Because I decided to switch mediums from oil paint on glass to oil pastels on black paper, I decided to document my process on developing my final animation.
My process with my animation was using oil pastels on black paper to create a simple and effective image that related to the novel I am creating titles for. I decided to use black paper because I feel like using white paper can take away from the vibrancy of the oil pastels, and also I felt as though the black paper would create a nice texture in the animation.
After scanning in the single image, I would them select the drawing and change the hue/saturation of the image and make about 4 variations of colours and vibrancies of the image. These would be a set of frames that would create a jittery and bright image. I then would re-work over the initial image in order to create another set of variations. I would do this about 4 times and each time created a different colour palette for each image and frame.
I was initially just going to change the hue and saturation of each image without selecting the drawing, however, after doing this a couple of times, I notice the slight change in the shade of black in the background.It would have a strange purple or green tint to it. This mistake caused me to have to select the drawing itself carefully, and only changing the hue and saturation of that specific part.
This is a screen shot of me altering the name of the actor that I would have next to the image. I found it time consuming to carefully select each letter to avoiding getting as much black as possible.
After a few times of this process, I eventually got the hang of it. I was constantly creating a few frames and looping them in order to create a test shot, so I could see the direction which the animation was heading in.
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