Star Ident

Finished Assets :

First Test :



Keyframes :

1) Clouds part to reveal star

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3) Zoom in/move forward

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5) Fades out as if viewer passes through, words fade in one at a time....

6).... all words continuously flickering.....

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Rest of ident in progress!

crit feedback and final design

general feedback...

- black border doesn't work

- motif unnecessary?

- scale works well

Motif I designed for base of page :

I have removed the black border and I think that it does work a lot better. I have not removed the small motif because I like it and I don't think that it confuses things. I stick by my decision as I think that it works with the antique theme that I was aiming for. The original eye chart that I was working from had a motif in the same place and I think that it works.

Caterpillar Ident

Finished assets :

First test :

Key Frames :

1) Throughout these first three frames there will be lots of hearts circulating and gradually clearing to reveal the caterpillar and the toadstool...

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4) Caterpillar blows a heart 

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Second test :

Here I have added more puffs from the caterpillar and created more paths and hearts. I intend to gradually build it up so that the hearts fill the screen. I have started experimenting with opacity, scale and angles to emphasize the weightlessness of the smoke hearts.

After spending a lot more time on the image brief last week than is supposed to be allocated, I have decided to limit myself to only 3 hours this week. I really enjoy these briefs, but I definitely neglected my animation last week in favor of my essay and the image work. These are my initial vectorized images of my drawings :

These are some vector images I created from my initial drawings. I have chosen to work with this design because I think it will translate across the 20ft distance most clearly because of its strong silhouette. Rather than using flat, fill colours, I used built up areas of lines to create tones so that they aren't too harsh. I also think that this will create an interesting contrast in tone as the light switches become smaller and the black appears denser and less detailed. 

I think that the words 'on' and 'off' help to clarify what the object is. I suspect that this may be an issue when I print out a2, as I dont know how important it will be for this part to be legible. I think it works better with the relevent word in black and this will act as another visual indicator as to whether the switch is on or off when looked at from a distance.

I think that the visual impact on the composition the words have is the significant factor, rather than what the words say, so I have tried simply blocking out this area....

I don't think it has nearly the same affect, so I am going to stick with the words despite my doubt. I need to make quick decisions due to the time restrictions really.

I really like how this looks on black, however due to the way that I have created the files, there is no global way of changing all the black to white, which is my mistake. 

This is what it would look like if I changed each switch individually :

Experimentation with boarders....

I thought, if I cant have the dynamic black background, perhaps a boarder could have a similar effect....

I wanted to add some numbers and sight indicators to add some authenticity to the design. I think that without them, it could just look like an arrangement.

This is my final design for now.... I have reduced the size of the numbers which I think looks better.

Stock....

I want to print on bulky newsprint or something antique in colour to fit in with the old fashioned light switch I have based my design on.

Time permitting...

I want to reverse the colours manually so I can see what it would look like with a black background. I would also like to add a small motif/logo to the centre bottom of the page.

I could also potentially add another row of switches to see what it looks like, but I've just passed 3 1/2 hours so I'm going to leave it till the morning where I might be able to revisit it before my 10am print session.

initial sketches for image brief

Cheshire cat ident

Finished assets :

Keyframes :

1) Cheshire cat's grin fades in then out again

 2) Background colour changes from lavender to grey

3) Cat's face fades in and out

4) Whole cat fades in

5) Enlarges

6) Feathered mask covers cat gradually and "Top" and "10" appear

7) "childrens" and "stories" appear

8) Cat now completely gone, words shift to left side

9) Channel "Five" logo appears

COMMENTS :

Need to find out how to sync text "curiouser and curiouser" to a path so that it can weave across the screen over/between keyframes 1 and 3.

Need to change colour of channel 5 stamp. Also; perhaps it reads "Top five 10 children's stories"....? Need to make a decision and maybe reassess the location of the logo.

Need to find out how to feather the edges of the masks even more so that the crisp edge cannot be seen at all.

More going on? Perhaps add some other moving images, maybe even just dotted lines or other patterns just to make it a little more interesting.