For the last stage of my drawing project, I got stuck on the animation.
I am not sure if I did something wrong or followed the wrong steps,
but I was unable to animate my drawing which made me quite sad! I tried
a few variations of animation such as translate and rotate, but none
worked the way I intended. I am still happy with my drawing though. I
wish we had more visual tutorials and maybe even class workshop times
to come together and discuss these things because asking for help when
everyone is working at their own pace and hours make it very awkward and
inconvenient to reach out to others. I would eventually love to learn
animation but I think timing of this project was not it.
coloring!!
I was able to explore Turtle commands and use them smoothly.
I didn't really run into any issues. Coloring was much easier
than I imagined it would be. I am excited to see how these will look
animated. One thing I wish was having more time (and clarity of mind)
to code the face of these ghosts as a replice of the GhostFace. I really
wanted to do that but currently I have way too much on my plate to
complicate this any further! So this could be an improvement or a future
project idea!
Somewhere I got stuck was:
- I struggled setting up the bezier function. It took
some time researching to understand what was happening.
Something I figured out was:
The bezier function. It looks
so smooth!
A strategy I used:
Reading online forums for help, such as stackoverflow,
various Python guide websites, etc.
Something I'm wondering:
I was wondering on how to parameterize the bezier
control points, but thanks to Varun, I know now.
Something I want to learn:
Nothing specific at the moment.
An idea for future:
No new ideas at the moment.
Somewhere I got stuck: I can't recall what I struggled with. I think I was overall a little intimidated.
Something I figured out: Overlapping two filled in/colored objects to create the desired shape that is
much more complex to do in one-go.
Strategy I used: Breaking my problem down into smaller chunks.
Something I'm wondering: How to color in specific shapes.
Something I want to learn about: Animation. I would love to eventually learn more complex motions.
An idea for future: Adding more elements such as a background with dynamic objects.
-Somewhere I got stuck was: Figuring out the
simplest and realistically achievable way to do my
design while appropriately challenging myself.
-Something I figured out was: Overlapping two
color filled shapes to create a more coherent
design (? I hope this works, right now it's just
an idea)
-Something I'm wondering about is: Whether if I
can actually execute my plan or not. I feel like
it might be too complex but I do think I'm
ready to take on the challenge. But I am willing
to simplify things if I need to ease it down a
little bit just so I don't get stuck and frustrated.
Something I want to learn more about is: Different
animations! I originally planned something else but
I noticed the animation I wanted to have was more
complex than what the Superturtle link includes. I
hope that I can use different animations in future
projects!
