Horouta Animation

 We were learning about the voyager Paoa and his journey to Aotearoa on the waka Horata. The kumara was their prized cargo that they were transporting to a person on the North Island. Many other people came with him, they included, Kiwa, the navigator, who came with his son Kahutuanui. Paoas sister Hinehakirirangi also came along as protector and carer of the kumara.        

I found it easy to decide on part of the story that I wanted to create an animation about. The part that I chose was when they were traveling across the sea to New Zealand from Hawiki. That part and the one with Kanawa and how she brought fern roots with her even though it was strictly forbidden.

I found it challenging to find a character from google search that could be used as Hinehakirirangi. In the end I settled with a silhouette of a lady. I was going to create a piupiu for her but it just took too much time. But I think it looks alright all the same.   

Next time I will add more detail into my waka and try to use a larger variety of tools, not just polyline and google search. I also think that my background could have a lot more detail, so it is not just a gradient one. There is only one more thing that I could change and that is using less images from google.