Wow. High School is done for me.
eCommunication helped get me where I am now, and I'll be forever grateful for it.
Seriously, I can still remember the first day I stepped into the eComm room making a Keynote animation, thinking I'll never make it through. But here I am now, endorsed and ready to make animation my career of choice. I wouldn't have been as confident or as sure of myself without the people or the experiences I have had in this classroom setting. Basically, without collaborating or communicating with my peers, I wouldn't have learned as much as I did.
Technology
I learned how to time animations with 2D and 3D engines (Photoshop, After Effects, Maya), as well how to utilize Adobe products to help improve upon the initial project. I learned through trial and error as well as tutorials over what exactly I wanted. Of course I faced challenges (mostly crashing the networks) but it was important to me so I could learn what I needed to improve on for the future.
Collaboration/Communication
For me, this goes hand-in-hand, as my projects couldn't have been as good as they were without the constant inputs from my friends around me, giving me advice over art, flow, story, or scene ideas. Again, through trial and error, I learned through other people. Challenging aspects were trying to decide when I wanted vs what was better for the project at hand.
Project Management
I learned how to manage my time due to dates for eMagine, as well as stuff done for Netterville. I learned it through much struggle of meeting due dates on time and wanting to make the best work I could. It is vital to learn this skill for the future due to me wanting to be an animator for Disney (have very strict deadlines)
Strengths/Weakness
My strength, I believe is that I give effort to each project and I do them on time. (Thankfully my art has also improved since freshmen year as well). While my weakness is probably having inconsistent styles, which is something I'm improving on, but it's still a work in progress. With this new knowledge, I hope I can further myself for future endeavors. But I wouldn't change a thing. Because without every success/failure I endured, I would be a different person than I am now. And I'm proud of what I am now.
End
Welp, these last 4 years have been a ride. I learned so much that it's weird to go back to my first projects on here and there's a definite improvement. I'm proud of myself, and I can't wait to see myself continue to improve. Thank you Netterville, and thank you eComm for making me what I am now.
