Animation Project

For this project, for some reason, i decided to go the extremely hard route. I really enjoy Illustrator, so, making the puppets was no problem for me. But, i got extremely confused when using the program, After Effects. If i was to spend more time in After Effects, i would probably get the hang of using it, but, as of now i'm not the best with it. I struggled with adding music to the project because for some reason the music decided to delete my entire project at one point. Luckily, another student was here to help me get the file back after i thought i completely lost it. Overall, i had a lot of cool ideas for the project and i feel as if i completed it to my full potential due to how much time we were given to complete it. I LOVE illustrator, once again, but, i despise After Effects (i'm a premiere person). This was overall a great learning experience though and i can now say that i am pretty good with making animation puppets!

Story Board:

Photoshop Collage

For my collage project i decided to have photographs of my family portrayed as "memories" through reflections on the water as i look out at the scenery Bayshore Blvd has to offer. 

I love my family and miss them all the time, so this project really means a lot to me. I decided to gray out my surroundings (i.e., the sky, the side walk, the ledge, the city skyline) because i wanted to have total focus on myself reflecting on all of the memories i have made with my family through these photographs the past couple of years. 

I am i huge Goo Goo Dolls fan so i used their song "Name" lyrics on the ledge i am leaning on. I decided to use these lyrics because they really add overall deeper meaning and show how it becomes easy to "lose yourself" in the grand scheme of things (growing up and moving away from your family). I tried to make the lyrics look as if they were carved into the Bayshore wall, making the text looking super realistic. The lyrics that are further down the wall say "the past is never far," which allows a play on the overall image because the text is far.. and the past is sitting right in front of me. 

Finally, i decided to make the sky filled with darker color clouds to add aesthetic value. Also, it shows emphasis on why there is color around myself and the water with the reflections in it.

Staring at the reflections makes me "happy" causing me to be colored in a "gray"world. My family and memories make me happy, aka color aspect :) 

Enjoy!