Project 3: Recursive Gif Animation Due Tuesday, February 25

Project 3: Recursive Gif Animation Due Tuesday, February 25

 

Recursion is the process of repeating items in a self-similar way. For instance, when the surfaces of two mirrors are exactly parallel with each other the nested images that occur are a form of infinite recursion. The term has a variety of meanings specific to a variety of disciplines ranging from linguistics to logic. The most common application of recursion is in mathematics and computer science, in which it refers to a method of defining functions in which the function being defined is applied within its own definition. The term is also used more generally to describe a process of repeating objects in a self-similar way.

Create a recursive GIF animation. In order to be recursive, the animation must be/seem continuous and/or self similar. This may be achieved through a variety of different approaches. A successful project may utilize multiple approaches in conjunction with one another. The basic requirement is that the animation seems continuous. The looping or “restart” point/frame should not be evident or obvious. For this to happen, it is especially important that the last frame continues back to the first frame in a progression similar to the direction and pace of movement between other frames. If there is an obvious jump between the last and first frame, the continuity will not be smooth.

You will need to plan the composition of your animation. A storyboard will help you do this.

Storyboards are graphic organizers in the form of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence.

Your final project should be turned in to me as a GIF. Please include all of your source material (images, videos, etc), as I will request to view it.

Any content found on the web or elsewhere must be significantly digitally altered/manipulated in order to be acceptable for this project.

This project should be around 6 seconds in length, but the final GIFs could be longer. If you are doing “hand animation” by drawing or still animating within photoshop, you might want to limit the length of time for your GIF.

What can you say in this amount of time? Can you make animation seem longer than it’s length or infinite? Are you expressing physicality? Are you working with abstraction? Is your goal to create a design/logo?

Project 2 : adjustments

I took the edvice of the class critique and did some adjustments to my project.

Lev Manovich- Avant Garde as Software

http://www.uoc.edu/artnodes/espai/eng/art/manovich1002/manovich1002.html

Project #2: Photo Composite

Composite materials (also called composition materials or shortened to composites) are materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties, that when combined, produce a material with characteristics different from the individual components. (Wikipedia)

In the digital arts, photography and cinema, the term “composite” may be used to describe a wide variety of techniques. In cinema, for instance, a composite may refer to the effects achieved through the utilization of a green screen. For some in the visual arts, the term “composite” may be interchangeable with the term “collage”. For Project #2, we are focusing our working definition of composite to approach the definition of composite materials above.

Our definition of the term “composite” is distinguished from our use of the term “collage.” Where a collage may exhibit a rough quality, our composites should be smooth. We are attempting to create a convincing “illusion” in the final work. The image should not reveal visible seems, and (if applicable) have a realistic sense of depth and lighting.

For this project, we will be significantly altering at least three source images (but possibly many more, depending on the desired result) in order to create a new meaning. The resulting final image should blend aspects of source material to appear seamless. In order to achieve this, the source material will need to be significantly altered and multiple layers will be blended to achieve subtlety. Selections must be carefully made, as sloppy work will not achieve the desired result. Some techniques that we might utilize include working with adjustment layers (curves, hue/saturation, etc), adjusting opacity, feathering our selections, clone stamping, and spot healing.

Think about ways these parameters might be used in order to communicate meaning. Are you subverting something? Are you commenting on your source material, or is it simply material? In some respect, you should be trying to create an illusion. A successful result might be an illusion that is not immediately apparent.

As with Project #1, the final image turned in should be a PNG, but I also request the PSD as well as the source images used in a folder labeled with your name.

Project #1

Photo Collage Project #1:
Create a collage from 5 source images.
For this project, you will need to turn in a folder with your name on it via an external media storage drive.
In this folder, you should have:
1- a .psd file of your photoshop scene
2- a .png file of your final image
3- your 5 source images unaltered.

Please use LARGE images with dimensions of over 1000 pixels. Please limit your techniques to digitally cutting, pasting, rearranging (i.e. techniques of traditional/conventional collage.

Due January 23