Digital Photography and Imaging | Week 14 (Self-Titled Part 4)

25/12/2023 - 31/12/2023
Yong Zhen Xing - 0359473
Digital Photography and Imaging - Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylor's University
Weekly Updates / Week 14

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Instructions :

Week 14:

W14 Lecture :
No more lectures, just progress checks.

Project 4 (Self-Titled) : 
For the last part of the work, we needed to animate our final poster in after effects.

Animating the poster : 
First I looked up some vaporwave audio online and a simple slicing sound effect. After I found fitting audio, I made an edit in my editing software to include the slicing sound effect. Also made sure to add fade in and out so the audio doesn't start or end too abruptly.

fig 1.1, Editing Audio (30/12/2023)

 

Then it was time to finally create the animation, I started with a simple transition first.

fig 1.2, Creating the first transition (30/12/2023) 

 

Next, I wanted to animate as if elements started popping out to create a landscape, so I started off with that. I used track matte to hide the elements before they slide into picture.

 

fig 1.3, Animating the first transitions (30/12/2023)

After the main background and ground, I started animating so that more elements started to appear until eventually the full artwork. The initial start of the animation should already have all of the background elements in picture.

fig 1.4, Animating the first few elements (30/12/2023)

Then I animated the foreground and mid-ground subjects of myself to slide into the composition with a fading effect.

fig 1.5, Animating Myself (30/12/2023)

 

 

As for the text, since it was separated into 2 of the themes, I wanted it to have its own identity in the animation, that is the left side would be floating like a cloud and the right side would be a flashing neon sign. For the corner border, I also decided to go for a flashing effect.

fig 1.6, Animating the Text (30/12/2023)

 

fig 1.7, Animating the Text 2 (30/12/2023)  

 

 

Lastly would just be animating the remaining elements such as the simple movements of the music note as well as the wipe effect for the line strokes.

 

fig 1.8, Animating Elements 1 (30/12/2023)

 

I also decided to add the flash effect to the line strokes so it highlights the text more.

 

fig 1.9, Animating Elements 2 (30/12/2023) 

For the ending of the animation, the way I started should be the way it ends, so I animated where the elements slowly fade away followed by the mountains and ground slowly sliding away into the void.

fig 1.10, Animating the last transition (30/12/2023)

 

Final Outcome 2 :
The video below shows my final Self-Titled animated artwork!

fig 1.11, Final Animated Self-Titled "Zones Of Life" (30/12/2023)

Reflection :
While animating my artwork, I found myself looking at a couple of video tutorials for a specific thing I want such as the track matte and wipe effect. I even watched the basics of after effect tutorial to refresh my memory. It just goes to show how important tutorials are in the web because without them, the work could look less interesting overall. I thoroughly enjoyed doing the animation part of the poster as it is simple way to bring your artwork come to life.

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My Other Digital Photography and Imaging Task :

Project 1: Digital & Physical Collages

Project 2: Photoshop Exercises

Project 4: Cinemagraphs - Self-Titled


Progresses
Project 1 :
Week 1 (Graphic Design Composition)

Week 2 (Collage Design Elements)

Week 3 (Compositing Collage)

Week 4 (Digital Collage)

Week 5 (Hearst Mansion)

Week 6 (Recolouring Black & White)


Project 2 :
Week 7/8 (Double Exposure)

Week 9 (Conceptual Product Photoshoot)

Week 10 (After Effects Exercise)


Project 4 :
Week 11 (Self-Titled)

Week 12 (Self-Titled Part 2)

Week 13 (Self-Titled Part 3)

Week 14 (Self-Titled Part 4) [Current]