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Work in progress... I call him: Gatorbear! 🐊🐻 . . . . . . #Drawing #art222 #drawing2 #drawingii #life #art #school #class #gator #alligator #bear #crocodile #idk #stilllife #beautiful #cool #twitchstreamer #weightlossjourney #supportsmallstreamers #twitchaffiliate #creative #infp https://www.instagram.com/p/ByVXUmIlxAB/?igshid=1hq517nf6wgn8

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First day of my Drawing II class, last semester before I get my associates. Not too shabby for being my first still life drawing I’ve done in years. I still got it! ✏️ . . . . . . #drawing #drawing2 #drawingii #art #art222 #life #stilllife #mannequin #creative #enjoytheride #lovethejourney #staymedicated #twitchstreamer #eyebrowsonfleek #weightlossjourney #supportsmallstreamers #twitchaffiliate https://www.instagram.com/p/ByTTi7xFKSA/?igshid=l18wu9ice8lc

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“20 Things I Learned In 20 Years”

Link to watch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR7hjNWIRjo

The concept of stop motion is perceived differently to many people. This technique can be used in a wide range and in my video project I incorporated objects, but for the most part, people were my main element. Although stop-motion animation is usually used to create the illusion of an animated object the impression of movement, I only used this concept for only a handful of scenes that had objects in. I perceived stop motion as a time lapse technique, taking still photographs to create a live continuous film. For my video, I started out with the idea of a monolog that I had saved for over a year now, and this technique seemed fitting to create the ambiance to enhance the monolog. The monolog was a list of twenty things I learned in twenty years, which was accompanied by a series of still images, that was taken on continuous mode, related to each line. In total there were 1,107 images to create the effect of regular movements as if it is a video. In the end, I hope for people to take these lessons that I learned and apply it to their life.

Stop motion is very time consuming. Although this video took me two weeks to create and in total +1,000 photos were taken, but only 1,107 images were used in the video. The amount of times I had to recreate scenes, move the objects cm by cm, and/or completely discard the images and go with a different route. Probably one of the most frustrating video concepts I had encounter out of the other three  (gif, dream sequence, and performance piece). 

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“Performance: 1st Degree Black Belt”

Link to watch video: https://youtu.be/4HAIIKLA9wU

The black belt is recognized as commonly the highest ranking in Taekwondo. There are levels denoted within the black belt level, and it took me 6 years to achieve the 1st Dan Degree Black Belt. Earning a belt in the world champion of Taekwondo is not something you can just go through the motions with. It takes every single ounce of your mind and body, physically and mentally, to earn that black belt from the master from Korea. There is the image of strength that accompanies with the word “Taekwondo.” Although the image is strength and power, inside the mind of the athlete can be in a peaceful state of mind. The editing and music choice is to enhance how “bad ass” a black belt is, while the projection of the beach in the background represents the state of mind of said “bad ass.” 

To match up the video and audio in post production is a long process. It is important to be familiar with the sound waves shown in post production, if your editing software provides that. To cut the clips to align with the music is taking it to another step as to just allowing the music and clips to run independently together. 

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“Screening: A Projection of Dreams” 

Link to watch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeo52u2hhkQ

“Don’t tell people your dreams. Show them!” Unfortunately, whoever said this will never get the credit of saying it. Dreams are a weird and complex concept that we’re still trying to fully understand. Based off of my own dreams, I realize that I never remember the beginning of the dream nor do I ever finish the dream. I’m always caught in the middle, then end up in a different dream. In this video, I wanted to portray that concept, and also incorporate a sneak of third person point of view. Third person point of view is interesting, where I’m seeing myself from afar, unnoticed, aware of the dream, and yet I go along with it. Dreams are just the succession of images, emotions, and sensations that flash through our minds in the, however, many hours of sleep we get. 

Considering the restraints to create this video, the editing process was effortless. Using a projector is great for creating affects if the editing software you own isn’t capable in creating post affects. Although, it was hard to time myself with the affects projecting. Filming a video such as the one above is not an easy task to do alone. Reaching out to friends to indicate the affects and placement will save time on filming and more time for post production edits. 

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Adventure Is Out There

Nowadays many teens and young adults are exploring the beauty that mother nature has to offer. Sharing their adventures on Instagram to show how adventurous and fun their life is. Going on adventures and capturing moments with my friends is something that I have always enjoyed. The idea of having a photo that will is forever frozen in a time and place. In this gif, I decided to explore and challenge myself through this work by incorporating the gif into the viewfinder of a still image. By presenting the gif within a still image, I wanted to incorporate how photos are just a fragment of time frozen in a time and a place; forever breathing within the photograph. Through the process of creating this gif, I found it extremely difficult to crop out the viewfinder to open a transparent layer. That process was the most tedious and longest part of the entire gif process. There was a little under 100 images used to make the gif and creating the loop/timing for the gif was simply easy (thank god). There is a lot of time and patience needed if you plan to create a gif within a still image, is the take away from this.