Illustration and Visual Narrative // Task 2: Poster & Animated GIF // Decisive Moment

 

13/5/2022 - 29/5/2022 / Week 7 - Week 9
Trinity Wong Ka Yi / 0348778
Illustration and Visual Narrative / Bachelor of Design in Creative Media / Taylor's University
Task 2 - Poster & Animated GIF - Decisive Moment

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LECTURES

WEEK 5 -  FOREGROUND, MIDDLEGROUND, BACKGROUND

This week, we learned about composition using foreground, middleground and background. To learn from example, we watched a short film on Youtube titled The Soloists by Gobelins.

COMPOSITION ANALYSIS - NAPO

NAPO is an animated short film I stumbled upon on Youtube that made me cry. It tells the story of a grandfather moving into his daughter's house while his condition detoriates. During his stay, the grandson starts to help him regain lost memories by reinterpreting his old photographs as new drawings.

Fig 1.1 Grandson walks away from his drawing on the ground.

In this scene, the grandfather can be seen sitting on the sofa in the foreground. His silhouette is poking out just enough for the viewer to be able to see him. Meanwhile, the grandson serves as the middleground where he slowly walks away from the drawing he left on the ground. In the background, the furniture and the TV can be seen as well as light coming in from the window on the left. The two sofas as the foreground frame the shot using rule of thirds, emphasizing focus on the boy in the center.

WEEK 6 -  PERSPECTIVE

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INSTRUCTIONS

Task 2: Decisive Moment - Poster

Week 7

Fig 2.1 The decisive moment from In Space with Markiplier.

Fig 2.5 Second vectorized version 1. (25/5/2022)

Fig 2.7 Third vectorized version 2 suggested by Mr Hafiz. (27/5/2022)

Fig 2.8 Final version for poster in .jpeg (28/5/2022)

Initially, I was contemplating whether to do frame-by-frame animation in Illustrator then using Photoshop but I realized it would be too time-consuming. Hence, I tried to use After Effects for the first time following simple tutorials.

After an hour of exploring and help from seom peers, this was the final product. I used rotation and the Puppet tool to create this. It is a bit janky but as a first-timer, I think it is acceptable.

Fig 2.9 Final animated gif loop in .gif (29/5/2022)

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FEEDBACK

Week 8: Can try to put the wormhole in his silhouette too. - Mr Hafiz

Week 9: The first one is trippy but the second is clearer. - Ms Anis

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REFLECTION

This assignment was pretty fun as we got to choose any narrative that we liked to make a poster on. I enjoyed it as it also somewhat gave us the opportunity to make fanart while doing our assignment. With the task, I got to explore a different design style while applying what I learned from tutorials: chiaroscuro lighting. I also had to learn a new software aka Adobe After Effects and familiarize myself with it so that I can at least export it in the correct format. Overall, I enjoyed the learning while doing this task.