All visual & audio content brainstormed by AriaGreenHoodie, ©2020-2022.
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Who am I?
Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve had a love for cartoons. From comic books to animated shows, movie posters and card games, anything with toonish art fascinated me. From the day I learned to pick up a pen, I was drawing. My love for watching and reading cartoons quickly evolved into a love of making them, and by the time I was 12, I was teaching myself to animate. My name is Aria and I am in high school. Drawing and animating have been my passions for my entire life, and now, I’m attempting to make my own animated short film!
About AriaGreenHoodie
For a while now, I’ve used a cartoon version of myself as a “mascot” of sorts. My favorite color is green, and I pretty much live in my green hoodie, and so, “AriaGreenHoodie” is how I want to brand myself. It represents comfort and warmth and is worn without bias to gender, age, race or religion. My mission is to share my art, stories, animations, music etc while offering original, creative, unprejudiced entertainment to the world.
What’s LaSalle Scholars Program?
The LaSalle Scholars Program is an enrichment program for academically gifted and talented high school students at La Salle Academy. There is an application process, a selection procedure, and the students must meet certain criteria annually. It’s for students who exhibit characteristics of creativity, high ability, and task commitment. The program involves the conception, plan and eventual production of an independent project in a student’s area of interest. I am fortunate to be part of a program that encourages creative productivity beyond the traditional classroom.
Website Purpose
This website was created for the LaSalle Academy Scholars Program. The purpose of this site is to showcase my independent project. My long-term project is to create an original animated short film where I write the storyline, draw and animate the visuals, and craft the audio. The animated short is called MAC & BEL.
Accomplished To Date
During school year 2020/21, the story synopsis for my independent project was completed and each character’s design was finalized. Animation for Scene 1, where Mac reunites with Bel, was finished and can be previewed on this website in the Screening Room!
During the school year 2021/22, the screenplay for my independent project was developed and animation for Scene 2, where Mac & Bel reach a crossroad, was started. Next steps... add audio content. It can be previewed on this website in the Screening Room.
Future Goals
For my long-term project, I currently have character concepts rendered and the storyline completed. My goals for the future, particularly over the summer and fall 2022, are to continue drawing and animating as well as developing the music and sound design for Scenes 3-6. Animation is a very time-consuming art-form. This independent project is a work in progress. I‘m excited to be able to share it in completion in the future!