Heroes and Villains

For Alex’s animation I think he focused on a superhero and not a villain. He had a basic stick figure character that wore a cape and could fly as well as run very fast. His character sprays out a fire with his superpowers and all was well with the world it seemed after, it looks like there were fireworks to celebrate. At the end of the animation his character shows off his skills some more, by showing more water coming from the hero. I think Alex did a good job focusing on the lighting aspects in his animation. While there were no shadows in this animation that shows that his character is a hero, and that he is not trying to be sneaky or hide in the dark, unlike villains most of the time. The contrast of the water that the character is spraying and uses to deflect the fire and keep himself safe are a positive sign and symbolizes that he is a good character, because villains tend to have fire or to be spreading or starting fires. The setting and the fact that this character can fly establish the mood of the animation. The setting is in the daytime and there is bright green grass making it known that this is a hero. I actively associate flying superheroes with Superman and we all know that he is a good, worthy hero and not a villain so I am sure that he is a good guy because of this. Alex created an entertaining animation and made good use of lighting in his work.

This is a link to watch Alex's animation on his own blog - Alex's animation

I really enjoyed watching Ian’s animation. He created a villain and it was obvious to the viewer that it is a villain because of the color. Not only did the color stand out on the character but also in the graphics in the rest of the animation such as in the actions. First off there was contrast in the shape of the characters. The villain had a triangle head and the other character, probably the hero, had a circular head. Contrast was also shown in the color difference of the fire from the villain and the water from the hero. Subtext was shown in this animation in the scene of the fire and water. Water is brought into the animation and the villain quickly deflects this with fire, showing that he is more interested in destruction. The entire animation the villain has the same hue for all of his actions and his outfit. He is wearing red and has red and orange fire to fight with. The brightness of the fire, his outfit and the light saber that he fights with and kills the hero with are different colors of the hero. All of the colors in this animation are deeply saturated so that they stand out. The hero does not have an outfit and is a plain black stick figure, which makes the saturated colors of the villain stand out in the animation more. Ian’s animation was very well done and the colors made it memorable. Job well done.

This is a link to watch Ian's animation - Ian's animation

I was supposed to do another critique of someones animation in my lab, but not very many people have posted their animations...