ILLUSTRATION & VISUAL NARRATIVE / FINAL PROJECT: Animated 1 page visual novel

30.6.2023 - 16.7.2023   l  Week 13 ~ Week 15

Kim Seoyeong    l  0335903

Bachelor of Mass Communication [Digital Media Production]

ILLUSTRATION & VISUAL NARRATIVE

Final Project  l Animated 1-page visual novel


LECTURES

No lectures during these weeks. We focused on completing our own final project. 


INSTRUCTIONS



Final Project: Animated 1-page visual novel

We are supposed to create a 1-page introduction of your visual novel or comic with at least 1 animated panel using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. 

Requirements for Project 3 are:
1. Continue with the same story and design aesthetics from Project 2
2. Work only from 1 paragraph of the story for the 1st page
3. Page Setup: 21cm * 30cm

I decided to create a comic for my final project with animated panels with a 2nd act (Climax)'s story. First of all, I searched for a comic book format with 6 panels as a reference.

Figure 1.1    |    Comic book's Format

Figure 1.2    |    Format for my visual novel 

I decided to animate 3 panels among the 6 panels. This is the progress of animation using Adobe Photoshop. I tried to make it smooth to animate so I create more and more artworks to put it as a frame with over about 10 for each.

Figure 1.3    |    Progress of animation, Creating a frame

Figure 1.4    |    Materials for animation

This is the progress of my 3 animation panels using Adobe Illustrator to create frames and Adobe Photoshop to create an animation with frames.

Figure 1.5    |    Progress of 1st Animation, all frames

Figure 1.6    |    Progress of 1st Animation, frame animation

Figure 1.7    |    1st try-out for 2nd Animation, all frames

Figure 1.8    |    Progress of 1st try-out for 2nd Animation, frame animation

Figure 1.9    |    2nd try-out for 2nd Animation, all frames

Figure 1.10    |    Progress of 3rd Animation, all frames

Figure 1.11    |    Progress of 3rd Animation, frame animation


Final Animation panels
Figure 1.12    |    Final Animation for 1st animated panel
Figure 1.13    |    Final Animation for 2nd animated panel
Figure 1.14    |    Final Animation for 3rd animated panel

After then, I finalized to design other panels with a smooth flow. I decided to add a speech bubble for a dialogue in the comic.

Figure 1.15    |    Finalizing animated 1-page visual novel.


Final Design_Animated 1-page visual novel of the Final project

Google slides for Final Compilation

Figure 1.16    |    Final animated 1-page visual novel_JPG

Figure 1.17    |    Final animated 1-page visual novel_GIF

Figure 1.18    |    Animated 1-page Visual novel Outline

Explanation/Rationale
The artwork for the final project is to show viewers the climax of my chosen story which is a very deep dark story overall. I emphasize the mesmerization process with animation since the storyline is based on the mesmerization of a dying patient. It shows the process of the atmosphere darker and darker.


REFLECTIONS

I put a lot of time and effort into the final project. I feel sorry that I couldn't make a better quality animation because I felt that about two weeks was short in animation production, but the professors gave us more time and I was able to spend more time on my last design. This was my first time doing this and there was a lot of trial and error because it was difficult. While doing research to get more information, I learned how to use various methods and tools, which helped me a lot in working on illustration and animation. 

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