Ok so I've been trying to learn the steps of Wedding Dress more clearly because I'm obsessed with that song and it's choreo!!! Here's what I have so far. I'm gonna try to clean it up a lot and learn the solo part, and I'll most likely upload it by Tues. or Wed. So here you go =D Oh and I'm saying "Don't laugh, It's really bad, but Don't Laugh" lol.Original Video - More videos at TinyPic This is the original dance =D love this song =D
I came back from the theatre just an hour ago. From the title, if you've watched it, you can guess I watched Avatar, lol. I must say, I liked the story, not loved, just liked, but it is definitely a movie worth watching. I want to go see it a second time. i'm tired..i'll finish this tomorrow...
New found love for coffee and Late Night Alumni, invisible simplicity, realization of what busy is
So these past two weeks, I've been working on an animation with my friend for our media class, CCDI (best class ever =D). I'm still in the process of creating it, but I'm taking a quick xanga break, because it's been awhile since I really wrote in here, other than dance videos, but those don't really count.
Anyway, this project has helped me realize many things.
First and foremost is, that I should never, ever procrastinate again. If I do happen to, I should make sure that I get right back on track with my work.
Second, I have a new found love for coffee. It helps me continue working, although I doubt that I'm drinking strong coffee because I still feel tired after wards, and it's the store brand powder. I think it's the psychological factor about coffee that keeps me working though, because coffee is known for being a stimulant that assists people who need to stay awake for long hours. I really do want to try actual strong coffee one day, especially with the Brazilian coffee beans because I read that it's pretty strong and can keep you up for days!!!
Ok now I'm on three. I've started listening to more of Late Night Alumni's music , and I must say, I love them now. I mean, I've always loved their song Beautiful because I heard it on some of Michelle Phan's (love her! RiceBunny you're my idol!!) youtube videos. However, today I was listening to a playlist with their songs while working on the animation, and I've come to the conclusion that their music really helps me work, just as great as Yiruma's music. They have a very soothing, calming, and rhythmic style. When I listen to their music, it feels as if I'm either driving on while looking at a beautiful horizon, sitting on the sandy shore of a beach watching the crisp sunset, or floating through marshmallow clouds.
*I suggest you ignore this part because it is quite boring. I only wrote it to remind myself how stupid I can be sometimes. [Flash terminology] (lol, the only time I may sound intelligent) Now four. A few hours ago, I was trying to animate a door opening, and instead of seeing the simplicity of this task right before my eyes, I overcomplicated the entire process. I made new blank keyframes for each layer. I then drew two new doors. Took the layer containing the characters and scaled it to fit the doors. Then, I took the door and kept shape tweening it, only to realize in the end that you can't shape tween an empty space and that will end up making your animation look like crap. Now just an hour ago, I realized all the had to do was a simple frame by frame animation for the door movement. For each of the 15 frames, all the had to do was decrease the width of the door little by little along with the door knob. Ahh, how annoying Flash can be at times!!
And now finally, five. Throughout this animation process, which I hope will be over with on Friday, I have come to realization of what busy truly means. I really have nothing on my mind except this animation every day. All I think of is how I'm going to do the next scene, or what I'm going to do when I get home. It is quite frustrating, but really fun at the same time. Animation gives me contradicting feelings, but in my heart I know that it is what I want to pursue in life. However, along with my animation career, I want to pursue a dance career as well. This busy animation schedule has caused a lack of dancing for me. I really miss it. So I'm hoping in the future, I can balance these two jobs well enough to keep both of them.
ahh it feels refreshing to clear my thoughts out here...I miss you oh beloved Xanga community.....this beats FaceBook anyday =)
So I tried to learn the real choreography of Tae Yang's Wedding Dress, and learned parts of it, but certain parts I didn't really get, so I freestyled in those parts. So here it is =D. A better version will be made and uploaded on Youtube this Saturday. =D
