#modernfables

Final animation! I think it worked out pretty well in the end after everything and all the experimentation I did over the last few months. I think the sound works really well too and I did enjoy the process. I am a little disappointed that I wasn't able to do much animation/expressions with the face though. 

Final background for my fables animation. I wanted something that was dark  and had the theme of pixilation. 

pixel fade in and out test that I did of my character. i’m really happy with this test, I'm learning a lot about AE at the moment. I think the I would like to have the character fade off screen, to then be returned back to normal in the real world. I don't think this would work too much in the beginning of the animation.

I had realised that in my first rough of the background, I had used too many emojis in the background so I decided to use just the hearts and added a few little pixelated spots to give it a space like/eerie atmosphere. I think the background works well, it’s just about positioning it to match the movement of the charater. I made it like the character had look around first, following the track of a heart above her, to then look down and realise she’s becoming pixelated. The movement of the character is a little slower than previous tests, but I think it works with how I wanted the atmosphere, making it all slow and low in gravity. 

This is a simple spiral test that I did over the holidays. Looking at the venom video, I wanted to experiment with the way the pixels moved around. This video shows them move from the bottom upwards, but when they get top her face it kind of encloses on her in a spiral/circular motion. 

Looking at possible ways for my character to fade out of shot, i looked at dispersion. It’s not really the right kind of look i wanted, but it’s worth a try!

Looking for inspiration for when the pixel overtakes my characters body, I looked at Venom! His transformation is really dynamic, and was a really powerful scene in the film. It made me look at the kind of movement i want to focus on, and how different patterns on how the pixels eventually overcome her should look. 

I tried the idea with the trim paths this week. I thought it was a pretty good idea, but from doing it and looking at the results - it wasnt! It looks a bit weird to me, I only decided to try one line at first to see how it would go, but from looking at it, I don’t think it’s going to work out too well. I have a tutorial with Jon friday, so I’m going to ask what he thinks I should do. I do have an alternative scene I can do - but to animate from scratch with the other projects I need to complete will be a bit difficult. But I tried, and I’m glad I did!