Category Archives: Writing

Portfolio Workshop 2

We listened to small lectures from many of the professors in the Digital Media and Animation major. The first was Tammy Brackett, who spoke about making sure we should back up our blogs in the event something catastrophic happens, and … Continue reading

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Final Journal for Survey of Animation

The reading this week was extremely rough. It didn’t make my brain “hurt” or anything similar, as I was able to understand it decently well enough, but it did make me question the sanity of the writer. Academic writing has … Continue reading

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Journal 6 for Survey of Animation

The world of animation is changing, and has been for quite some time. Since the late 1970s people have been using computers to assist in animation, along with technologies of the time. Adaptation has been an absolute necessity to stay … Continue reading

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Journal 5 for Survey of Animation

After the 1950s, animation changed drastically. Television had become more popular and prevalent in people’s homes, and animation found a new home on TV instead of purely in cinemas due to the decline of them being shown. It had to … Continue reading

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Journal 4 for Survey of Animation

Asian animation, lately it seems, only is ever considered “anime” and nothing else. However, it really has had a more detailed history and shouldn’t all be considered “anime” when quite a lot of it isn’t. Astro Boy was the first … Continue reading

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Journal 3 for Survey of Animation

Asian animation started off very roughly. Only four people really represented China’s animation abilities. During the birth of Chinese animation, there were only a select few places they could physically work in due to limitations and wars. Shanghai was the … Continue reading

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Journal 2 for Survey of Animation

     Animation used to be a sort of secret among artists. New and talented artists were looked upon with a twinge of envy and were discouraged from entering the field so the older artists would not be forced out. Getting … Continue reading

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Journal 1 For Survey of Animation

Proto cinema is essentially a very early form of cinematic entertainment, like what is in the Cave of Forgotten Dreams. The Cave is the earliest found cave dweller art and it simulates motion with the way things are drawn. Horses … Continue reading

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Portfolio Workshop

In the first workshop I attend, we discussed the appropriate way to make a portfolio and exactly what we need to include in one. We began by creating this page, and then from there on out we were left on … Continue reading

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