This is an animation of my personal logo. I used the dot of the ‘i’ as the star of the piece to spell out my beloved nickname.
I love making handmade cards for all occasions, especially the holidays. This piece was an informational animation about how to make them. I wanted to highlight some of my design steps to make a personalized card. I used the names of my instructor and other classmates and created all the design elements in Illustrator. To tie it to the holidays, I used “This Christmas” by Donny Hathaway as my background music. It’s one of my favorite Christmas songs.
The first project of my After Effects course was to create an abstract animation. At first, I wasn’t sure of where to begin. However, when I placed the circle and square into my composition, the interaction between the shapes began to blossom. I’ve shown this piece to close friends and was told that it reminded them of a 90s show because of the color palette…like the opening credits of Martin Lawrence’s show Martin. I think that’s a huge compliment since that was such an iconic show.