Okay, I did get a lot of work done yesterday, but I didn’t post because I was watching figure skating on NBC’s olympics coverage (wow; some painful falls!). I also forgot to post a link to the valentine I made a while ago and posted yesterday. Then I did more work this morning; the progress animation for today will cover both days of work. I plan to eat dinner early, go to Fencing Club, and then possibly leave a bit early so I can rush through my shower and beg that the TV in the lounge be tuned to channel 3 for the second installment of pairs figure skating! Yay! If not, I will watch the clips online… And speaking of watching things online, I’m on episode 22 of Cowboy Bebop (that’s “Cowboy Funk,” the one with the Teddy Bomber and that annoying dude with the horse whose name happily escapes me).
Transitions: how I go from image to image, or animation to animation. It varies; I’ve used lots of fades and zooms, and a few animated changes (line four’s eye reflection turns into line five’s silhouette); the animations take more work, but I really like the results, so I hope to do more of those. Likewise coloring; monochrome gives a nice effect, but the mood of the poem/song fluctuates between dark (minor key, verses) and light (major key, chorus), so I’m using more color for the chorus segments. See, it all makes sense, Subconscious! I told you it would!
Text: I’m doing a handwritten style for the personal, intimate feel and flexibility it gives me; I usually do several draft letterings and pick my favorite to use (heh; a typo made that “sue” for a moment). They writing also reflects the mood to a degree, but the style of the scene/image/animation is a stronger influence. I’m doing mostly static type, so that the animated type of certain sections stands out more (line five, particularly, as well as forthcoming lines six and eight). It reads a bit like a picture book at the moment; the type is wavering between being like a static block of text and a fully integrated element of the image. At this point, I’m not sure where it will go eventually, but I’m excited to find out.
Go USA! Make me proud! *insert a rare instance of patriotic fervor in yours truly*
