Information Design: Project 2

 04.02.26- 20.03.26

Celine Christabelle Patricia / 0374872 

Information Design / Bachelors of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / The Design School

Information Design: Project 2

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Table Contents

1. Lectures
2. Instructions
3. Project 2
• Exercise 3 (GROUP)
• Exercise 4
• Exercise 5

Lectures

Refer to this blogger 

Information Design: Exercises

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Instructions

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Project 2

Exercise 3: Kinetic Typography (GROUP)

Chosen song: The Weekend - BIBI

Progress:

• I started off by making the animations first of my part
• Using the null object to redirect the positions of the text
• Masking if needed to separate the text
  
  
  

Fig 1.1- Animation layer

Process:

• All text set to have 3D layer and motion blur
• Adjust the 3D layer positions by changing they keyframe positions in null layer
• Adjust the initial position in individual text layer
• Adjust the overall position in null layer
• For the cube animation, the way of link is different, where each text link to each other, then the last layer will be linked to the null layer

Fig 1.2 - Animation Progress

Adding Effects:

Fig 1.3 - Light Delay Effect Settings

Process:

• I use an non-copyright overlay of light streaks from youtube
• These are the tutorials I refer to when making this animation
• Light Streaks: https://youtu.be/eB24MMeiz28?si=9CXbu2FqFFb9e2Ru
• Overlay: https://youtu.be/oNLb3ridjBM?si=8S-Pu_CMj0DKTa0i
• Cube Animation: https://youtu.be/Izgn36DLeqA?si=s3BYOIztMcb3Xh4R 

Fig 1.4 - Kinetic Typography Result (My Part)

Final result:

Link:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tZRIwFRGhsg634BT5CPlbTK-8TDRBmgZ?usp=sharing

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Exercise 4: Chart Animation

Animated Chart

Make a donut chart based on this website:

https://whattobecome.com/blog/college-student-stress-statistics/

Fig 2.1 - Reference

Progress

Fig 2.2 - Progress

In After Effects

• Make a circle without the fill, adjust the stroke to make it like a donut
• Make 4 circles of it, change the colors accordingly
• Add motion blur at last

Result

Fig 2.3 - Result

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Exercise 5: Vector Animation

Progression:

Fig 3.1- Layers in Illustrator

In Illustrator

• Separate the groups into layers before exporting as composition in AE
• Name the layers accordingly to the shapes

Fig 3.2 - Background

Background

• Add keyframe for position
• Reposition the objects outside the composition for the first keyframe, then into the composition for the next keyframe
• Add motion blur

Fig 3.3 - Animate Man

Man

• Change the anchor point of the man on to the chair
• Change the scale from 0 to 120 to 100 (for bounce effect)
• Continue to adjust puppet tool
• Pin the entire body of the man
• Move the first, second, third, and fourth pin, make it as if the head is nodding
• Easy Ease
• Copy paste the keyframes to the end

Fig 3.4 - Bubble chats

Bubble chat

• Change the anchor point of the bubble chats to the tip of the triangle
• Change the scale from 0 to 120 to 100 (for bounce effect)

Fig 3.5 - Confettis

Confettis

• Anchor point remained on the middle, make sure this layer is under every layer
• Change the scale to 0, gradually to 120 and 100 (for bounce effect)

Results:

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