Research

I decided to research the topic of animation as I have an interest in this topic and would like to take it in degree. I started with finding as may books in the resource room that looks at animation and the industry - I first looked into the early history of animation.  There are lots of ways of animating from mechanisms from the past to 2D animation and now to 3D. I wanted to look into the animation of the past and the processes of how animations are made (all types of animation.) I really liked the hidden work and art that is put into the planning process such as storyboards and 3D nets without texture as it is so beautiful in its self - these works are often not seen by the audience however they can have some of the most thought behind it and an array of different ideas. When designing different thumbnails I took inspiration from the books that I found in the library. The idea that I decided to create (into the final book cover), I found inside a book that looked at different past animation techniques. The picture was of a phenakistoscope (a disc that turns giving the illusion of animation). I found that this was an interesting concept to symbol animation.

 

The finished book design is above. I decided to create a simple design - I have used the colour palette of green, black and white.