Master Of Animation, Games & Interactivity
Master Of Animation, Games & Interactivity
Aim
In response to the week 11. I made three animation designs for the card Sun.
Method
In the first animation, I personate the sun and the moon. The sun has a good mood during the daytime, but as time passes, the moon rises, the sun does not want to be substituted so it runs away from being caught by the moon and
finally kicks the moon down.
The second one is a simple image of the sun above the sea. There are fish jumping from the sea and jumping into the sea.
I come up with a story about how does the sun come from in the third animation. An egg is poured into the pot, the egg is fried, and the egg white edge around the yolk burns with the rising temperature, then it becomes the sun.
Reflection
I intended to create short stories in the first and third gif. I found it interesting to make a new story based on a simple word than expressing it directly

IOL_S1_2021_s3698100_Week 11

By Yunjia Jiang (Irene)

Aim
In response to week 10. I made three animation designs for the card Star.
Method
In the first card, from a 2d view, the sky and the sea are on one surface. The star in the sky becomes a starfish in the sea as the waves rise.
The second is about starfish’s simple actions with other sea species.
The third one is that the starfish is pushed to the beach by waves, it is playing a ball.
Reflection
These weeks’ experiments on shape transformation and squeezing do not meet my expectation. I realize it can be more exaggerated, then it will behave more lively.

IOL_S1_2021_s3698100_Week 10

By Yunjia Jiang (Irene)

Aim
In response to the weekly theme of texture and light, I drew three animations for the background image in my game.
Method
This time I’m trying to use a new application Clip Studio Paint.
The first animation is about the light movements when projected on trees and the wind blows water to show its flowing texture, also the light shadows on the river are moving because of the winds.
The second animation is the effects brought by wind to show the texture of leaves.
The third is a combination where the wind blows leaves to the river, and then leaves flow away with the water.
Reflection 
It was a challenge to try a new application, although I found I am still used to using Photoshop. My works in previous weeks are all linework animations. I think linework may pay more attention to shapes and transformation, which is concretization. While this time the animation is mostly using colour blocks, which may show an abstract sense.

IOL_S1_2021_s3698100_Week 09

By Yunjia Jiang (Irene)

Aim
In response to the weekly theme of Stillness, I applied this idea to the design of the Nature card.
Method
In the first animation, a small boat is floating on the sea as the waves ebb and flow. Seagulls fly to us from behind the distant mountains. Coconut tree leaves are swaying in the wind. While the close view of the beach and mountains are static.
In the second animation, a painting slowly rises from the bottom of the sea, and the goldfish swims from the painting. The paper and plants in the sea are static. (There is another magic hat version about character movements, but I feel it is irrelevant to nature so I discard it.)
In the third animation, a fish is swimming in the sea and then pauses to interact with jellyfish. While plants also sway.
Reflection
In the recent two weeks, I was trying to follow the prompts to help with my game card design. I drew at least three different versions for one card. I think I got more variations and choices than folio 1.

IOL_S1_2021_s3698100_Week 08

By Yunjia Jiang (Irene)

Aim
In response to the weekly theme, I identified a selection of opposites: birth and death in relation to the card design of the Wheel of Fortune card in my game.
Method
Before starting drawing animations, I list some possible binaries/dualities and opposites, but at last, I chose birth and death because I feel they are the most suitable to be metaphors for fortune. As it is the WHEEL of fortune, I believe there should be a standing wheel in the picture.
The first animation is about birth, a growing fish swimming around the rotating wheel. (Initially, it is a static wheel, later I modified it in version 2 because I believe rotating can give a sense of changing destiny.)
The second animation is about death. It is a swimming fish that dies because of an explosion and becomes a fish angel flying to the sky.
The third animation is a combination of birth and death. A drip brings life and grows a plant, the leaf blooms a fish.
However, the fish is hanged by a hook.
Reflection
I found any moving items in an image will often catch the audience’s eyes compared to other elements in that image. Thus, if I want to let them pay attention to something, I should draw it in dynamics.

IOL_S1_2021_s3698100_Week 07

By Yunjia Jiang (Irene)

Problem: Lack of animation detail and iterations for each element
Assumptions:
1. Add a few animation principles such as squash and stretch, anticipation and follow through into my animations.
2. Make more versions for each element.
Weekly Response:
Aim
In this week, I drew three animations for the functional card Death using Photoshop. I want to show the state changes of
life through the media of a fishbone.
Method
These three animations are different explanations for the same definition of Death. The first animation is a live fish dies and decays to become a fishbone. The second is the fishbone that grows with plants and flowers, which I want to express that death is also a rebirth. The third one is the
fishbone sinks into the seabed. While there is already a pile of fishbones there, which is a sea hell.
Reflection
This week, I tried to make more variations for one card instead of being distracted by other cards. It is surprising that one card function can have different ways of defining.

IOL_S1_2021_s3698100_Week 06

By Yunjia Jiang (Irene)

Aim: In response to the weekly theme sound, I drew four functional card animations and added background sounds
to them. I explored how sounds and animations can impact each other.
Method: As usual, I drew animations in Photoshop. But differently, I decided on overall patterns and found sounds at first, then I imagine possible motions by hearing those sounds and complete animations.
Reflection: I didn’t expect to add background sounds to my cards. But the results are surprisingly great. Sounds give a fascinating vibe and imaginative room for the audience, and even inadvertently improve the animation quality. I may keep combining sounds with my animated cards in the future.

IOL_S1_2021_s3698100_Week 04

By Yunjia Jiang (Irene)

Aim: In week three, the theme is time. I worked on the elemental earth card in my game but also entered an exploration through the time topic.
Method: I initially drew a growing tree effect for the earth card and adjusted its growing speed by applying different frame rates in Photoshop. But they look not fluent. Kate suggested changing a pattern for the earth because the tree may mislead players’ understanding of the word ‘earth’. So I redrew it to a pile of earth with dropping damp soil.
Reflection: Through the iteration of that growing tree, I realized I may need to add more details if I slowed the
frame rate. Because they will look like PowerPoint if I only change the frame rate.

IOL_S1_2021_s3698100_Week 03

By Yunjia Jiang (Irene)