“Geometric Fiction” is a GIF animation created by using softwares, Adobe photoshop CS6 and Adobe Illustrator CS5. The purpose of the assignment is to create a GIF animation using original drawings and/or photographs using photoshop animation techniques. This is my first GIF animation ever made and I enjoyed making it even though it was tricky animating in Adobe Photoshop CS5. Everything was hand-drawn on Adobe Illustrator CS5 and the animation process was completed using puppet warp and tweening. In the brainstorming stage I wanted to create a running man along because it was the most generic animation I could think of when it came to making your first animation. The theme was using geometric graphic and vector techniques to make the piece modern and simplistic. I drew the bears to give the GIF animation a story and the trees were drawn to give the audience a realistic/appropriate environment for the bears – a forest. Elements of designs used in this piece of artwork are, space using atmospheric space with the foreground and background. The second element is line using strokes to thicken the outlines and outlines for the bears and the running man to depict the edge of the shape. The last element is shape using geometric shapes. Now, the principles of design are; emphasis because of its movement it is the focal point of the piece and it has contrast due to the blurred background, movement because the path of the viewers eye takes you through the piece, proportion because there are certain parts of the piece with various size proportion and finally rhythm because there are multiple geometric shapes being used repeatedly throughout the piece. In conclusion, this GIF animation was was a success in my eyes due to the amount of time and difficulty I was given in order to create this art piece.
AngeloMatusDíaz 