02/06/2022 - 10/07/2022 || Week 10 - Week 15
Foo Hui Xin || 0351665
Digital Photography & Imaging || Bachelor of Design in Creative Media
Project 3: Self-titled
1 || Lectures
Week 10 - Intro to After Effects (AE)
After Effects is an animation software used for animation, visual effects, and motion picture compositing. Used in post-production phase to manipulate imagery, combine layers of video and images into the same scene.
Pre-composition is in Photoshop where the images will be still.
Composition in AE need to have all the layer elements organised and synchronised from platforms such as Photoshop & Illustrator.
Week 11 -
Idea development
(taken from Google slides Project template)
1. Write a biography about yourself
INTRO | My name is Foo Hui Xin but I also go by the name Raemi. I am an introvert and I like to spend time by myself most the time. |
PARAGRAPH 1 | What is your passion? My have a passion for video game designs and illustrations, and also animation. I love to look at the art books that shows the process of the designs for these modern day entertainment. |
PARAGRAPH 2 | What’s motivate you to achieve your dream? Visualising myself in a team/department that contributes to a video game that will be enjoyed and appreciated by many. I want to be able to do the things that I enjoy for the rest of my life, I am very repelled by the idea of working a normal office day to day job… |
SUMMARY | How do you want to visualize your dream into an artwork? Incorporating various video game styles into an artwork, making it surreal and fantastical because it is not reality and everything can be possible or cultivated in a limitless sandbox. |
2. Write a statement about your work
INTRO | Being able to live in an out of the world experience for a moment. |
PARAGRAPH 1 | What is the concept behind it? Me as a character in a character selection screen in different video games genres, from indie horror games to adventure games to rhythm games to storytelling narrative games to level grinding games. |
PARAGRAPH 2 | What is the message you want people to understand it? Video games, like many other modern day entertainment, allows us to escape reality and be able to live in another world even for just a moment. |
SUMMARY | What is your motto/ quote? Live in the moment. |
I looked up artworks from some artists to get inspiration from.
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| Fig xx, Gif made by @saint-vhs (tumblr) |
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| Fig xx, By Ely Lara, @kaminosekkei (ig) |
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| Fig xx, Poster found on Pinterest (unsure of credit) |
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| Fig xx, Pngs by LittleDr3am and Cookiesonme (Deviantart), Edit by@angrycat_ (weheartit) |
Design Direction / Sketch
The idea here is to have an indie horror game vibe, where everything seems fine and cutesy in the beginning but then it takes a dark turn for a few seconds, then back to being fine again as if nothing has happened.
This is heavily inspired by a trend on Instagram started by @freiskamaze where the character looks happy until they turn towards the audience with a menacing and unsettling glare.
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| Fig xx, Sketch #1, Week 12 (16/6/2022) |
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Fig xx, Sketch #2 with backdrop idea, Week 12 (16/6/2022)
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Fig xx, Sketch #3 with horror twist, Week 12 (16/6/2022)
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Photoshoot
I used a tripod with a mobile phone stand, and my phone to do the Photoshoot because I couldn't book the photography studio and DSLR in time.
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| Fig xx, Tripod used |
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| Fig xx, Photo of me used for the project |
Poster (Photoshop)
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| Fig xx, Game over pixel art, Week 13 (30/6/2022) |
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Fig xx, Try again pixel art, Week 13 (30/6/2022)
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Fig xx, Cursor pixel art, Week 13 (30/6/2022)
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Fig xx, Knife pixel art, Week 13 (28/6/2022)
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Fig xx, Axe pixel art, Week 13 (28/6/2022)
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Fig xx, Grenade pixel art, Week 13 (28/6/2022)
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| Fig xx, Gun pixel art, Week 13 (28/6/2022) |
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Fig xx, Game menu pixel art, Week 13 (29/6/2022)
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| Fig xx, HP & MP bar pixel art, Week 13 (29/6/2022) |
Video Production (After Effects)
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| Fig xx, Process in AE, Week 14 (5/7/2022) |
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| Fig xx, Process in AE (horror part), Week 14 (5/7/2022) |
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| Fig xx, Layers, Week 14 (5/7/2022) |
I choose the instrumental of Captain Murphy's "Disciples" because I feel like it gives an unsettling feeling since it is the instrumental of a cut for a cult video.
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| Fig xx, Adding music, Week 14 (6/7/2022) |
Final Poster(s)
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| Fig xx, Final Poster |
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| Fig xx, Final Poster (creepy version) |
Final Video: Uncanny (link)
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| Fig xx, Screenshot of video on youtube |
3 || Feedback
When I showed my moodboard and sketches, Mr Martin told me to continue on with the final poster on Photoshop because it was hard to imagine or picture with only the sketches.
I made 2 final posters with one creepy version and Mr Martin said that it was not 'horror' enough because everything in it has a cutesy vibe. He then tells me to continue with the animation in After Effects.
For the animated video, he said that one of the 'try again' layers are not noticeable enough, and advised me to double up the layer to make it more visible.
I was actually looking forward to doing this project and had an idea for what I wanted to do for a very long time. However, I became very skeptical of my poster and idea after receiving feedback from the lecturer. I wasn't aware that my idea was a 'vector art' and was unsure if this could be accepted. But then I managed to pull off with the original idea I had in mind in the end luckily.
Throughout this project, I feared the process in After Effects the most because it is still unfamiliar territory as we have only had 1 class on it. It turned out fine because as I got a hang of it, it was pretty fun to work on. I'm glad that I pulled through and was able to finish this project. It was fun to work on and I had been anticipating it since the beginning of the semester.
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