Personal Project
This was a personal motion design project, with the intention of practicing my design skills and sparking creativity.
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Created in After Effects, Procreate and Illustrator. The reason for this being 1080x10920 was to see the restrictions and perspective of a mobile-first approach and how best to utilise the space (and overcome any limitations) as I was working for a social media agency at the time.
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I wanted to create a highlight reel of sorts, showcasing a portfolio of work using as many different styles of motion design as possible. I wanted each line of the poem to use a different design choice, and use a skill I either haven't had the opportunity to try before, or one that I am wanting to hone. ​
I chose the subject matter to be a poem about walking in January, as I concluded this would be rich in sensory details allowing for exciting and stimulating visual and auditory details.
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I set myself this task to spark creativity to use later in a professional capacity, resulting in a bank of work that I can call on in the future for inspiration when working on client briefs. I wanted to further challenge myself as a designer and push my capabilities, trying to encompass as many elements of motion design; through sound effects and music choices, conceptualising a brief for myself, sourcing my own assets, and mastering my knowledge of different softwares.
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January Footsteps
In January's quiet air,
Footsteps whisper, crisp and rare,
The world is still, the earth is bare,
A silver frost hangs everywhere.
Breath like smoke, the sky so pale,
I walk beneath the winter's veil,
Where silence sings and branches stare,
And all the world a quiet frozen prayer.