The 15 Year Old Essay Turned Video

So I had to decide how I was going to approach making my video using the essay as my narrative and I came up with the idea of making an animation. I wanted to make a video that would really connect to the child-like qualities of the essay, and man did I love cartoons as a kid! 

I sketched a little version of 'child me' considering this was to be the main character in my video and here is what came out: 

 

And then, using my scanner I scanned that image on to my laptop so that I could bring it into PhotoShop and proceed with the colouring, which looked a little something like this:

Using PhotoShop's 'Puppet Tool' I was able to move and re-draw some parts of my cartoon body. Instead of re-drawing a different figure each time, it was easier for me to erase and re-draw small sections as needed.