Illustration & Visual Narrative | Task 3

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4.6.25 - 25.6.25  |  Week 6 - 10

Haley Alexandra Gray  |  0369029  |  Bachelors of Design in Creative Media

Illustration and Visual Narrative COM61304

Task 3  |  Animated Composition


Table of Content :

Instructions

MIB for Illustration and Visual Narrative COM61304 | The Design School at Taylor's University 2025



Documentation

Being a submission for the HONOR competition, we just had to provide a moodboard and rationale for documentation.


Sketches -


- Created a composition involving endangered species colliding and coexisting together to represent my theme "Renewal of Life", where it advocates the saving of these endangered animals for the betterment of our environment.

- Utilised the Golden Ratio to create a compelling composition.



Final Output

The final output for this task is an animated illustrated composition for the HONOR Competition, as well as accessories.





Techniques Applied

Pertaining to this task, I have utilised what I have learnt from the previous tasks to illustrate, where I used
    - Pen tool
    - Live paint / colour fill
    - Paint brush strokes for texture (hatching lines)




Besides that, we have learnt recently in a tutorial on how to use pattern brushes, add texture, etc, and so I applied that to my coral, where I applied a grain texture using the grain effect as well as a gradient, as seen in class.




Animating

We were taught how to use After Effects, and how to use the tools inside, and so I used my knowledge from there to animate my elements;

    - Pin tool





Self Reflection

This task was very interesting, as I had never used After Effects before, and so it was interesting to learn and find out how to use it. I have always seen videos and edits made using After Effects, and I have finally got the opportunity to try it out for myself. There is a lot of things to explore there, however for this task we just learned the basics, which was enough for how we had to animate our composition, and the pin tool is super helpful it is my favourite thing ever, however you have to prepare your layers beforehand to use it the most optimally.

My favourite thing about this assignment was creating the composition, as I enjoyed drawing the nature and animals, and it is a new subject for me to draw (animals) so it was challenging at the same time. I also enjoyed seeing my composition come to life and see how my vision was brought together through the animation. It was a very fun and rewarding process, and I learned more about my capabilities through it.

Something I can improve during this assignment would be my skills / illustration style while drawing on Illustrator, as I have a very strong vision as to how my work should look like, and I know I can replicate it on a software I'm familiar with, or on paper, however using Illustrator posed as a problem and restriction for me, which is on me, and I should take more time to learn how to use it to its fullest for me to showcase my abilities best.


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