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== Assignment ==
 
== Assignment ==
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* Your assignment this week is to find an animation that inspires you and create a new hand-drawn, colored, and composited animating illustration.
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* This week, you can start your drawings on paper and scan them into Photoshop or work 100% digitally and draw in Photoshop, Fresco, Procreate, etc...
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* You can use Fresco, Photoshop, or After Effects to animate your illustration.
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* The focus of this assignment is ANIMATION; you should spend most of your effort on the quality/nuance of animation.
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=== The Process ===
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# Leverage the internet and/or the links above to find an animation or animation technique that inspires you.
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## Save the link or a recording of the animation to hand-in and share with your project.
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# Create a new illustration document In Photoshop, Fresco, Procreate, etc...
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## Draw your composite parts digitally or use the scanning techniques from past lessons to create your parts.
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## Using Adobe Fresco, Photoshop, or After Effects, you need to create a 15 second or longer animation that tells a story!
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=== The Details ===
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* You will be sharing your inspiration example when you present your project.
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* Your illustration (and, therefore, animation) should be square.
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** I suggest you make your parts within a document with a resolution no smaller than 2400 x 2400 pixels and then make a copy of your file and size down to a smaller size if your animation is long or your computer is struggling.
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* Your animation should be 15 seconds or longer.
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* Your animation can be in gif or .mp4 formats
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=== Upload for class next week ===
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* A link or recorded version of your inspiration animation.
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* One LAYERED high-resolution Photoshop file of your new non-animating illustration. If you did not use Ps, please save it as a Ps file.
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* Any additional source files, scans etc.. used for your animating masterpiece.
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* Video or animated gif exported file.
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* Google drive folder: [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1N9Q8KzLLNPklG-U_m2DEJP1gCFLL5iUg&usp=drive_fs svaMFAI_20231106-Inspired-by-Illustrated-Animation]

Revision as of 10:22, 2 November 2023

Last Week

  • Review "tiny town" projects and your separation technique
  • Photoshop animation techniques
  • New assignment, tiny town animations

This Week

  • Review animation projects and share tips.
  • Additional tips and best practices for animation in Photoshop and Fresco.
  • Next assignment, more animation.

Open Questions

Notes

Animation Example Links

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

Video Notes

Assignment

  • Your assignment this week is to find an animation that inspires you and create a new hand-drawn, colored, and composited animating illustration.
  • This week, you can start your drawings on paper and scan them into Photoshop or work 100% digitally and draw in Photoshop, Fresco, Procreate, etc...
  • You can use Fresco, Photoshop, or After Effects to animate your illustration.
  • The focus of this assignment is ANIMATION; you should spend most of your effort on the quality/nuance of animation.

The Process

  1. Leverage the internet and/or the links above to find an animation or animation technique that inspires you.
    1. Save the link or a recording of the animation to hand-in and share with your project.
  2. Create a new illustration document In Photoshop, Fresco, Procreate, etc...
    1. Draw your composite parts digitally or use the scanning techniques from past lessons to create your parts.
    2. Using Adobe Fresco, Photoshop, or After Effects, you need to create a 15 second or longer animation that tells a story!

The Details

  • You will be sharing your inspiration example when you present your project.
  • Your illustration (and, therefore, animation) should be square.
    • I suggest you make your parts within a document with a resolution no smaller than 2400 x 2400 pixels and then make a copy of your file and size down to a smaller size if your animation is long or your computer is struggling.
  • Your animation should be 15 seconds or longer.
  • Your animation can be in gif or .mp4 formats

Upload for class next week

  • A link or recorded version of your inspiration animation.
  • One LAYERED high-resolution Photoshop file of your new non-animating illustration. If you did not use Ps, please save it as a Ps file.
  • Any additional source files, scans etc.. used for your animating masterpiece.
  • Video or animated gif exported file.
  • Google drive folder: svaMFAI_20231106-Inspired-by-Illustrated-Animation
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