For this project, we were told to make an 10-second animation using our project 1 logo. My publishing company is called Sunset Publishing, channelling calm and serene feelings. Because my design resembled a book and a sunset, I wanted the design to open up as if it was a book opening up, but when it opens, it reveals the sunset. Using Professor Layton’s advice, I changed the blue to a darker shade and made “publishing” in all caps. This was created via After Effects.

I had a fun time working in After Effects to create this animation because it was fun discovering all of the different things you can do with this program. Other than the other exercises in class that we completed, this was the first time I had used AE and it definitely took a second to get used to it. I feel that Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator are all sort of similar when it comes to their interfaces, but AE was completely different.

Overall, I am very proud of what I was able to create via AE even though I was not super familiar with the program. I had fun choosing sound effects that I thought would correlate with the theme of the publishing company and its mission that I wrote for the first project. Graphic Design 2 has been a super fun and rewarding class and I loved using my creativity to turn in some amazing projects. I am excited to show them off on my portfolio!