Kaiya Chow
Stop-Motion Animation
“BØ:NK-57” / Character Animation / Cardstock, Cue Cards, Black (100) COPIC Sketch Marker, Scissors, Ruler, Sticky Tac, Masking Tape, Ukulele, Phone Camera, & Stop Motion Studio App / This animation made me realized the importance of storytelling and motion as this was my first walking animation.
“Desert Stroll” / Cardstock, Cue Cards, Origami Paper, Black (100) COPIC Sketch Marker, White Gel Pen 0.5, Scissors, Sticky Tac, Masking Tape, Phone Camera, & Stop Motion Studio App / “This animation made me realized the importance of storytelling and motion as this was my first walking animation.”
“Panda Expressions” / Cardstock, Origami Paper, Black COPIC Multiliner 0.5, Black (100), N2, N6 COPIC Sketch Markers, White Gel Pen 0.5, Scissors, Sticky Tac, Masking Tape, Phone Camera, & Stop Motion Studio App / “This animation helped me understand the importance of facial expressions in storytelling.”
“Falling Feather” / Cardstock, Origami Paper, Black COPIC Multiliner 0.5, Pencil, Scissors, Sticky Tac, Masking Tape, Phone Camera, & Stop Motion Studio App / “This project helped me learn about irregular motion in animation and how to use it to make an object seem weightless.”
2D Hand-Drawn Animation
“It’s A Key” / Dialogue Acting Exercise / Huion Tablet & Stylist, Adobe Animate / “This project helped me understand the acting aspect of character animations along with improving my understanding of lipsyncing.”
“Superball” / Huion Tablet & Stylus Adobe Animate, & Premiere Pro / “This assignment helped me learn how to animate secondary actions and how to sync up sound effects to animation.”
“A Walk Cycle” / Huion Tablet & Stylist & Adobe Animate / “This project helped me gain a better understanding of how humans walk. It made me realize how many moving parts there are in a casual walk cycle.”
“Penguin Shake” / Stagger Exercise / Huion Tablet & Stylus, Adobe Animate, & Premiere Pro / “This assignment taught me how to use the four different stagger techniques on a character such as a penguin.”