AE Bouncing ball

Another bouncing ball animation but this time in Adobe After Effects. I wanted to add some extra details to this one so I made the ball a glowing neon color as well as adding a sort of zero gravity space for it to bounce around in. In this case, I used an audio spectrum ring to create the zone and then tried to make the ball bounce with the explosion of the beat around the ring. I tried to keep the ball inside the ring as best as I could as well as trying to keep its speed consistent. There are some spots that need improvement but I'm happy with the outcome nonetheless.

Pendulum

A simple swinging pendulum animation that I did in the beginning of the semester. This was a good practice and beginning to better understand the principles of animation and motion as well as beginning to get used to using a tablet and Adobe Animate. There really isn't' much to say about this. I wanted to try and add some extra details by adding a theoretical wall at the end that the pendulum bounces off of, before swinging a bit and stopping.

Walk Cycles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixYl1UV2S-U&feature=youtu.be

The above link is a simple stick figure walk cycle made for my animation class. I used simple figures so I could work on the fluidity of the animation more. This also gives me ideas of how I can animate more detailed figures in the future and use this as a basis. I also made four different versions in a sort of Beetles style walk along to make it more entertaining.

Kinetic Typography

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj9yB-1dsoE&feature=youtu.be

Video is at the above link.

This is a kinetic typography animation using the song Seven Nation Army. I used an audio spectrum and particle effects in After Effects to create the background and moving text. I created the animation in a sort of nod to the release of Battlefield 1 which has made use of the same song for it's trailers.

Lip Sync

This is my final animation for class. I choose to use a simple snowman model but decided to use more than one program to work on the animation. I made the model in Adobe Illustrator and then imported it into Adobe Character Animate. From there I learned how to use the software, using a web camera to mask my face to the face of my character and then lip syncing him with the song that plays in the background. After I was satisfied with the result, I moved the project into Adobe after Effects to add a background and add a falling snow layer. After that as completed, I moved the project to Adobe Premiere where I added some video edits to clean it up. Overall I'm very happy with the final result.

Rotoscope

A rotoscope animation that I did using Adobe Animate. The video is a clipping form Rooster Teeth's series Immersion. In this particular case, how to make a real life side scroller. The animation was fun to make at first but quickly became frustrating as I tried to keep every frame's details similar to each other. Over all, I think it came out rather ok for being one of my first animations.

Weight Animation

A simple weight animation that I made. My idea for this was a person tries to move a large box with only a rope. This was rather simple at first so I tried to beef it up a bit with adding some motion to my character and some simple details such as the stomp. I think it could ave turned out better if I had focused more on the design of the character.

Bouncing Ball

About Me

Hi everyone,

My name is Alex Ingles. I come from Western New York, where the sun never shines and the weather sucks. I'm currently studying as a digital artist at the University of Tampa having transferred from the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.

Reality is I'm just a giant nerd who watches anime and cartoons in my free time or plays video games. I'm also currently attempting to get a YouTube carrier off the ground featuring a lot of Let's Plays and other material so if you're interested in that I certainly like to talk about it.

Other than that there really isn't that much to me. I expect to learn quite a bit about animation from this class, certainly more than I have anywhere else considering everywhere else didn't offer a teacher with a master's degree in it. I think it's going to be a pretty fun class and at anything I'll try to make it fun regardless.

Thanks for reading, I hope everyone has a great semester!