Sage Boutelle's Animation Hut

     Howdy,          This was the first properly difficult assignment of the course. It did not help that I decided to put in a pendulum to make my life harder unnecessarily. What was interesting was that my baseline understanding of physics was extremely useful in conceptualizing how a ball bounces in an arc. I still have to work on my volume control and in places I could slow down the motion more (especially toward the tops of arcs) to make the motion feel more natural. That is all, Sage Boutelle 9/17/21  

      Howdy,           This provided an interesting insight into the basic principles of animation. I was pleasantly surprised to find that a lot of the concepts and language is akin to that of Adobe After Effects (as well as Premiere Pro). Although it is a far more manual process than those software. Going forward I will try harder to maintain volume control on objects I am animating as you can see size consistency was a problem with this first assignment. That is all, Sage Boutelle 9/9/21

  Greetings,     I am Sage Boutelle and I am a Film and Media Arts Major at the University of Tampa. I do a mixture of video editing, cinematography, producing, and screenwriting for various independent film projects (either for school or for fun). All of which I love doing and am passionate about.      I would like to be able to turn this passion into a career one day. That remains to be seen as of now, but I have heard good things about the UT film department so I remain hopeful.     Although I do not plan on pursuing straight-up 2D animation as a career (although I am not inherently opposed to it), I hope to gain a better understanding and appreciation for the craft. In addition to any inherent value of learning, this would be useful to be able to communicate with any animators (either casually or collaboratively) more effectively.  The Wind Rises Movie Poster     Even with my limited understanding, I hold a great deal of re...