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Poster Recreations

SAT Word: Aggrandize

This is my animation video for the SAT word "Aggrandize". I learned quite a lot from this project. Being able to animate and create videos in photoshop is a great skill to have. I learned about the ins and outs of making transitions and such in the timeline panel. I also learned about the special format and rendering needed to start/export the project.

Animation Poster

     For this poster I created a blank 9x13 canvas. I inserted the cloud background, and then created a select border around the image. I filled the selected area with white. I then inserted text boxes and filled them with my text, positioning them as needed. I used a downloaded font "for sara" for the title/body text. I then inserted 2 separate tracings of Clark Kent and Superman that I had made. I placed each in different layers, then reduced the opacity of the top layer to have easier viewing for aligning their faces. I aligned their faces, resizing as necessary, and then cropped Clark's side in half. I then merged the layers and placed them on the edge of the cloud/white border.

Longer Animation

Text Portrait

The text I used for this project was "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou.  
I believe that no matter how many times we are burned down to ashes, we can always rise again, as Angelou said in this poem. From personal experience, rising after a fall is never easy, but it is always satisfying.
I took this poem very personally.

Waving hand