Project 4: Self-titled

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Digital Photography and Imaging (GCD 61204)

Theme: 

Self-titled is an exploration project for the students to express their own individuality and reflect their personality into digital art self-expression. 

The main idea is to build up self-confidence and discover their interest. 

PART 1: IDEA DEVELOPMENT (WEEK 10)

1. Study and gather all related information about your topic

" I wanted something that could enhance my red hair so I was looking for inspirations where the model is in a dark setting and must have some glowy effect and these are a few examples of what I had in mind."

   

My Story Inspiration

"I wanted to tell a story about myself through the characteristics of my zodiac sign Scorpio as I have a lot of similarities with it."

PART 2: DESIGN DIRECTION (WEEK 11)

1. Sketch your mock-up poster:

PART 2: DESIGN DIRECTION (WEEK 11)

1. Create a digital poster based on your sketch

PART 3: FINAL POSTER (WEEK 12)

PART 3: VIDEO PROGRESS (WEEK 13)

The Editing process:

Creating the poster (Adobe Photoshop)

1. Removing the background

2. Adding a black background

3.Changing the eye colors. I use layer mask and the brush tools for a more flawless outcome

4. Adding branches and the moon for the background.

5. Adding red glowy effect to the background and around the hair area.

6. So far, this is what I got after adding more glow effect.

7. Keep adding more glowy effect with the brush tool until there's a significant outcome

The process of animating the butterfly

1. This is the butterfly that I'm going to animate

2. Select all layers and apply on 3D option.

3. Changing the rotation of the wings

4. Successfully created a loop for the rotation of the wings

The Final Process

Animating the background and importing the butterflies into the first composition

1. Animating every object in the background to create a more alive image.

2. Loop every edited layer

3. Lastly, after all of the objects are animated , I just continue adding more butterflies and changing the rotation and position.

FINAL RESULT

(CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE SHORT VIDEO: The Scorpio in Me by Hasyimah Ismail)

Reflection

I had a lot of fun doing the project. This is obviously something new to me as I have never used the software before. I feel so glad the fact that I learned some of the basic functions in After Effect because it had always been something I wanted to learn for so long. I just wish I could put more effort into animating the image as I still have a lot of great ideas that I wish I could implement into the composition. Unfortunately, I'm not able to do that as I'm hunted with the due date and there are also a few other assignments that need to be completed ASAP. However, I'm glad that I managed to get it done despite the number of things I have to do simultaneously.