Design Brief
Using the Type + Portrait compositions that you designed for Project 2, Phase 4, create two (2) final motion design portrait compositions.
You’re free to animate any elements of the composition that you like, but I recommend animating the letterforms of the typography as a minimum.
Remember that the timing, stability, and pacing of the final animation will be a component of the grade, so please spend time adjusting the frame timing and delays so that your animation isn’t too fast or too slow.
Technical Requirements
- Two (2) Adobe Illustrator files (AI)
- Minimum twelve (12) artboards each (use artboards to create your animation frames)
- Letter size, portrait orientation (8.5 inches wide × 11 inches tall)
- Full color
- (Newspaper article URL text no longer required)
- Export to animated GIF file format
- Minimum twelve (12) frames of animation
- Animation must loop forever
- Step-by-Step Instructions: Animated GIFs from Vector Art
Design Strategies
- Color 🌈: Adjust and experiment with the color values of the typography to complement or contrast the portrait.
- Dimension 📏: Make strategic use of the Layers palette to engage the sense of complexity and entanglement between the typography and the portrait.
- Field ▢ and Form ▣: Challenge yourself to make the design decisively occupy the entire composition.
Student Design Precedent Examples
- “People Watching” 🔎 👤 👀
- Type Experiments 🧪 ⌨️ 🤯
Assignment Submission 📥 📥 📥
Submit your GIF file, to the Google Drive folder Project 2, Phase 6: Motion + Type + Portraits:
- 26FA_DSGN100_Pr2_Lastname_Firstname_Final_Portrait_1.gif
- 26FA_DSGN100_Pr2_Lastname_Firstname_Final_Portrait_2.gif