Wednesday 31 January 2018
Goals for 504
One thing to take forward from 503:
- Stay on track and in the right mindset
One way to push me out of my comfort zone:
- Work more digitally (even if it's just making positives for print
One thing I want to accomplish by May:
- To be more professional and aware of where I sit in the world of contemporary illustration
By the end of this module I hope to have become more
professional in my practice by working to my full potential and challenging
myself a lot more than I have done in the past. Throughout this module I am
going to work hard to achieve my aims by experimenting with new techniques
during both development and finalised work, which is something I could have
done more of in 503. I would like to work more digitally, even when creating
positives for prints as it is something I haven’t done much of before so it me
set me some new challenges that to overcome. Editorial illustration is
something I would like to see how my work would be applied to a magazine or newspaper.
In May, I would like to be in a comfortable position within my own practice and
be more aware of where I sit in contemporary illustration. I hope to work on my
time management as well as work ethic throughout this module and push myself to
the limit.
Tuesday 16 January 2018
Sunday 14 January 2018
Studio Brief 3 - Reflection
This brief initially terrified me. I’ve never used After
Effects and the idea of having to create an animation never seemed appealing to
me because of the complexity of other animations I have seen in the past. I
think that using the work from the previous brief in the sting took a lot of
pressure off and I began to enjoy making the work as the brief progressed.
I finished Studio Brief 2 with a strong body of work in good
time, meaning I could entirely focus on Studio Brief 3 which gave me time to
experiment with different animations that I had planned using storyboards.
The most finalised animation that I created includes a
number of different techniques that I wanted to experiment with and to show off
my abilities as a creative, especially in an area that I am unfamiliar with.
To produce the animation, I used a screen print from Studio
Brief 2 which I believe is one of the strongest designs, in both colour and
texture. This design seemed most appropriate because I could make light out of
a sinister quote from George Orwell’s 1984 “If you want a vision of the future,
imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.” I was proud of the final
outcome as I used a range of new learnt skills, until I realised that I’d done
it in the wrong preset which couldn’t be solved (even by IT) unless the image
was stretched out. To resolve this problem, I quickly created a new sting in
the correct preset to prove that I am able to make work in that layout.
Storyboards are not a strong point for me. When visiting
lecturer David Bunting came in to run a storyboarding workshop he advised me on
how I should make a storyboard not seem too animated and just include vital
areas of motion. As well as giving me ideas on how the animation should look.
Although, I think he forgot that we are not advanced in moving image and some
of his ideas seemed too complex so I had to tone them down slightly when I
started making the final animation.
Overall, the brief has taught me new skills in After Effects
which I didn’t know how to use beforehand, as well as making me a lot more open
to creating animations in the future which I wouldn’t have considered before
this brief.
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