Animation at WDFM - Day 3

 Our morning started out with a trip to Muir Woods, followed by walking the Golden Gate Bridge and visiting the Marin Headlands. In the afternoon, we headed back the Walt Disney Family Museum, and worked with Travis Lacina, Director of Education at the Museum. He showed our group around the museum exhibits and then oriented students to use the Toon Boom Harmony software and WACOM drawing tablets to do hand drawn digital animation. 

Group at the entrance of Muir Woods

Walking through the Redwoods

Reading the bronze cast map of the forest

View from the north side of the bridge

Group photo facing the northern gate

Exploring the Marin Headlands

Exploring the museum's exhibits

Checking out the large moving model of Disney World

In the WDFM digital classroom, setting up to work on the WACOM tablets

Animation at WDFM - Day 2

 The group hit the ground running this morning with an introduction to the Walt Disney Family Museum and a crash course in hand drawn animation. In the afternoon, we headed down to the North Beach area for some lunch followed by a tour of the Cartoon Art Museum for a fascinating look at their History of Animation show. The night ended with a trip to the Chase Center to see the Warriors take on the Clippers!

Arriving at the Walt Disney Family Museum for our first day of animation!

Learning about timing and spacing in hand drawn animations.

Getting a tour of the Cartoon Art Museum and the Keith Knight exhibition.

Learning about the history of animation!

Cat Vu checks out some original comic book art and animation frames.

An original animation frame from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

An original cel from Masters of the Universe.

Checking out the North Beach area.

Finishing the day with a trip to the Chase Center!

Getting ready to watch Steph Curry and the Warriros take on the Clippers!

Animation at WDFM - Day 1

After a long travel day, the Animation at Walt Disney Family Museum crew arrived in San Francisco, enjoyed a walk around the Presidio and Marina district, settled into our accommodations, and set out for a bite to eat! Feeling sated and excited, the gang is ready to start animating in the morning!

Walking around the Marina District on our first afternoon in San Francisco.

Checking out the Presidio where we will be working at WDFM.

Enjoying a little In-N-Out on our first night in California!

Settling in for our first night in San Francisco! Ready for some adventures tomorrow!

Project Week 2022 is near

project week is near!

Animation with The Walt Disney Family Museum - Day 5

Today in the morning we visited LucasFilm and Industrial Light and Magic where we had a very nice tour. We saw many incredible posters, matte paintings, and original costumes and models of famous film characters from movies like Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Transformers, and lots more. We went to the gift shop and three of us bought light sabers! Then we went to the theater and watched “secret” film produced by the LucasFilm which amazed all of us because it showed how the CG effects are added to the films, which was incredible. 

In the afternoon we spent 4 hours working on our final projects and everyone finished on time. When we were done, Travis and Ryan said goodbye to us and we left the museum. We really appreciate their time and help; this has been an amazing experience.

For dinner, 7 of us went to a Korean BBQ together, it was amazing. We cooked our own meet on a grill at the table and had delicious mochi for dessert. -Tina

The group standing next to two original Stormtroopers used in the Star Wars movies.

The original puppet from E.T.

Looking at the original end credits painting from Die Hard 2.

The original T-Rex model used in Jurassic Park.

All of the original posters from LucasFilm movies lined the hallways.

Outside LucasFilm by the famous Yoda statue after our awesome tour!

Finishing up our animation projects at The Walt Disney Family Museum.

Putting the finishing touches on our animations on our last day of work.

A huge thank you to Travis, Ryan, and everyone from The Walt Disney Family Museum!

Enjoying some delicious Korean BBQ on our last night in San Francisco!

Animation with The Walt Disney Family Museum - Day 4

The harsh climate of San Francisco came out full force this morning, dipping as low as 50°F as our party began valiantly embarking on our journey to Alcatraz at 8:45am. We spent 2 hours admiring the beauty of the prison before heading to pier 39 to get some grub. After lunch we rushed over to The Walt Disney Family Museum to continue our work on our animation projects. The night led us to Chinatown where part of our group enjoyed some wonderful Asian fusion food while the rest ventured into their own culinary experiences . I particularly enjoyed the food I had today(Clam chowder in a delicious sourdough bread bowl and lovely filet mignon satay skewers). I was also pleasantly pleased to begin the animation work on my project after days of storyboarding and planning. -Kincaid

Arriving at the entrance to The Rock.

Getting a feel for life on Alcatraz with a visit to the cell house.

A very interesting morning on Alcatraz Island.

Checking out the sea lions at Pier 39.

Getting to work on our animations at The Walt Disney Family Museum.

Working out characters in Toon Boom at The Walt Disney Family Museum.

Learning the fine points of animating with Toon Boom.

Animation with The Walt Disney Family Museum - Day 3

The group started the day by visiting The Walt Disney Family Museum to tour the galleries. There we were able to learn more about Walt Disney’s life and his career. After that we went to the Cartoon Art Museum where we practiced character designs and learned about some famous cartoon artists. The rest of the day we spent touring in the Academy of Art University at the departments of animation, 3d graphics, and puppetry. I was glad to see what is it like to study and work in animation at the university. -Oleksandra

Viewing the gallery exhibits at The Walt Disney Family Museum.

Walt Disney talks about the history of his company.

Viewing work at the Cartoon Art Museum by artist Jen Wang.

Working on character development at the Cartoon Art Museum.

The group after our morning workshop at the Cartoon Art Museum.

Viewing the inside of a stop motion puppet at the Academy of Art University.

Character macquettes by the animation students at the Academy of Art University.

On the steps outside the Academy of Art University after our tour.

Animation with The Walt Disney Family Museum - Day 2

The animation crew traveled to the Golden Gate Bridge today and observed the view of San Francisco's unique cityscape. The weather was perfect for selfies and group photos - apart from the wind. We went over to the Corta Medera to satisfy our lunch cravings for the day. Around 3 pm, the group went over to the Walt Disney Family Museum where Anita and Ryan showed us the processes of storyboarding and character design. -Riley

Enjoying the views of San Francisco.

Looking down at the bay from the Golden Gate Bridge.

Learning about storyboarding at The Walt Disney Family Museum.

Developing our characters at The Walt Disney Family Museum.

Shirley works with Anita to develop her character for her animation.