For artefact 6 I used feedback I received, alongside the skills I have developed throughout the project, to improve artefact 5. This supports the conclusion from my written document that states receiving constant feedback is vital for creating thinking characters and believable pieces of animation. It was difficult to receive constant feedback throughout the module because we only had lessons once a week. I used forums as well but within a two week time period there was not enough time to put my work on forums, wait for people to respond and then improve the artefact.
The improvements I made proved successful when I showed my peer group. They agreed that the boy character looked a lot more alive and they raised a lot less issues than the first time around. One of the main comments was about the camera angle and how it was affecting the way the characters were seen. Someone also bought up the laws of animation and how i should look at silhouettes because my poses may not have been strong enough. Due to the nature of the points raised from my peer group, I realised that the advice I had gained from my written research document had taken me as far as it could. To improve my animation further I would now need to widen the range of techniques I am looking at.
Overall I am pleased with the progress I have made in artefact 6. The detail I have been able to add has proven that if I were to continue receiving feedback and improving it, I could create something even stronger. For the time frame available I am proud of the skills I have been able to demonstrate and continue to use these skills in future animations.
