visual communication: FINAL GIFS

I balanced some of the image out. Laika's head now covers interior posts instead of them being conflicting objects. The shadow on the chair has been moved to avoid being confused with the paw and its shadow. 

I would have liked to have changed the background to create the illusion of more movement, but didn't plan my time well enough to do this. I would have tried using planes of motion and more moving objects. 

However, in this gif's simplicity I think there is a sense of calmness, and I like that, even if it wasn't something I had planned. Although the background is busy, there is a contrast in the slow moving and fairly still interior and because of the viewpoint the viewer may feel like they are there inside the ship too, watching the stars.

I tried adding a wink to the leaf rotation, but it looks more like an eye twitch! A wink is a different movement to a single eye blink it seems. I think there would have to be more movement in the facial features and not just the eyes.

It is a simple animation but I am pleased with the smoothness of the cycle. It was more complicated to make than I first imagined, With this gif I just aimed to make a silly and daft animation that would hopefully make someone smile, and I think I achieved this!

This is the most complex of my animations but I do not think it is the best of the series by any means! I enjoyed working with a more complex animation and am glad to have practiced these skills but I think I sacrificed good image making by concentrating too much on the animation. 

The animation itself is a little rough and wobbly, but I think in a way it adds charm. But there is something about the composition that bothers me. It's very central and flat on and looks boring as a result I think. I would have liked to have explored more angles, for example rotating the sun or moving the camera around the eye. It's not an excuse, but I do suppose that gifs are meant to be quite simple sequences. If I had done more rotation angles I may have had to cut down on the sequence in other ways.