Inspiration (Scrawl collective)

At the minute I'm trying to develop my style and find inspiration and I have come across a group called Scrawl collective and in particular two artists named Mr. Jago and Steff Plaetz.





Below are pieces of work from Steff Plaetz's collection and what i like about his style is the abstractness and how a group of shapes come together to create one.

Below are pieces from Mr Jago's collection and what i really like about these pieces are the use of line and how it appears that he has just quickly sketched these and the use or lack of colour in the works.

From looking at these designs i've tried to come up with something similar and this is what i've come up with but i think i will continue working on developing and overlayering on this image too.

Title test

This is a quick test that i did on trying to use Maya and and After effects, i created the text, bars and camera movement in Maya and the lighting effects and sound in after effects. I know it's a bit of a dark theme for ABC but i like it for my first atempt as i was trying to gain knowledge in using multiple software packages for animations.

Over the Summer

Over the summer i will be applying for work experience at motion graphics studios. I will also be viewing as many motion graphics pieces as i can to gain inspiration and knowledge and will be joining motion graphic forums and start networking.

What I am going to do

I want to design and create a motion graphics piece however i'm not too sure whether it will be on a title sequence or an advert but i want to use my knowledge of narrative studies to help me create a animation that has a purpose to it and that combined with skills I want to learn over the summer will enhance my skills.

Through this i should gain more knowledge on commercial animation/production targets and skills i've spoken about in my skills audit will all be refined.

Skills Audit

Good:

• After Effects knowledge
• Drawing
• Animation principles
• character design
• Photoshop/Illustrator
• Identifying target audiences

Improvement needed on:

• Maya Skills (modelling, lighting, texturing and camera movements)
• Expressions in After Effects
• Advanced After Effects skills
• Directing productions, post production
• organization skills, keeping to deadlines

Summary on skills to be improved upon:

Maya- I had basic knowledge of Maya however over the last month i have been completing tutorials on a daily basis however i want to be totally confident in Maya so that I can create anything and so that my skills won't restrict me to what i can create for final projects.

Expressions in After Effects- After Effects is the program i feel most comfortable in using and i think i have great knowledge of it however i want to know and understand expressions which will help me to get better results and work quicker.

Advanced After Effects skills- Here i want to learn more about special effects and also look into merging 3D, live footage and 2D through After Effects.

Directing Productions- For this section i want to learn more on how to produce and direct animations/productions in a interesting and exciting way.

Organization skills, keeping to deadlines- This is easier said then done but i have to learn to break the projects into sections and give myself deadlines on parts of projects so that i don't spend too much time on one area and not leaving myself enough time for other parts.