Unit 3: Ideas & Concepts in Art & Design

Today I have been given a tutorial on how to use curves in Adobe Illustrator, here is my end result. A bitten pear with an arrow shot through its centre

Below are some samples of text or fonts I want to use for my chosen Film/Game. I have chosen to do the Japanese movie Perfect Blue which is a crime thriller based around the life of a singer turned model.


Here are a list of all the fonts I have downloaded as a possible use for my finished poster I have chosen three different fonts I would like to experiment with.

Here are my three chosen fonts I would like to work with. The first type is a simple typewriter font which I think will suit the feel of the film as I said earlier it is a crime thriller. The second font is called "Nervous" and I think this works for the style of film because of the slight blur within the font which implies imperfection and I also like how the word is still readable despite having some graphical imperfections. the third and final font is also a typewriter font but has a little less detail than the first one. I really like this font because of it's slightly distorted and ink effect.

This is my first type test for Perfect Blue. I have used various different tools in Adobe Illustrator to created different styles, art and colours. My favourite font so far is the text in the bottom of the middle row as it shows slight colours and simple texts.

Unit 53: My 2D Animations

During a small section of section of my course I was asked to produced both a "Bouncing Ball" animation and  a "Walk Cycle" to show my understanding of how to use Adobe Flash animation.

For the bouncing ball animation I have chosen to make it look like an eyeball to show my ability to use gradient colours specifically, here is the animation; http://www.furaffinity.net/view/14685444/

While working on the walk cycle I decided to make my characters similar to those used in the "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" series thus I have created a MLP walk cycle to use within my final animation; http://www.furaffinity.net/view/14685436/

I have enjoyed using Flash though found it difficult initially as I had not used an animation software before though I feel this process has gone well for me. If I were to do this over I would look closer into creating a more fluid walk cycle with better sound backing as I feel what I have done is not sufficient enough, however, I did enjoy making the bouncing ball sequence as I got to experiment with colours and gradients.

Here are a series of expressions I made for the character I will be using for my 2D Animation of The Magic Paintbrush. She is based on a MLP (My Little Pony) character base as I want to make this story an adventure for her to find her cutie mark.

Here is my moving leg gif I made using Flash bone tool. I feel that using the bone tool is difficult to learn however i feel it is easier to use than re-drawing the same character with a different movement each time. I enjoyed using the one tool despite it's difficulty and have decided that this will help me with the rest of my animation. I do however need to improve my skills as you can see from the above gif I am not good with extending materials while making the image, for example; jeans/trousers and socks.