I definitely like Illustrator better than Photoshop. Even though I'm more familiar with Photoshop, Illustrator just seems to have more of an appeal to me. In Photoshop, if you want to transform an shape or an image, you have to do control+t and then you can move the object. In Illustrator, you just click and transform. Also you can edit certain parts of a shape and not ruin the entire thing. Illustrator is a little harder to adjust too though, which all of the tools and how they look and act different than they do in Photoshop. Both Photoshop and Illustrator have similar coloring applications, but in Illustrator figuring out the color for the shape and the stroke are harder. I don't even know if Illustrator has a fill bucket.
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I learned that humans are trichromats, but I don’t know what trichromats are. Apparently, no single device is capable of reproducing all visible colors. I didn’t know that the color wheel was first invented by Issac Newton. Colors come in harmonies. There are multiple color schemes. They are analogous, monochromatic, complementary, split complementary, triad, and tetradic. Tetradic is double complementary. Color matters in the world. Without color to help communicate, how would you know when to go and stop while driving.
Before I took the Hartman Color Code Personality Profile survey, I picked a color from a list that appealed to me. It was blue. So when I got white, I was surprised. I made a graphic that shows how blue represents me. I then added white to it after. When I looked at results from the Hartman Color Code Personality Profile survey, I found some of them to be very painstakingly accurate. I learned that I seek independence and require kindness. I am also quiet, which I knew. Apparently when you deal with me, you have to accept and support my individuality. I am a very confident personality type. Whites like me have courage and have emotional control. I’m inexpressive and a very good listener. Before the pre-production, I did three flash tutorials to learn how to use Adobe Flash. You can see them here. My pre-production started with brainstorming an idea over the weekend and then researching animations and storyboards in class. I looked up ten second animations to get an idea of what to do. I already had an idea in mind, but wasn't sure. Then I researched storyboards and did mine over the weekend. I made a storyboard with ten frames, each frame represents a second. Under each frame, I would give a short description about what was going on in each. Production was a little harder, but expected. I had tried to make this before and I failed miserably. But never give up! I made the animation in Photoshop. I used my storyboard to make the layers. When I was done, I converted them to frames and made my timeline. Animation complete. Production wasn't the longest stage as predicted. After the animation was made, I had to revise it. I had a problem with the length and the frames. When I first converted the layers to frames, they only had one half of the heart appearing. So, I had to find and turn on the correct layer for that frame. I ended up making a copy of the PSD and trying something different. Instead of all layers inside of the groups, which weren't helpful, I merged the layers in the groups. That made it a lot easier. 10 Second heart animation |
AuthorI'm a student at Durham School of the Arts, and currently in the Game Art Design pathway. I like playing the Sims 4, playing with dogs, and riding horses. This blog will reflect my learning and discoveries. Archives
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