Animated Font Poem

With the animated font poem, I was hoping to achieve something cohesive and effective. Because I am new to the Photoshop program, I was a bit anxious when I started the animation phase of this project. As a result my animation is pretty basic, and my collage is more artistic. I caught on to photo-editing rather quickly, so I was able to go farther with my collage.

I chose to keep the layout of my font poem the same because of time constraints. It would have been difficult to map out the words in an entirely new way (that I was happy with) in a short period of time. Because my quote is by fashion icon, Coco Chanel, I chose to take images of other fashion icons I admire. People, characters, and styles that are unforgettable. Carrie Bradshaw and Audrey Hepburn are some of those featured.

Challenges I faced, besides my initial fear of animation, was laying out the collage so that the photos could be distinct while blending together. To get the desired effect, I worked with the opacity and placement of each layer. Putting one layer before another definitely had an effect. I also used the background tool to crop out parts of images I did not want.

I am most proud of the end product. I was very uncertain going into the animation/collage project and I was surprised to be happy with the outcome. I am especially happy with my collage. The images look good together. Also, the collage is reflective of my personality because I love fashion and old Hollywood.

If I had more time to complete this project, I would have experimented more with animation and color choice. I think that maybe I could have had images from the collage come in one at a time instead of altogether at the end. I also think maybe I should have chosen a different background color. All of these changes and more could have been done if I'd had more time.