DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY & IMAGING - WEEK 14

 WEEK 14 (3/7/2023)

For this week there are no lectures and tutorial because Mr Fauzi wants us to finalise on our Project 4: Self-Titled. 

Final Poster:

"Wings of Enchantment" Final Poster

WINGS OF ENCHANTMENT

This artwork is related to an imaginary fantasy world where I’m a fairy and there are natural elements incorporated into it with a meaning behind them. For instance, the waterfall symbolises the process of letting go negative thoughts and the hot air balloon symbolises freedom and taking the risk and opportunity that life has to offer.The message that wanted to be conveyed is that there is wonder around us and to never forget to embrace one’s imagination and creativity. 

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IG Reel Progress 

Then I imported the final poster psd file into Adobe After Effects to create the IG reel. I have added animation to the waterfall, wings, fog, hot air balloons and stardust, so it looks more realistic and enchanting. 

Firstly, I animated the hot air balloons by adjusting all of their Y position, so they would appear floating from their initial position to high up above. 

Figure 2.1 Animating Hot Air Balloons

Then I animated the wings by adding a 3D layer to each of them. I adjusted the Y rotation angle of the right wing to -40 and 40 for the left wing, and I repeated the process for every 0.5 seconds so it looks like it's flapping.  

Figure 2.2 Animating Wings

After that I adjusted the X position of the fog near the waterfall, make it move from left to right so that it looks more realistic when the waterfall flows down.

Figure 2.3 Animating Fog

I also animated the waterfall to make the water flow down like a real waterfall by using the Puppet Posiiton Pin Tool. I pinned the pins on the waterfall which are the small yellow circles on the waterfall shown in the image below. Then I dragged each pin down to another pin so it has the flow effect. However it has affected the elements around it while dragging down so I used the pen tool to mask out the waterfall.

Figure 2.4 Animating Waterfall

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Final IG Reel Animation:

WINGS OF ENCHANTMENT

This artwork is related to an imaginary fantasy world where I’m a fairy and there are natural elements incorporated into it with a meaning behind them. For instance, the waterfall symbolises the process of letting go negative thoughts and the hot air balloon symbolises freedom and taking the risk and opportunity that life has to offer.The message that wanted to be conveyed is that there is wonder around us and to never forget to embrace one’s imagination and creativity. 

'Wings of Enchantment" Final Animation - YouTube

"Wings of Enchantment" Final Animation - MP4