movement

phonemes and visemes

Used a quote from Glee to test out lip syncing on Adobe Animator, which was actually so fun.

Adobe Animate - Easing

Second Attempt(?)

Mob Psycho 100 Animated Poster

For my piece, I was initially inspired by the opening animated sequence from “Alice: Madness Returns” and it’s very flat, paper puppet style.

After finishing this, I must say I’m not too happy with it. In hindsight I feel like going with a paper cut out animation may have suited the piece a lot better. I don’t know, I feel as though I could have done more with it given the right tools.

Mob Psycho 100 II - Animated Movie Poster

Movement in Mind - Waking

Great Pretender Opening Theme - WIT Studios

Netflix’s ‘Great Pretender’ is a stunningly beautiful series with great visuals, music and design. It’s opening theme is reminiscent of classic 2D animated themes from the 60s such as the The Pink Panther. With the music as well, my first thought was the also the Monster’s Inc opening credits.

Instead of using a vocal song that is typically used in anime OP sequences, the studio decided to instead use the series main OST which I honestly believe was the best choice, as it gives the sequence a more ‘mature’ theme.

Each transition is done very well and provides a fluid retelling of key elements within each story arc, without giving away too much detail of the story to spoil the audience.

Fake Movie Posters

By far the funniest thing I have ever posted. I never realised how technical movie posters/DVD covers are until I attempted to make one.

I had an initial doodle for posing and text positions for the end product, but when it comes to lighting, colours, text and layering it’s a real process.

A couple of posters I found a bit of inspiration from. I enjoy the doodle like notebook theme from ‘To all the Boys I Loved Before’ (TATBILB) specifically. And both have colours that really capture the aspects of the movie which was something I really could not figure out. For example :

The pink and purples for the text on ‘TATBILB’ give the energies of romance, specifically of those of a young girl. This is, of course, up to speculation but the placing the writing on the background of the white lined paper pushes the idea of it being a love letter.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit & Eye Lines

As a way to keep the interaction between the actors such as Bob Hoskins, and the ‘toons’ look as realistic as possible, there was a major focus on keeping the characters eyes in line with each other

Graphic Design Artist Inspiration - Dani Donovan ( @danidonovan )

An incredible graphic designer and artist that is trying to de-stigmatise ADHD. I find her work not on only incredibly interesting and aesthetically pleasing to look at, I also find the topics she creates her comic/designs quite parallel my project ‘Movement in Mind’.

The pieces depict a simplified view of ADHD, and while ADHD in itself can be very complicated, it doesn’t make the diagnosis something to impossible understand. In my personal experience with family w/ ADHD, there was a lot of unknowing on how to ‘deal’ with the person, instead of trying to learn and help them.

The graphics often present two distinct views of someone with and without ADHD, or explain certain experiences of those with ADHD.