Exercise one : Create a written word

Using the tutorials bellows we will learn to animate handwriting in After Effects. 
What you will need

• A word or phrase of 5 or more letters
• A handwritten looking fonts (check out Dafont, com)
• A tutorial from bellow.  
• For extra credit add a background and/ or complete the words in the SCRIPT

Assignment

tutorials

To get more accustomed to aftereffects and the notion of movement we are going to take some simple and apply motion to it.  A word being drawn.  There's no big concept here, just simply a task to learn a technique.  The same is true for the exercise two.

Requirments

• Have a word or words with 5 or more letters
• Apply a progressive line animation that appears to be written.
• Use the pen tool to create a path to generate a stroke
• Apply a start and end 
• Render it and save as a quick time

Extra Credit

• Write it in proper script
• Add a background
• Add a moving background

Mrs. Ras' Tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbMX20YoNTw
https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/how-to/handwritten-title-effects.html

Exercise two: Doodling on an animation

Using the Quick time animation of your draw word lets learn to draw directly on each frame if the animation to create a doodle.

What you will need

• Your written word Quicktime animation (this. .imovis what we will actually be drawn on)
• After effects
• Your imagination​

Tutorial

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdSdOdlyoO0

Animate Doodling tutorial

Mrs Ras' doodling tutorial

Project

Inspired by a modern graphic trend, we'll be blurring the lines of drawn, and a photo, or creativity and reality.  

The Combination of drawings and photos
We’ve been witnessing a quite interesting and creative trend in graphic design which reminds us of the drawings we used to make on our notebooks in school, i.e. Doodling. Doodling has started as a fun trend in the world of illustration, but quickly became such a hit that we see it on designs all over the web.
When used in graphic design, doodling helps to achieve a more informal, personalized, handcrafted, and overall fun feeling of the composition.


The addition of drawings can be done in a few different ways,  Such as imaginative scenes or just Zentangle beautification.   

​Imaginative / Enhanced Scenes scenes

This technique is simply letting the imagination run wild, and creating drawings that enhance the concept or narrative of the photo.  Often times this can be done with humor.  An example of  is a series of photographs made by Romanian designer Christian Costin titled Combinophy, she merges analog shots of real life scenes with creative illustrations to bring a whole new story to ordinary images.

Project Assignment: Scribble effect

Using the new skills from the two exercises.  Create at least a 5 second GIF/ movie that is 80 enhanced with line work.  The line work must enhance the narrative or image. For instance the images above, you can see how the artist was somewhat comical and added mermaid tails making this ordinary picture have NEW meaning.  The lines must enhance or change the story or action of the clip.  Another example is the clip  below the skate board, board gets enhanced, but the lines, but what if when it landed the lines morphed into a splash or explosion. The meaning or subject hasn't changed, but has been enhanced.  You must draw in 80 percent of your clip. 

What you will need

• Have completed both exercises.
• A GIF or movie file (you can get this from google or record this on your phone!)
• creativity​ and imagination
• After Effects

Project Assignments Requirements 

• Must be at least a 5 second clip
• Must have 80 enhanced with scribble effect
• Lines/ scribble must enhance or change the narrative or subject of the clip.
• Lines must appear fluid, Try for smooth transitions
• Craftsmanship and work ethic