{"id":308,"date":"2026-02-27T09:57:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T15:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/?page_id=308"},"modified":"2026-04-24T09:42:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:42:56","slug":"skillsshowcase","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/home\/skillsshowcase\/","title":{"rendered":"Skills Showcase Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"308\" class=\"elementor elementor-308\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c86eee3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c86eee3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1204b4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1204b4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3870f55 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3870f55\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3646476 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3646476\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Skills Showcase Project.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cbf215 elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-align-center elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"4cbf215\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-inline-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Home<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\/<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Skills Showcase<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c490d65 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c490d65\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d766741 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d766741\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Skills Showcase - Character Turnaround<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f560c6e e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f560c6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1242\" src=\"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/03\/character-turnaroundV2-web.png\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-359\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/03\/character-turnaroundV2-web.png 1920w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/03\/character-turnaroundV2-web-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/03\/character-turnaroundV2-web-1024x662.png 1024w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/03\/character-turnaroundV2-web-768x497.png 768w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/03\/character-turnaroundV2-web-1536x994.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-470feea elementor-widget__width-initial e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"470feea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;1.6&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/02\/turnaround-gif.mp4\" autoplay=\"\" loop=\"\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47b6423 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47b6423\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Character Prompt:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da65004 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da65004\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 22px;font-family: impact, chicago\">A wacky human who is average height and skinny, with medium, wavy purple hair, hazel eyes, a pale skin tone, and a crooked nose. They love painting. They want to write a book but are afraid of flying.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a69d797 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a69d797\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sketches<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12f6537 e-grid e-transform e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"12f6537\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"406e63f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"914\" src=\"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/02\/rough-sketch-2-copy-717x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-315\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/02\/rough-sketch-2-copy-717x1024.png 717w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/02\/rough-sketch-2-copy-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/02\/rough-sketch-2-copy-768x1097.png 768w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/02\/rough-sketch-2-copy-350x500.png 350w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/02\/rough-sketch-2-copy.png 1008w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac36050 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ac36050\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"914\" src=\"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/02\/rough-sketch-3-copy-717x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-316\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/02\/rough-sketch-3-copy-717x1024.png 717w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/02\/rough-sketch-3-copy-210x300.png 210w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/02\/rough-sketch-3-copy-768x1097.png 768w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/02\/rough-sketch-3-copy-350x500.png 350w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/ka1103871\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/177\/2026\/02\/rough-sketch-3-copy.png 1008w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fd5c26 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3fd5c26\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2a3202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f2a3202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Description<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cfd919 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cfd919\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px\">This project demonstrates my current skills in digital media design. The target audience for this character was teens and young adults who enjoy art\/are very creative, and younger aspiring artists who may see their future selves in a wacky, colorful artist character. This project was completed over one week (approximately 30 hours). I used asymmetrical balance and colors that went well together in order to show my ability to use design principles in my works. I identified my target audience and created the design and personality with it in mind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 19px\">One challenge I faced was figuring out how to make the 3\/4th perspectives for the gif and the dynamic poses for the main drawings. I overcame that by using a good amount of references, while refining 3\/4 view perspectives. In the end, the results were successful, and the dynamic poses looked great, in my opinion. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 19px\">Maintaining objectivity during extended work sessions was a challenge. I had been staring at it for too long, and thought it looked bad, despite the reassurance that most others liked the design when shown to them. Taking breaks helped me reassess the work with a fresh perspective, and I started to like it more when I came back from these breaks. This served as a reminder that my own work isn&#8217;t always gonna look good to me, and I will probably notice all the tiny details and mistakes that the majority of others wouldn&#8217;t notice, and that I just have to push through and complete the piece. Overall, in the end, I was proud of the finished work and it gave me new ideas to add to my art style.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skills Showcase Project. 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