Storyboard

Storyboards are like the animators scamps.

And I appreciate this.

OUIL503 Final Product- Manga Jiman

Ape on the moon

Ape on the moon was another suggested resource for me when it came to looking at contemporary illustrators.
Compared to CIA this website looks into the artists themselves and the artist's own approach to their work as well as how their work appeals to their audience. There is talk about process and artist's intentions within their work which helps you relate to them and think about your own thought and praticale process with your work. 

The Central Illustration Agency

Recommended to me by Ben CIA is an agency which showcases a variety of contemporary illustrators 

Looking through a broader range of illustrators such as the ones here, gives you not only a breath of styles but shows you a wide array of media choices you can use as an illustrator. I often forget when illustrating that there is more to illustration than just ink and pen and that the use of collage, photography, needlework and print are also alternate tools you can use to illustrate.

Mono and Lino Workshop

• Learnt if you go into a monoprint workshop have at least some idea of what you want to do, winging it doesn't work 
• Be aware with lino that you can uses both the positive and the negatives created in the cut to depict to forms (such as above)
• I'm probably going to do lino as a like the effect I got from this alongside the handmade textures created via lino cutting. 

After Effects

footage= one simple layer

retain layer sizes= retain layer sizes larger than composition. 

animated repetition

Keeps the key fixed at that point with no in between animation. 

SOUND

• Mp3
• Wav
• Aiff

Set sound levels in 

Gustav Klimt

• The silhouettes of the Klimts figures are created with and strong sense of shape to them the use of posture and pose creates an illusion of angularity of the women within the images however they themselves tend to be a lot more curvaceous in figure.
• Klimts work makes me think a lot about frame and positioning within my work. Especially author work and how I pose and compose figures within it. What do I want the images composition to say about the image as a whole? I've been focusing a lot on colour symbolism and motifs when generating idea however now that I am coming along the refinement route my focus needs to be more on composition and frame. 

After Effects Workshop

Any individual piece you want to animate needs its own layer

Importing as footage idea is o merge or I can choose an individual layer 

How it will be viewed ignore the folder double click on the composition

When you import an photoshop multiple layer as a composition go to composition settings, choose the preset make sure its all ok. 

When preset happens it snips the image down, loose the length of the image 

Using just composition means everything focuses around the same anchor point cropping all the stars together. 

Composition retained layers each layer has their own anchor point 

Save your original images as well as the project you're doing or you will loose the image within your animation.

If you want to animate with the rough and replace it with the finished image but retain the animation do this. 

Organise your files. 

To hide or reveal layers called master switch 

Keep the lines smooth on illustrator file by clicking star button 

After Effects Animation -Examples

Season's Greetings from Mummu on Vimeo.




EQUATEUR // THE LAVA // PART I from Kadavre Exquis on Vimeo.

• Both these animations are primarily shape based
• The first video repeats the previous scene as it advances meaning you can create a lengthy film without having to create a lots of original key frames.
• The second image is more complex but has scenes where it repeats the same animated ship with a change in background to create new imagery.
• The second one is a too complex for anything that I can create.
• But the idea of using key colour swatches to change atmosphere is something I'd like to incorporate/ pick up from it.
• The first Videos use of texture to create movement and the almost seamless transition/meding of one image into another  is something i'd be very interested in using in my own sting.