Illustration & Visual Narrative / Project 2
Lew Se Win / 0347637 / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Illustration and Visual Narrative
Project 2
LECTURES
Week 6:
Ms. Anis briefed us about project 2. We have to capture the iconic moments and create an aminated minimalist poster. After that, Ms. Anis also showed us some examples of ex-students' work.
Week 6:
Mr. Kannan taught us simple animation using Adobe Photoshop. We are briefed step-by-step to create a simple animation. We are also recommended to 12 principles of amination.
We are required to design a poster of a decisive moment of a published media such as movies, animation, books and comics. Before I start to do project 2, I watched a video that introduces about 12 principles of animation. Then, I decided to do a poster about the drama 'Money Heist'. Hence, I went to watch some summary videos of 'Money Heist' to recall back my memories about this drama series. Before I sketch out my ideas, I tried to research different minimalist movie posters.
I decided to use the moment when the police trying to enter.
I decided to use this scene to create my poster.
I sketch out some elements of the poster.
I draw out my poster draft using the digital sketching app. I chose to centralize all the elements in the poster. I decided to use a circle as the focal point of the poster. Typeface: Impact
I illustrate the main element using Adobe Illustrator.
After that, I transferred 2 jpegs to Adobe Photoshop and create a frame animation.
I send Ms. Anis the draft and simple GIF for some feedback. (Feedback 1)
I then continue to illustrate different layers in Adobe Illustrator.
After that, I save them as jpeg and transfer them to Adobe Photoshop to create frame animation.
I think that the GIF is moving too fast. Hence, I added delay to every frame.
I illustrate the building using Adobe Illustrator too.
Later, I transfer the building to Adobe Photoshop.
I think that my GIF is not smooth enough. Hence, I tried to add more frames to create a smoother animation.
I think that my animation is still not smooth enough. I prefer a smoother animation. Therefore, I changed to the video timeline.
I got some feedback from Mr. Kannan in class. (Feedback 2) Hence, I decided to change my poster design.
I decided to move the building backward and change my poster to a horizontal poster.
Following this, I add some light effects at the back, which are also shown in the scene I selected. Blue and red lights are the police car siren lights. Besides. I also added some shadows to the artwork.
Later on, my friend thinks that the scene did not shoot at last so she gave me an idea of adding a scope view to indicate that both sides are aiming. Hence, I designed another poster, which is my Design 3.
I think that design 3 can have a more simplistic animation compared to design 1 and 2. The hand of the person is not moving and I think that it is very hard to find a nice arc for the bullets if the hand is moving.
I send Figure 9.8 and Figure 10.1 to Ms. Anis and Ma. Kannan for some feedback. (Feedback 3 and 4)
After that, I continue to do some modifications to my poster design 2 and 3. I blurred and darken the background.
I think that the scope view ended not so smoothly. Hence, I modified the placement of the scope view and make it smoother.
After that, I realized that the bottom part is a bit empty. Besides, I was not satisfied with the title design. Hence, I wanted to add the Spanish name of the drama series, which is 'La casa de papel'. I researched the name of the drama series and I realized that there is a logo for this drama series.
Typeface: Haettenschweiler. I decided to change the font colors so that the title can have contrast.
Following that, I tried to modify similar elements in design 2 too. I blurred and darken the background. Besides, I added shadows and filters to the GIF.
I think that the siren lights are changing too fast. Therefore, I did some modifications to them.
I chose design 2 as the final design for project 2 because I hope that I could remain to express the scene of lifting the bullet. Besides, I like the text arrangement and placement of design 2.
FEEDBACK
- Ms. Anis said that my draft and simple GIF look ok.
- Mr. Kannan said that for design 1, I can move the building backward and darken the background. Besides, I can change my animation to a shooting burst. (Figure 9.8) I can also add some sirens to the bank.
- Ms. Anis said that all 3 designs look good.
- Mr. Kannan said that design 2 and 3 (Figure 9.11 and 10.1) are sufficient but maybe I can darken and blur the background a little.
REFLECTION
This was an interesting project and I love this project. I was able to learn a lot throughout project 2. It is a bit challenging because I was quite new to animation. This project required us to capture a decisive moment, which I think is the hardest part for me. This is because I think that I often forget the storyline of a movie or drama after I completed watching them. To do this project, I also rewatch some of the episodes of 'Money Heist' to get some ideas from there. Besides, I also struggled with the animation. At first, I could not find the best arc for the animation. After several attempts, I managed to fix it but I think I can still improve on that. Lastly, I enjoy doing project 2 and I am happy with my final outcome.
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