STUDIO PRACTICE

MOVING PICTURES - Reflective Piece

With the set prints and images, this particular brief wasn't too difficult to approach since I simply reused the prints and animated a few things. It was an interesting experience since it was my first time using After Effects as I am already quite accustomed to film editing with Premiere Pro. The concept of animating with AE isn't too foreign. However, animating an illustration is completely new to me. I realized that the mechanism is similar to a GIF, but slightly different. 

Improvement? I felt that I should have experimented with a simpler movement, such as a scrolling animation. Perhaps it wouldn't feel as crowded? Though I do hope the main idea of a journey was successfully communicated. Initially the idea was quite complicated and I was having a few difficulties figuring out how to animate that particular scene. That was when I thought that simplifying it was the only solution and that it should be enough to coherently convey the message. 

If I were to have the opportunity, I would try and apply animation or GIFS into my practice since I enjoy the process of designing illustrations with a narrative. Also having movement in my illustrations somehow brings them to life -adds dynamic even with minimal animation. Being able to animate illustrations is a useful skill to learn since it might be helpful when creating work for an online content or digital platform which is starting to become common (the future is here).