Kristen's ART 238 Blog

This is my bouncing ball assignment. We wanted to challenge ourselves by having obstacles in the way of our ball. The ball would a heavier ball like a volleyball because of how it impacts against the obstacles. This assignment was a little difficult because the software we had to use was not working for my partner and I that day so we had to shoot blindly. For shooting blindly I feel we did pretty well. I have an appreciation for stop motion a bit better because of how long it took for this little video to be made compared to massive stop motion films.

Coraline is my favorite Tim Burton clay animated movie!   Behold my childhood cartoons! I also love this animated short by Pixar called "Paperman". Animation is gorgeous!

Greetings! My name is Kristen Yurovchak and I am a Junior Digital Arts major and Graphic Design minor at the University of Tampa. Now you may be wondering; why am I taking ART 238 this semester? Well little voice in my head, you may be surprised to find out that I am taking this class because I love animation. Big surprise! It's a generic answer but its true. I have always been fascinated by cartoons and Disney movies when I was younger and as I grew older I began to wish that I could create something that I loved to watch. Well now I can fear no longer for I am taking an animation class. I am hoping this class will help me on my journey into understanding animation and being able to fully appreciate the struggle artists have to go through in order for people to enjoy a story told through just about anything that is animated on the screen. Some facts about me include I am a giant nerd. I love Star Wars, Harry Potter, reading books in my spare time, finding conventions/musical