{"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":"2026-04-03T09:28:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T14:28:50","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 was a skills showcase meant to show what I have learned thus far in the digital media design course. the target audience for this character was teens and young adults who enjoy art\/are very creative, and kids who are young aspiring artists that may see their future selves in a wacky, colorful artist character. i had a week with a total of 30 hours to complete this project. I used asymmetrical \u00a0balance 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, and trying my best despite being unsure about how the 3\/4th perspectives were turning out. In the end, it turned out ok and the dynamic poses looked great, in my opinion. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 19px\">the greatest challenge I faced throughout the entire design was trying not to hate my own work. 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. in the end, I just had to take breaks from looking at it and focusing on it, 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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