Factoids animation

Now I have developed basic animation skills we have been given the task to create a small GIF animation of fact which displays the statistic in a fun and creative way. To start this task I researched some interesting facts they may have a feature that can be animated here are the 10 i have chosen :

1. Only 30% of people can flare there nostrils, can you ? ( http://www.chucklebuzz.com/amazing-funny-facts-statistics/2243/) 
2. banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour ( http://www.dumbfacts.com/facts/directory-of-facts/statistics/random/)
3. Over 2500 left hand people a year are killed by products made for right handed people ( http://www.strangefacts.com/facts1.html)
4. The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year. ( http://www.strangefacts.com/facts1.html)
5. A jellyfish is 95% water ( http://www.strangefacts.com/facts2.html)
6. americans on adverse eats 18 acres of pizza every day. ( http://wtffunfact.com/page/6) 
7. vending machines kill four times more people a year then sharks ( http://favstar.fm/users/bigshowfactoids)
8. 10 books on a shelf can be arranged in 3,628,800 different ways ( http://favstar.fm/users/bigshowfactoids)
9. Camel’s have three eyelids.  (http://uselessfacts.net/page/6/)
10. Hair is made from the same substance as fingernails. (http://uselessfacts.net/page/8/)

The fact I have chosen to animate is " The advarage person has over 1,460 dreams a year. To start the process of animation I needed to start with draft a storyboard of my chosen fact.

From here I created the 4 main scenes by inserting photos and the wanted text. The next step was clear and simple to add tweens to create movement and here is my final animation :

GIF Animation

We have recently been developing skills in GIF Animation using photoshop. This is completed using individual frames to create animated movement here is a small test sample that I have created:

To further my animation skills I have tried to fade out and in my name I have done this by creating 3 frames in which the opacity is at different levels of appearance from here i added tweens animation frames which allow you to slow the changes. 

For the last test of my animation skills I have created an animation of my name that meets at the centre and then separates. I created this by spliting my name into two individual frames that can be altered to move apart this way within the animation frames i can change there position and then add the tween frames her is the example i have created : 

Killer Coke

For this Killer coke campaign we have been asked to create an A4 poster using our notes from the document by the  Channels 4 show Despatches. We investigated the many had hitting issues about coke. Here are the notes I have created :

Other ideas I have include : An old cola bottle filled with the red substance that can be taken as blood running within that coke as it pours out of the can. This takes in there  signature colour and even the basis a lot there campaigns. 

After taking these notes into consideration I started brainstorm basic ideas I will extend these ideas to bigger sketches. 

From these initial sketches I choose my favourite idea which is the last poster shown this features they Boycot of coca cola metion by none other then Martin Luther King JR who called the boycot  sue to racism happeing within the coca cola company. This poster will feature Luther King JR at a speck with bold colours to show the importance of his words. 

To start this poster I created the postersize canvas on Photo shop and coloured this the statement red colour that represents the coca cola brand. From here I also added the black and white photo of Martin Luther King JR. 

Next I placed this basic poster into Ilistrater firstly to form the speech bubble which can be easily done with the Pen tool. I have also drawn guidlines within this bubble to show where the text needs to sit within.

After the specch bubble was ready I needed to develop the speech I did this agin using the pen tool to draw each individual letter so it fitted the correct amount of space. 

After I  slowly built up  the letter I had the basic picture for my poster from here there last touches needed to be applied. 

These finishing touches include a coca cola logo to make the picture overall look like a professional coca cola poster . 

After making this chang I wanted to add more of an impact with a larger saying e.g say hello to coca cola. This implies that you have not said hello to the real coca cola.

 Here is my final product :

For my finished product I have used the background colour Red this is a signature of the coca cola brand . It has been used i all of there past advertising and is part of there identity. The text used was from various places for example the writing in black reminds me of protest boards and posters and has this bold statement appeal. The text for hello slogan was from a poster made by the brand itself in 2012 and of course the coca cola logo is in there instantly recognisable font. I gained all the information needed for this poster through the documentary by the channel 4 programmes Despatches  about killer coke. To create the poster I used both Illistrator and photoshop. Firstly I used photoshop to composite the different element together . The main purpose of using Illistartor was to create this big bold speech bubble that could be easily read. I thick the most successful element of this poster is the bold speech bubble and writing as its the first thing you see and it leaves you thinking. 

Guess who project

The guess who projects brief is to create are own  guess who character to develop and remember out illustrator skills. Firstly we had to find a photo displaying face in portrait her is the photo I have chosen :

Although this photo is black and white because I am using as a template to draw the character over it does not matter as I can use other references. Once I had selected this photo I needed to open it within Illistrater to get started. Once I have done this I need to start tracing the main features of the face starting with the eyes.

To create the pupils of my eyes I have used the ellipse tool creating the pupil and the light spot of the pupils of my eyes. To create the whites and eyelid as you can see above I have used the pen tool drawing the curved lines in and filling them with the correct colours to my skin tone. Next I will  focus on further details such as eyelashes and eyeliner. 

From this I needed to add other basic features to the face using higlighted lines such as the lips and face shape and even a large section of the fridge which makes up the face. This will also now stand alone without the photo : 

Once I had all the features i created my face and hair and included the correct colouration here is what i finally created :

 To make this more advanced I will add the shading of my hair giving the impression of the texture of the hair.  This involved me using the pen toll procisely to define the curls. 

To add the final touches i added the background, colour and name this is my finished card : 

To improve this even further I added the correct font of guess who ( copper black ) and changed the box so it fitted a little bit better.