there are many distractions but not many actual large objects. Pay attention to what the large basic shapes are in this scene and compare it to where the vanishing point and horizon line are (use them as a reference and look at your negative space.
3. Start putting the walls and the ceiling and ground in but watch how wide and the length they all are.
4. Then put the large basic shapes in one by one (fridge stove, countertops (start in the back with absolutely no detail.
5. Move towards the objects in the front (only the basic shapes nothing other than one of the 5 basic shapes.)
6. Clean up your entire scene as this should be mapped out for you to start adding your details
7. Begin adding the line and the details to the buildings in the froNt and then more towards the back. (Remember: Details are small. But they are also STILL IN PERSPECTIVE)
#19 One point perspective scene INTERIOR
Follow instructor led lesson.
-Find Vanishing point
-Find horizon Line
- Breakdown all buildings
-Add details
#20 Two Point perspective
Follow instructor led lesson.
-Find Vanishing point
-Find horizon Line
- Breakdown all buildings
-Add details
#21 Two Point perspective #2
Draw the classroom from you point of view.
You will find an example of an observational drawing on your left. An observational drawing is a drawing from your point of view. it is to be drawn as close to reality as you see it.
As we will be working on this for a couple of weeks, you will need to block out the piece first quickly with all of the breakdowns. The steps are listed below:
-Find the vanishing point & Horizon Line
-Block out the large objects into their basic shapes
-Block out the small objects
-Add all details
