Saul Bass

Saul Bass or the master of the title sequence. As I am working on my heroin awareness infographic, it is very coincidental that his first title sequence was The Man with the Golden Arm.


I drew inspiration from this and continued to study Saul Bass. There is an hour long homage video dedicated to his title pieces and it is definitely worth skim through. I also stumbled upon some advice from the man himself, which is very important to designers and seemly simple.

A tutorial I found this week was that was very helpful was the way to prepare or make motion animations using Illustrator. This tutorial makes it so you can drag illustrator files in to After Effects, making it an easier process to apply effects to the movie. It is not always the best solution for motion graphics but definitely a good stepping stone and tool to learn. Illustrator is such a powerful software and when combining that with After Effects, its bound to create something worth while with the right skills. 

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Tackling Animation with Infographics

As I start to tackle my infographic project I realized how much animation is required. It may not necessarily be the most complex animation but I looked into some tools that will help. I was told the puppet tool would be very helpful for this project so I found a great tutorial for it from lyndia.com on youtube. I also found a principles of animation video that brings some theory to animation movement. These elements have been very helpful when building this infographic project.