Evaluation.

The first thing that comes to mind that I would do better if I was to do this again, would be to organise myself better. Not time-wise, but saving my frames, their names, etc. 
After Effects really needs organised files to keep it in order and as to not confuse myself. I, however, found myself confused multiple times as I'd saved the files in folders that are in other folders, etc. So if I was to do it again, I would name the files more appropriately and have an order to my folders, before I even got to making the animation. Which was another bad habit I found myself doing. Instead of creating the characters and extra bits to add to them, I created them as I went along. I think maybe this was because I;
1. Wanted to see what it was looking like before I carried on.
2. I didn't really see how I was going to work the finer points until I had a play.
I still think even though these points would ring true if I did it again, that I should make the pictures and organise a folder to place them all in before, so that at least when it  came to having to make extra bits, I could keep the order going, and not just add new folders to existing ones.


All that being said, I'm quite proud of my final animation as I hadn't really had much experience making an animation from scratch before. I have made GIF images before, so I had an idea how it worked, but never had I made one from scratch, storyboarding, or used After Effect before. I hadn't really used Illustrator much besides the mentioned work experience that I did, either. 
I think the story I had in mind came out close enough to how I wanted it, of course it's not perfect. I'd of got Disney to do it if I was that picky. But I think it shows a clear understanding of my story, and I believe I told it in a clear way.


I always liked the thought of animation as a direction for my study choice, but although I find it fun and creative to design and make the characters, as well as thinking of a story, I do find the whole animating process tediously repetitive and gave myself a headache quite often. So I think it'll have to stay an occasional hobby, for now.