I began an excursion into animation this week! I was assigned to animate the stingers and intro for GOV 312L. Opening After Effects and not knowing what any of the buttons do was certainly a learning experience, but I managed to animate the custom stinger from scratch. Here it is:

The intro was even more daunting, as it had to be longer and more interesting than text appearing in five seconds. I ended up using Premiere Pro, a more familiar video software to me, to animate the intro. I’m really proud of how it turned out. Here it is:

In addition to the animations, I also finished out the course graphics for GOV 312L and worked some more on the French class. That’s it for this week!

 

This week, I worked on more course graphics. I kept making edits to GOV 310L, and I started on a new course, GOV 312L. The first government class is close to finished, which is exciting. The last remaining task is to animate the stingers. I tried my hand at After Effects this week. The learning curve is steep! I have to google how to do every little thing. I’m making some slow progress there. Here are the static stinger graphics:

I’m also really excited about the look for the newer government class on elections. Here’s one of the assets for that class:

In addition to these two classes, I also worked some more on the French class. That’s it for this week!

This week was mainly focused on the GOV 310L graphics and finishing up the last of the NTR 306 graphics, so once again, a full week of course graphics. NTR 306 is waiting for final approvals, which is exciting!

Here are the latest GOV 310L graphics.

I’ve also begun storyboarding for the stingers for GOV 310L.

That’s it for this week!

This week was the week of class graphics! I made much progress on the nutrition class’s graphics, finishing out the Canvas graphics. However, I still have a few more details to iron out on the TA monitor. I got the opportunity to see how class graphics look on the studio scene. That will definitely come in handy for future classes! Here’s how they are looking right now.

I also began work on graphics for GOV 310L. I’m really excited to give this class a new look! Here’s a moodboard for the direction in which I want to take the visuals.

I also worked a bit on the French Lingco banners and sourcing images for the class. That’s it for this week!

This week got started with the last course graphics trainings, the studio course graphics. Last week, I read through the syllabus and made some moodboards. Once I decided on a direction, I went ahead and began designing the assets. It was rather fun to make some of the bigger design decisions and to design something customized for the course. Here is the final design menu for the studio training.

It was also really fun to mock up the graphics into the studio space itself. This is what it would have looked like!

I also started on my first real project, designing the course graphics for NTR 306 Fundamentals of Nutrition. I’ve started making moodboards to show the different directions the graphic identity can take. I’m excited to be working on this project, as I had a great time finishing the course graphics trainings! As a designer, it makes me so happy when my work is used out in the world, so I can’t wait to start on the graphics.

That’s it for this week!