Thanks to http://www.freesound.org/ and their Creative Commons licensed under the Attribution Noncommercial License, I was able to use this sound called, “looped rock guitar” from user: oymaldonado.
At first this project assignment really intimidated me. I had never worked with any form of animation before and I wasn’t really sure what to expect. But by being somewhat familiar with Illustrator from the App Icon project, I was ready to take on a new challenge. Through endless hours of simple adjustments between art boards, eventually the outcome was really cool. That’s what I found really awesome about this project, you aren’t really sure how it’s going to turn out until after you export the file. It was like a really awesome surprise at the end. I found inspiration for this project through the provided case studies of course, but also from a favorite band of mine, the Arctic Monkeys. Some of their lyrical videos have somewhat of a similar style with the dark backgrounds and simple shapes, so I thought it was a good idea to include guitar noise for my added sound. I achieved this short animation clip by pretty much just playing around with the eraser tool and the opacity tool. Fading in and out, as pieces get eaten away. I’m really pleased with the outcome and I can’t wait to see what the compilation of all short clips look like together as one.
savanahclair 