Flash Experimentation

This is a final idea. I plan to use this technique in my final project. This is a combination of the other techniques I have tried, from the flash animation of the hand drawn text, the one page notebook, and the notebook with pages that rip out.

I showed it to my tutors today, they seemed to like the idea, one commented that it was too long, and the frames should be faster. I shall take this advice on board, and make the next one run a bit faster.

I am happy with the over all outcome, and have received allot of positive feedback on the animation, I feel the animation was successful and definatly is a firm building block to base my next animation around.

Flash Experimentation

Following the previous idea. I felt it would be a good idea, if I could symbolise a page getting ripped out after the current drawing is finished, and being able to start fresh on the next page, to give more facts and opinions. I therefore devoted quite some times to editing a photo of a notebook in Photoshop. Breaking it into pieces, and figuring out a motion path, to make it look like the page was being ripped out of the notebook.

Original notebook

Pulled out page

Animation with motion tween

Flash Experimentation

For my main part in the group exhibition, I will be making an animation. I plan to use photos from, my collections and from friends and redraw them with a message behind them. From being on a mission trip to Romania, I have a few life changing experiences from mission trips and helping kids in need. I spent 10 days helping out with orphans in summer camp, helping them have a great week and at the same time, helping teach them about God. I noticed from my experience how much the smallest gesture means to them. From kids having nothing, and someone giving up their time, to come play with them, talk to them, listen to them. It is a very powerful experiance, it makes you pause for a moment, and apreciate everything you have been given in your life.

I therefore want to make an animation, provoking thoughts with facts, opinions, questions and imagery, relating to poverty and others that need our help.

This is my idea, put onto flash to see how it would look.

I used hand drawn lettering, to make it look like it was being written down by a child, drawn onto a notepad, and then drew a portrait of a child I met in Romania. I like the effect of the image allot, that it is being drawn while the view watches the animation and tries to figure out what the image is of while it is being drawn. I am quite proud of the outcome. I feel it gets the point that I am trying to express across, and works well. I plan to develop this idea further.

Brand Research task

Animal brand research. We had to gather all the items we could for our chosen brand. From choosing Animal, I went around my house and collected all my animal items, asked friends and family if they had anything with the animal brand. I gathered quite a large amount of stuff, with a wide range of animal merchandise and designs.

 I found Hoodies, t shirts, school bags

 Pencil cases, belts, scarves

 Wash up bags, Sunglasses, sleeves for ipods etc.

 A variety of hats, beanies and caps

From all the stuff I have gathered, i noticed a similarity, but yet also a difference. lots of the items are branded with simple straight forward text and clean logos, and some have the complete opposite, with hard to read text, random shapes and designs, and grunge effects on the logos and branding marks. I found This exercise very interesting, how a company uses such a variety of ways, designs and medium to promote their brand. Animal started as a watch company, because surfers were loosing countless watches while out in the sea, and now it has evolved into a mass clothing company for normal street wear, extreme sports wear and sports gear.

Flash Experimentation

Flash experimentation. Starting to think about asking thought provoking questions to make the viewer feel emotion for the topic of poverty through globalism. I like this hand drawn approach of typography. I build it up frame by frame, to give the impression of it being written down as the view watches it. I plan to use something similar to this effect on type, in my final piece.

Flash Experimentation

Flash Experimentation. I played around with Tweens again, along with warping, and twisting images slightly, to give an almost 3D look. The start section worked very well in trying to show this, the way the eyes and hair move, was very successful, it gives the impression that the character is turning his head.

Group project - week 4 Research

From reading the "Sex and money" book, I have decided to focus my research on the poverty second of globalism, and how design can be used to express poverty. I did some research and found some posters, based on poverty, starvation, aids, war, and so on. I found these designs have very powerful messages, and communicate the problem or issue very well.

The following 2 images are from Armando Milani.

I find them very powerful. They are simple, yet express their message very well.

 The next image is by Leonardo Sonnoli.

It is an Aids poster, heavily focused on typography and imagery.

It too shows a very clear image, of the pain and trouble that goes with such a disease.

Image by Lourdes Zolezzi.

It clearly expresses death, and starvation. In a very direct way, using a skull and crossbones, and basic colours.

A piece by Massimo Vignelli.

I find it very different, and interesting. The flag is made up of what looks like old newspaper cuttings, logo's and brands. It isn't exactly poverty or aids, but it is interesting none the less and I felt the need to add it to my findings

Two pieces by Woody Pirtle.

The are focused heavily on guns and gun trafficking, both for amnesty international.

I especially like the second image, how it is slightly abstract but forms a very clear gun shape.