My Personality Type

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We've been doing something a little different in animation! Instead of moving pictures, we've been discussing something very different- personality types!


My Myers-Briggs Personality Type

For the past few days in e9, we've been focusing
on personality types. On Tuesday, we took a quiz to figure out what we were. My end result was INFP, which stands for Introvert, iNtuitive, Feeling, and Perceiving. In a brief summary, INFPs are idealistic and imaginative people who are loyal to what they value and believe. They're also quite accepting, fairly caring and creative. Some famous people who share this personality type are Bill Watterson, J.K. Rowling, and even Lana Del Rey and Tim Burton.

How Well Does This Apply To Me?

When I first read the summary of the average INFP, I was quite shocked at how accurate it was. I consider myself to be imaginative, acceptive, loyal, and most certainly creative. Although I'm not the most idealistic person in the world, and while I do follow my values and beliefs, my life and actions certainly don't center around them. After taking this test, I understand a lot more about myself and the way I function in everyday life. Often times I'll make choices based on my heart rather than my head, and sometimes I do things more intuitively instead of using my senses- which sometimes includes not using common sense.

The Roles of my Personality and Past Personality Issues

In a group setting, I often tend to stay quiet and do whatever I need to do while trying my best not to get sidetracked. Despite that, I still try to put my best foot forward and out in as much effort as possible when doing team work. When the role I need to fill matches up, I can perform it with relative ease. Otherwise, I may struggle depending on the role I'm given otherwise. Due to my preference to keep quiet and often avoid discussion, the people I'm working with won't think that I'm participating as much as I should be. And when it comes to people that I "have issues" with, it's usually due to our contrasting personality types. I tend to be more calm and imaginative, while people that I have issues with might be a lot more assertive, vocal, and sometimes a little by-the-book.

LOBGR Results

The LOBGR test is kind of similar to the Myers-Briggs one, but I found this one to be a lot more limited and a little inaccurate (at least in my opinion). The personality type I ended up with was Otter. According to the test, Otters are social, enjoy popularity, and often goof off and rush on given tasks. Aside from the occasional goof-off and quick conversation with a friend instead of working, the Otter personality type doesn't fit me or my Myers-Briggs personality at all. I'm not an overly extroverted, popularity-loving social butterfly who goofs off more than they should and craves the attention and approval of others. Instead, I'm a more calm and reserved person who dislikes heavy amounts of social activity and prefers to spend time alone. I also don't excessively goof off- I enjoy the satisfaction of getting things done and try my best to take initiative. Overall, this test doesn't match up with me whatsoever.

What'd I Learn?

In doing this project, I've learned a lot more about myself personally. Now that I know my personality types, I better understand how I currently function in modern society and possibly how I'll do in future situations. I'm more aware of how I do in group work settings and the roles I fill in these groups, alongside achieving a better realization of why past group relationships didn't work out too well. With my newly gained knowledge of my personality type, I've gotten to know one specific individual better than anyone else- that individual being myself.

I also learned that Otters are most definitely NOT my spirit animal.

Thank y'all for reading,
Tate

Ten Words Animation

Ahoy there!

I'm back at it again with another animation! BUT THIS TIME, IT DOESN'T INVOLVE A BOUNCING BALL! I know how crazy that may seem, but it's true!

Joking aside, the purpose of this animation is to help ease me into using the PhotoShop video timeline. I was given the task to create a short animation with my ten words from my blog- They're over on the side of this page somewhere, but they're not really words, per se. So I just paraphrased the entirety of the sidebar and made an animation out of them!

THE PROCESS OF ANIMATION

The animation was fairly easy to make- Find a picture that describes me, add some words that describe me, animate those words, profit. Using the video timeline was fairly foreign at first, but I was able to easily grasp the basics and finish the animation. The timeline is actually pretty similar to the one I used in video. I tried to vary the font and animations for every word, and I'm very happy with how it turned out.

WHAT DID I LEARN?

The only new thing I really learned about was the PhotoShop video timeline, and even then it was extremely easy to get accustomed to. I guess I learned a bit more about transitions, especially keyframes (which I have a bad history with...).

HOW DID I DO?

Simplicity aside, I think I did pretty well. I probably could have touched up the beginning a bit more, to make the whole animation a bit more fluid overall. If I did this project again, I would also flesh out the transitions to make them more interesting. I also would have spaced out the individual animations so that they don't just fly onto the screen at the speed of light.

Thanks for reading, and see y'all next time!
-Tate