Technical Experiments:

Throughout researching and blogging my inspirations, research and thoughts I have also being experimenting technically with flash software in order to establish a particular style for myself whilst also including my inspiration within my animations.

The image above is of my title for my animation. I chose a font that has an impact so that when it is animated onto screen it leaves a lasting impression. The title also gives a hint of cartoonist hand drawn qualities, which I believe will work well in introducing the audience into the feel of my animaton.

This experiment shows a character I wish to adapt on when working purely on my characters in later weeks. I experimented with Julian Opie's style of artwork through creating minimal facial features whilst creating a basic outline of the man in black and white. I believe this character I have manipulated will be effective in drawing in audience members as the minimalistic facial features will not alienation my audience but instead make them inquisitive about who they are and their role within the narrative.

The image above is of one of the characters I have been experimenting on. Within the beginning of the narrative I want to use a few characters before they transform into humans and one of the characters I was visioning was a frog. The tester shows a hand drawn quality to the image which i believe works feel and looks effective. It also fits well within my animation and blends in with it instead of standing out and not fitting in which was what my aim was when testing the characters within flash.


When using flash to experiment with different formats and tools to create my characters, I noticed it was hard to create the desired look on my characters face when applying an 'Opie style' on them as the faces looked unsophisticated. So I have decided to apply Opie's styling of the eyes and nose and possibly the mouth but instead creating my own style of other facial features to ensure the characters look good within the animation.