After Effects Video

Here's the link to the tutorial!

What were you trying to accomplish?

I was trying to create the effect of an energy ball in after effects. I wanted to make it as visually interesting as possible. I followed a tutorial on Youtube to create this effect.

What technical skills did you use?

I made use of several different solid layers in this project. I also used many different effects on the ball such as fractal noise, VC vibrance, and offset turbulence. I used offset turbulence to create the unstable effect on the ball. In addition to this I used VC vibrance (an after effects plugin from Video Co-pilot) to give the ball its red/purple coloration.

How do you feel you did on the project

I feel I did pretty well on this project. I really enjoyed working through it, and I think the finished product looks pretty satisfying. I think the unstable effect is the most appealing aspect about it.

Website Template

What were you trying to accomplish?

I was trying to use a pre-made website template to create my own site. I added wanted to add my own information and images as well as remove some unnecessary divs.

What technical skills did you use?

For this assignment I edited the code of the template directly. I deleted some divs within the code by clicking the specific div tag and simply deleting the entire thing. To replace the images in the template, I placed my own images over the originals in photoshop and re-saved them.

How do you feel you did?

I think I did well on the assignment. I was able to use my prior knowledge of coding to make the whole thing easier. I like how the header image turned out as well.

Kiosk Animation

What were you trying to accomplish?

I was trying to make an animation in after effects that utilized the use of various expressions. I was also trying to make the text catch your eye with the way they appear on the screen.

What technical skills did you use?

I first began working in illustrator to create the model for the cactus. When I moved into after effects I applied puppet pins to the cactus to allow it to "dance". I also used pins so that the cactus could wave. To give the text a little wiggle, I used the "Inertial Bounce" expression. Within the expression, I tweaked the amplitude, frequency and decay to find the optimal amount of bounce.

How do you feel you did?

I think I did pretty well on this animation. I find the cactus I animated quite amusing. I also like how I got the original price of the cactus to get bumped away by the discount.

Alternate Art Re-Creation

Font Set

What were you trying to accomplish?

I was trying to create a font set of capital letters. I wanted to make sure that they all looked to be relatively the same style as each other. I wanted to create a hand drawn look.

What technical skills did you use?

I first created each individual letter for the font set in illustrator. I set guides for my baseline and ascender so I could draw the letter accurately. I used the brush tool to draw the letters. I then copied and pasted them into the font creator software and adjusted the height and kerning consistently.

How do you feel you did?

I think I did well for creating a font set for the first time. I feel as though I should have played around with more brushed before deciding on the one I did use. With that said I am still happy with the rough pencil-drawn look of my font set.

Vintage Art Re-Creation

What were you trying to accomplish?

I was attempting to recreate a piece of vintage art that I found on the web. I wanted to keep it as close as possible to the original artwork for consistency's sake. I also tried using close to the same colors as the original.

What technical skills did you use?

I started with use of the pen tool to trace the outline of the moon and then the inside of the moon. I then selected both shapes and used minus front with the pathfinder tool. For the woman I mostly used the pen tool to trace the hair, loose hair strands, and facial features. I trapped the face shape layer underneath the hair layer.

How do you feel you did?

Although my design is fairly simple, I still feel that I did well in staying as close as possible to the original using solid shapes. Although the original has slight use of gradients, I still believe my iteration is effective.

Google Slides Infographic

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12x5kl8W0YyrYQAJXS-OMbDD1fUuvy3qQ6nZMwlv1YjY/edit?usp=sharing

What were you trying to accomplish?

I was trying to create a simple yet engaging infographic. I stuck with my original topic from the 210 class. With that topic I created new graphics as I was not allowed to use the one from the previous quarter.

What technical skills did you use?

I used a lot of the shape building tool to make the diagram. I first created the body with various ellipse shapes and squares. To create the smoke and veins on the heart, I simply created a stroke and tweaked the weight and profile of it. When I started in Google Slides, I placed invisible buttons onto the various parts of the diagram as to make them interactive.

How do you feel you did?

I feel I did well for having to create new graphics for my idea. I like that I made both lungs clickable and not just one. Although I am happy with the design, I feel that the mouth may not be as obvious that it is clickable.