Animation

Sorry I didn't get back with you sooner. I didn't check my BabyFrog e-mail.

So, yea, the world of animation is fascinating. I finally cleared a space for me to draw and paint. I also do music in my spare time. I actually bought a book on how to animate characters at MGM.

Frogger

CGI is awesome. I know Full Sail has a Bachelor's in Computer Animation. You can chose to focus on the Animation, if you look on the right at "Areas of Focus:" http://www.fullsail.edu/degrees/computer-animation-bachelors

For example, UCF where I live has a concentration in Character Animation under the Art - Emerging Media BFA.

I wonder if there's a difference between doing Art and Computer Animation. I see the L.A. Film School's degree is in Computer Animation: http://www.lafilm.edu/flash/index.html?degree=computer-animation However, U.C.L.A. doesn't have Animation.

I used to be a young artist, but I didn't like go all out and make paintings as a kid. I did more crafts and drawing. I had origami books and a craft book. However, I never am able to understand the instructions of how to knit and crochet, which I'd like to. In high school, I did Art I & II. Art III was sculpture and digital media, but I wasn't interested and did Talented Theater instead. I wish I dropped other extra educational classes that people take for certain college majors maybe or for impressive entrance resumes and took the art classes.

I think Tim Burton is really awesome with The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, and now also Frankenweenie. That's stop animation. You probably know. He uses puppets and moves them for each shot. He has other people do that, though. He just creates the story and the last 2 he directed, also.

Movies like Alice in Wonderland have a lot of art in it, too, which is also interesting. I posted on that board for a long time. It was a very successful movie.

I found the animation in this to be very good. I like the way the colors contrasted and blended. It's similar to Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King, which are big classics. I find that Sleeping Beauty and Hercules are similar in that like with the hair I know they have the lines in the hair be gold or light brown etc. instead of black if their hair isn't black. What if they had a princess with white hair? I always liked that "My Little Pony" with pink hair and a white body. I also liked the ponies in Fantasia. Blue used to be my favorite color, but my favorite is probably the pink one. Those are also quite classics. It's nice to see this princess be added to the rest.

Art is a fun activity and is good for you. You should get some painting supplies and do some things. You do know that they have pads of painting paper called Acrylic paper. You know to get the large bottles of paint in the 3 primary painting colors and the 2 neutral colors, that's red, blue, yellow, black, and white. I hadn't painted in a long time and forgot the black and white when I got my paints at first. You can mix the paints on wax paper or aluminum foil. I don't remember special trays for mixing paint at Wal-Mart. That would be better, though. It still works out pretty well on the wax paper or aluminum foil. When I started to paint again, I didn't think of that immediately but figured it out pretty quickly. I cleared a spot on the table next to my computer for art. I have 2 tables. One is bigger. So, I do art on the bigger one. Art helped me with my muscles and to improve how I felt in health at a hard time. I also have a sofa. I live in my parents's garage but eat with them. I also cleared a spot for singing. I have just enough room for everything and might clear even more space.

So, yes, the art is very beautiful. You have inspired me to make my own art from The Princess and the Frog.

Frogger

Yea, I imagine you have to draw to make characters.



Frogger