Assessment Task #2 (About Inkscape and Pencil)

Towards the end of the term, I learnt to use Inkscape and Pencil, two paint programs which I could use for my Animation Assessment. I tried out both the programs and experimented with all the tools.

In Inkscape, I created a dog which twitched its ears and wiggled its tongue. This was a really simple program which I actually liked because it was easy to grasp and use. It took me one lesson to learn all the options and then I was enjoying myself creating some of my own artworks. I also ended up downloading it on my home computer because of my obsession for it. It seemed quite addictive and fun to play with, during my free time.

I also used Pencil, in which I created a ball bouncing on the ground. I did not get very far with this, as I had missed the lesson in which we had been briefed about it, so I was quite lost.I also realised that there were only a few options with Pencil, compared to Inkscape. For instance, it only had a pencil, pen, polygon and spray brush that I could use to create my animation. I did some of my own exploring but I realised that I preferred Inkscape over Pencil. I did try doing my actual animation using Pencil, but I thought that I should use what I was comfortable with.

So in the end, I used Inkscape to create my final animation for my assessment task.