Word Animation

The two words I chose to animate were exposed and subtle.

The first part of the animation for the word "exposed". A strange unrecognizable shape is spotted in the dark by a spotlight. The spotlight is actually a mask that shows layers underneath a layer of black. The unrecognizable object is chased by the spotlight, and eventually the spotlight exposed the entire shape. The viewer can actually skip to the exposed part by clicking on the moving shape as a way for the viewer to expose the shape as they please.

The second part is an animation for the word "subtle". The word subtle is a lot sneakier than the shape in part one. The spotlight tries to chase the word down and expose it. The letters of the word fade away whenever the spotlight tries to expose them. The spotlight, after a long period of time, eventually is able to expose the word before it fades away. I animated it this way, because things that are subtle are only noticed if someone takes the time to seek them out. The interactivity included in this part is the letters of the word which darken if rolled over. The rollover makes the word a bit more clear, but not enough to expose it as one still has to be patient and wait until it is found.

Self Portrait Animation: "The Doppelganger"

A Good Flash Site and a Not So Good One

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/technology/rollercoaster

I found that this is a pretty good flash website that gives the user some information about Volkswagen's engine technology. The user is given a roller coaster ride through the many details about Volkswagen's engines. The animation itself gives you a sense of speed with not only a roller coaster track, but also an environment with objects to pass by such as trees. Details about the engines are viewed through robotic arms holding futuristic screens.

http://www.zincbistroaz.com/index.html

This is a flash website that doesn't look bad at first glance, but to a first time user the navigation will seem very confusing. It took me awhile to realize that the navigation is done through the clicking of the eggs at the bottom center of the page and not the word "navigation" far left of it. You only get to see what page you are about to navigate to after highlighting one of the eggs and not many first time users will notice that.

Carnival Poster- Final image

The carnival freak in my poster features "Dog Face" who is half man and half dog. The text i used for those words is called Rosewood and they are held within yellow banners and bubbles. Gradients were added to those objects as well as a filter called "posterize".

Dog Face was created using an image of myself in a suit and an image of my dog. The dog's head replaces my head and i used the clone stamp tool to create the fur on my hands as well as a tail to my image's back. Dog Face also has a drop shadow in order to create a light source and to have him come forward.

Dog Face is framed within the text and within an oval hole in a red rectangle. I also added a blue floral pattern last minute, since Angela taught me a neat trick using Eduardian text to make such patterns.

The background is originally a gold curtain, but I had to give it a shade of blue in order to give it a cool color that would bring it behind Dog Face. The image is borrowed from freedigitalphotos.net by a photographer who goes by the name of "nuttakit".

Carnival Poster: How it looks so far...

The image still needs a background. I might even add more to decorate the image if I have the time.

So far the frame and the text look alright, and I was able to add dog fur to the hand. I added a filter effect to "Dog Face" as well.

The text on the bottom says: "Not only a well behaved dog, but a gentleman as well!"

Assignment 5: Sideshow Poster- roughs

After observing my references I created these roughs...

I started out drawing this one. This is when I decided to call my character "Dog Face". I gave him a suit in order to make him seem more man-like.

Here is the second rough that I drew. I decided to make a draw a full image of Dog Face. I was even able to show his tail. I also added additional text since I got that idea through my references.

In this third one I decided to make Dog Face interact with an environment. He is having dinner while sitting on a dinner table. Notice that he is drinking through a wine glass. This shows the man-like side of him. His dinner is in a dog bowl which brings out the dog-like side of him.

I'm planning to use the third image as the the idea for my project. I'll probably add more alluring text such as: "It talks! Like a gentleman!"; "The most civilized talking dog man you'll ever MEET!"

I might take a picture of me in a suit holding a wine glass at a table. I'll probably use my dog again for the head of Dog Face.

Assignment 5: Sideshow Poster- references

I've decided to do a sideshow poster with a half-man and half dog in it. I did a google search to look for several references and this is what I found....

This poster makes the lobsters look like they are human-like.

The layout this poster has might be what I eventually use.

I like the way the borders are in this poster.

The one thing I don't like about this one is that it is OFFENSIVE! Other than that... the use of text in this poster is interesting.