VSAR 402 “Imaginary Worlds” Portfolio Lucas Chagas / Fall 2015
BOUNCING BALL
As a rusty animator, the Boucing Ball project was pretty good exercise to warm up and to bring back the basic principles of animation and the basic After Efects commands and functions.
This exercise was a nice good skill to learn.It is a basic function but it’s a
good way to start to learn about howAfter Efects works and its useful tools.
TEXT ON A PATH
PERSONAL BUMPER
The development process of the personal bumper had for me a strong meaning. I had already this idea for a personal logo using two thunder bolts (I have two tunderbolts tattooed on my both legs) and the letter “Z” semiotically showing up between the two thunder shapes (“Z” from “ZUK”, the nickname which most of people call me by) but I never had the oportunity to design it. Thus before I start to animate, I needed to design the logo. I also decided to teach myself how to make those bubles popping, which is a really interesting process using shapes on after effects and applying the efect Roughen Edges. This process started to make me think about how I can use efects to simulate situations where before I sould animate everything frame by frame instead.
FINAL PROJECT: CURUPIRA
STORYBOARD
The post production part is really important and its methodology can be implemented in any artistic
process. When you have everything planned and organized, you can manage your workflow and your
deadlines better.
The final project was indeed a huge challenge. Since the very beginning with the comcept definition, go-ing through the planing/production steps ultil get on the hands on part with storyboard, animatic and the animation itself, I’ve learned tons of new possibilities and techniques.