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Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For the explorations unit, we get the chance to learn new skills and explore our passions. This unit incorporated a lot of creativity and risk taking. For my project, I decided to study color and lighting transitions. I liked the way lighting and color was handled in Steven Universe, so I wanted to figure out how to incorporate similar color and lighting into my own animation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My inspiration for this project came from my experience at Freestyle this year. I met some really amazing people this year. This project was made during quarantine due to the corona virus outbreak. I missed my classes and my friends, so I wanted to do something related to that. Another thing I was inspired by was my love for animation in general. The ability to create a world where anything can happen, I wanted to do something related to that as well. I decided to do a series of lighting transitions with Freestyle’s campus as my setting, and otherworldly storm in the middle to incorporate the surreal part. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I started by researching color theory and noticing the things that I liked about the lighting and colors in other media. I liked the way they made the colors in the background vibrant without it clashing with the foreground colors. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I used the results of my research to make an infographic explaining the psychological associations with different colors and different common color combinations. The more saturated a color is, the brighter the mood, but if they become too saturated the colors will clash. If a color has very little saturation, it makes the scene look desolate. I had to pay extra attention to this when working on my animation, especially during the sunset\/sunrise parts. Since the main background color is orange, and the foreground is mostly blue, I had to make sure they didn’t clash, but I also didn’t want the scene to look sad or faded. I ended up using a more muted blue for the foreground and a pastel orange for the background. For the rainy parts, I tinted it blue to stop the scene from looking overly grey. During the surreal part of the animation, I decided to use green because of its connotation with renewal, it’s the color of Freestyle’s octopus mascot, and because it fit well with the cool colors of the foreground. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Behind the Scenes (Adobe Illustrator)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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All the drawing for the animation was done in Photoshop. The animation for the hair and clothes movement was also done in Photoshop. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The bulk of the animation was done in After Effects. To create the background transitions, I placed part of one background on top of the other, and then used keyframes to change the opacity. Doing that alone made the colors muddy, so I used a tint effect to keep the colors from turning muddy. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Behind the Scenes (After Effects)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Behind the Scenes (Reason)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Although this project had a focus on color and lighting, I had some time at the end so I decided to create a song using Reason to put in the background. It’s inspired by the Steven Universe soundtrack, the Interstellar Soundtrack, and Lofi music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Final Production<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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