Class:MFA Illustration 2021/Week 7

Last Week

• Kyle Webster + Fresco video call
• Adobe Capture demo
• Fall Photoshop project review

This Week

• Review Fresco drawing and animation assignment
• A little bit of augmented reality with Adobe Aero
• Animation in Photoshop techniques & new assignment

Notes

Animation Examples

Animated illustration examples on pinboard

https://pinboard.in/u:choppingblock/t:animated-gif/t:illustration

Animation in Photoshop Videos

• Watch this one: Photoshop Animation Techniques (Redux, Creative Cloud)
  • https://vimeo.com/80851591

• Creating animations in photoshop
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omdfcGYEqPY
  • http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/creating-timeline-animations.html

• Create Awesome Animations in Photoshop
  • http://designshack.net/articles/graphics/create-awesome-animations-in-photoshop/

• Photoshop animation overview
  • http://www.alexgrigg.com/Photoshop-Animation-Techniques

Video Notes

• Quick animation on iPad with Loom & Photoshop animation tips

• Fresco Drawing & motion assignment review Pt1
• Fresco Drawing & motion assignment review Pt2
• Animation refresh and assignment overview

Assignment

• This week, the subject of your digital illustration composition is "transport".
• Your assignment is to create one new drawn, colored, and composited editorial illustration of a busy land and then animate a version of it within Photoshop or Fresco.
• You have two deliverables, the 5"x 5" illustration, and an animated version.

Use the techniques introduced & reinforced in class to create one composited colored illustration.

• You will upload two Photoshop files, and one animating gif/video plus any related scans/parts or pieces for class next week.
• You are allowed to draw using traditional methods (paper, scan, prepare in Photoshop) or draw digitally on your iPad.

Your still illustration assignment should include at least 4 or 5 foreground items and 1 background. Your animating file should be at least 6 seconds long.

Process for 5" x 5" file

• Draw no less than 5 separate parts/pieces which will be assembled into one composition.
• At least one part/piece should be a "background"
• Scan and prep each part/piece as independent grouped items or Smart Objects.
• Bring all the parts/pieces that you wish to use into one file, compose an illustration.
• You can scale, rotate, recolor, duplicate your parts/pieces, you can use any variation or techniques you wish.

Process for animating file

• Make a copy of your file above and scale it down to a manageable side for illustration:
  • If you have a fast computer and want to make a HD video you can try: 1,920 x 1,080 pixels
  • If you want to make an animated gif you should use 800 x 800 or 1000 x 1000 pixels
• Create a file with at least 6 seconds of animation.
• Use the Timeline panel (video animation or frame animation mode) or Fresco to create your animation.

Upload for class next week

• One LAYERED photoshop file of your print resolution illustration.
• One LAYERED photoshop file of your animating masterpiece.
• Video or animated gif exported file.
• Any related parts, pieces, or scans.
• Compositions should be 5"x 5"
• Google drive folder: svaMFAI_20211108-transport-Illustration-and-Animation