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Advanced Motion Graphics: Take Your Pills

This project was created in Cinema4D.

For this project, we were asked to create a 10-second animation focusing on whatever we’d like. I particularly enjoyed using plastic and metallic textures during previous projects this semester, so for this last assignment, I knew I wanted to use the same.

The topic of “take your pills” is kinda a self care reminder that I thought would be fun to create an animation around, but doesn’t have a lot of meaning besides that.

Though the animation is not perfect, I am still fairly proud of it as the overall aesthetic is exactly what I was aiming for.

Note: This took me a total of 4 full days to render. In the future, I will make sure not to have any unnecessary deformers or simulators so the render won’t take as long.

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Senior Studio I: Earthworm Graveyard

Synopsis

A young worm rises to the surface and discovers a world entirely new to him. He discovers a patch of flowers but soon finds that the journey to get there may be more treacherous than he first thought.

Pre-production

Programs

Procreate

I used Procreate mainly in the pre-production process. This was where I created my concept art, character designs, storyboard/animatic art, background art, and title card.

ToonBoom Harmony 20

I used Harmony for the hand drawn animation. This was my first time using this program and though there was a bit of a learning curve to it, I found it and overall productive experience.

After Effects

I used After Effects to create the rain effect that is seen through the majority of the animation. This made my job much easier and made the overall project feel more complete.

Premiere Pro

I used Premiere to stitch the seperate scenes together and create the finalized video. This is also where I did the editing for my audio.

Title Card

Animatic

Background Art

Character Designs

Worm
Little Girl (Allison)

Concept Art

Mood Board

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Production II: Project III: Archetypes- Temptress Trope

Final Video

The concept for my video changed and deviated from its original intent. Based on the current climate on our campus with assaults, I decided that a comedical and light hearted interpretation of the temptress trope was no longer acceptable. Instead, I created a critical video essay of the trope and dissected its affect on our culture.

Despite this last minute change, I felt that this final version was exactly what I wanted it to be.

Midway Point

Background & Character Designs

Mood Board

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Production II: Project II: Video Art

Final Video

The focus of my piece was to create a more realistic depiction of a self portrait. It is only human nature to have more than one emotion, and I feel like a depiction of these emotions are inherently more realistic than a single pose.

I tried to portray these emotions by having my actress (Sarah Spreen) sit in a dark location and recreate the original same pose. This pose would then be morphed into a different emotion (happiness, anger, sadness, etc.). I then layered these poses on top of each other and lowered the opacity of the footage. I ensured that the contrast between the model and the background was fairly high so that we can really focus on the portrait.

I then decided to edit this footage in After Effects and create a CRT effect. Though this was not integral to the message of the piece, I believe it created a very enticing visual rhythm that made the piece more enticing to viewers.

To compliment the visual rhythm, I added radio static. I believe this makes the feeling of watching a damage CRT more realistic and created an environment for the audience to be in.

Pre-Production Work

Here I practiced the set up and makeup look that I plan for my model to wear in my video.

I plan on working with a glossy makeup look to highlight the face in contrast to the dark background of the video. I also believe this will intensify the weird effect that I want once I layer the footage.