Walk the Art is an exhibition that happens every year at the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (PAMA) which showcases the works of students all across the Peel District School Board. This year's 'Walk the Art' theme was STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) and students were encouraged to create digital or traditional pieces for this event. I chose to use ToonBoom to create an animation for this assignment as I wanted to tell a story that involved the STEAM community; that is how I came up with 'STEAM Power'.
Final Animation
For my final animation I decided to incorporate the Steampunk style as well because it includes all aspects of STEAM. The young inventor in the animation decides to make a pair of Steampunk goggles, which showcases the use of technology, engineering, and art because she is creating a new accessory for herself. I believe this animation en-captures the STEAM theme because it shows that anybody who has an idea can make it a reality if they use the power of STEAM.
Sketches
Before I started animating in ToonBoom, I sketched out the walk cycle and the background of the scene in my sketchbook so that I had a clear picture of what I wanted to do. I also created a storyboard which shows the scenes and a brief description of what would be happening in them. These sketches helped me plan out my entire animation and kept my thoughts in order when actually creating it.
Brainstorming
Before starting the animation, I first wanted to think of the different things that I associate with the separate categories of STEAM. To do this I brainstormed words, colours, and objects that I associated with science, technology, engineering, art and math. This helped me think of the ideas for my animation as it showed me the different ways all 5 sections connected back to each other. The next part was to think of story lines for the animation, which is why I wrote out all the story lines I could think of in as much detail possible.
