TaysDream World

For our stop motion project we decided to do a pixel animation about the revenge of a bunny. It was hard trying to figure out what To do with the character and how to get on obstacles such as getting on the bed and how to let the items like my shoe fall. It wasn't as hard as I thought it was gong to be, but it went smoothly. I tried uploading it to After Effects and editing the image sequence, which took about 200 picture(frames), but the raw canon files would not render correctly. I had to convert each picture to a JPG and redo the video. We also had to grab some music from Youtube, so finding it was not too hard.

For this project, we thought of the idea of fruit ninja and pac man together. It was interesting to see how dragon frame worked, having not used it ever before. I was nervous about how it would turn out.. We ended up with over 100 frames of animation. Each of us worked together to move each fruit and pac man.

Hi, My name is Taylor Guyton, 2d animation is my favorite. I grew up in Japan when I was younger for a total of five years. I got my inspiration from Japanese animation. Being in Japan created a whole new world for someone like me who have lived in the States most of my lives. My art began in South Carolina, where I was interested in a show called Sponge-bob, and from there my life got interesting. When we moved to Japan, at 9 years of age, I created my first animation. When I moved away from Japan, I was devastated. The culture was rich, the people were kind, it was a dream world. So after a year or two being in Japan, I decided that it was time that I make a decision. I wanted to become an animation. When I made this decision, many people tried to turn me away from the entire idea, but I just couldn't. I've been drawing for so long, I almost forget that there are other options. I want to learn a lot from this class, mainly new programs to work with. Ive worked with pain...

For my project I decided to focus on the meaning of worth and worthlessness. Sometimes people give more credit to feeling worthless than feeling that they are worth it. To illustrate this concept, I made Worth as a girl trapped under a black and white environment in the wet and cold, and gave worthlessness a beautiful look. I made worthlessness wear a dress of red to symbolize demons. When people continuously say they are worthless, they are giving worthlessness a spotlight, and leaving their worth in the dark. For the effects of the video, I did a lot of reverse, speeding up, color change, tv simulator effects, and black and white effects. I used final cut pro and a T3i rebel camera. It was a lot of fun filming it in the water, but it was a mess as well. Originally I was supposed to film outside, but I decided that if I film the two elements where it looks like they are trapped, it would be better. I want people to realize how much they are worth. I decided to do this concept...

Jen was my partner! When we were thinking of my piece, I looked at things I usually enjoy. I enjoyed watching people recording and doing weird stuff in stores and always wondered if I could ever do that. Since I have an overwhelming sense of social anxiety, I try not to draw attention to myself, yet wish that I could do the things youtubers do best. My piece is based on just contently being yourself. I want to illustrate that you can be weird and do what you please in public, no matter what the public eye says. I see performance art as an interesting concept. from flash mobs to protest, performance art can really have an everlasting memory for those who see it. Some performance arts can be seen as extreme, and can be essentially violent to oneself, bodily harm to make a statement can be seen as too intense for public eyes, but it does make a statement. whether it reaches the peoples minds can be a challenge. When the performance is recorded I think a lot more people can see it...

 For techno, I think the band Darude should go into this category. They came out with the popular techno song Sandstorm. Which is very techno, and similar to the techno world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6120QOlsfU  For Goth, I would like to put Dot Dot Curve in the list. Dot Dot Curve is very pop-goth cultured. They have an emo attraction to them as well as a metal. I could also put this group in punk, but it seems more on the emo side. Their songs are catchy, and have many instrumentals in them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeSzEmoCwlg  For dubstep, I'd like to choose a DJ that creates songs through collaboration with other artist. He goes by Marshmellow, and likes to hide who he is, giving off a mysterious vibe. He hides his face through a Marshellow mask. His beats rang from dubstep to hip hop to EDM, which initially is a form of dubstep. https://youtu.be/oRArmtMA9AI For the virtual I had to do a bit of research. Virtual singers like Hatsune Miku ...

My art is based on the graffiti art movement. I choose wings because I love that graffiti art can be interactive instead of just on the wall. I love graffiti art because I feel like it can both artistic and interactive and a bit rebellious. I felt like the wings were something that some people dreamed of having. My original idea was to scan main  parts of my body, like my face and my arms and legs, for the middle part and recreate myself in the wings. But instead of putting myself in the middle to recreate myself, I used the rest of the pieces of the cut paper from my scans to create a mystery body. I decided to only glue the bottom of the hand scans to the board so that it would look kind of like the hands could be ruffled or moved. I wanted it to look like wings, so I turned the hands on the left side slightly different than I did the right side. Here is the picture I based it off of: Work;