I think that the biggest challenge of the project was creating the final pixel art of the game. Grayson and I have never done any pixel art before and it was up to us to translate our final designs into pixel form. I also had to do a bit of light animation by creating different key poses for the character so that Nick could give the character the ability to move. It was definitely a challenge to animate pixel art, but I really liked the simplicity. I feel that it would be fun to make more personal animations,because it will help with the my career path. I had to do a bit of problem solving to get the character’s hair to feel natural as it moved because I didn’t want to make it static and lifeless. I also had to figure out how to make the arms and legs move in a natural way.  I haven't drawn out how the character will look from the back, front, left, and right sides,but I feel that I was successful in making the other views. I had to think about movements and fix any problems before the character was ready to be placed into the game.

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I feel that the project benefitted my group members in positive ways. Grayson was able to understand the concept of environment creation. He was able to work with a pixel art creation program and figure out how it works to create successful props for the background. He is definitely a gamer and it’s his dream to work in a video game studio so this project is geared to his interest and future. Nick was able to use his coding skills that he learned from classes he took and was able to take artwork and turn it into a playable game demo. We were able to learn from each other from working together on this project.

 

This project has benefitted me by giving me the chance to do character design. I want to be able to create characters as part of my career and this project would show that I am able to get the job done. I also want to get into an animation studio and having the ability to show that I can work in a variety of styles would help me become more valuable for work. I also have a better understanding of animation by working with the pixel art creation program. Overall, this project shows my strengths as an artist and interest in character design.