Introduction:
This assignment was about creating a visual story with a personal narrative that showed all the experiences that I had. Eventually, I had to talk about how did I get into art and why did I choose this program. I also had to talk about my plan for the future.
Materials:
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Spark
- Behance
- Microsoft Word
- Sketchbook
Creative process:
My creative journey was about how I was interested in drawing since the very beginning. I started by drawing on a sketchbook with a pencil I tried to put emotions in every faces of myself I drew just to represent how I felt in each steps of my life. Then I scanned all my drawings and with Adobe Illustrator I traced them all by using the Image trace tool. It was easier to me to do it like that because I didn't want to redraw my pictures on Illustrator. When I did Image trace, I was making sure that we could see the lines clearly because sometimes some lines are missing. When I finished to traced them, I just had to use Adobe Spark video and start to put all my picture according to each steps of my story. At first, I didn't know how to use it but when you keep working on it, it's actually pretty easy.
Story Outline:
It was pretty easy to write about my life because I remember every details since I started to love Art. I didn't have a hard time to talk on Spark, actually, I'm pretty comfortable at talking. The only problem I had was to talk properly because I was always making mistakes or I didn't have the right tone in my voice.
I typed my story using Microsoft Word
Storyboard:
First step:
Instead of using an Ipad to do my drawings I prefer to use my sketchbook which was easy for me because I wasn't comfortable drawing on a Ipad. A drawing with a pencil crayon and a paper garanties a better work to me.
Some examples of my Illustrations
I used my sketchbook to make my drawings
Second step:
Trace the pictures on Illustrator
I just had to go to the menu "Object", click on "Image Trace", "Make" and make the lines darker by controlling the Image trace panel.
Third step:
The last step was just recording my voice to Adobe Spark, adding a picture to each slides and choosing a music that I liked.
Trying to edit the video connecting the voice and the pictures together
Final product:
Conclusion:
This assignment was actually very interesting to me. I really enjoyed creating a video by putting some drawings and using my voice. Adobe Spark is a very interesting application and I would to use it more in the future. If I get the chance to do it again or even more, I would like to explore all the different options that Spark offers and improve my ability of making better videos.
