E4 8) Making Adjustments 1

After talking a lot with my teacher, he gave me a lot of advice on things to change in my E4 ident. Things I didn't see when animating it, but I am glad he has told me about them. First was that my animation looked crooked/off centre. I honestly did not see this until he pointed it out, therefore I think in the end, that is why you need to get feedback from other people as they see different things.

This was simple enough for me to fix, as I used the 'corner pin' option in After Effects itself. I tried this a few times, sometimes going too much to the left, but in the end I think I got it as symmetrical as I possibly could. Looking back I can't believe how I didn't notice it in the first place. 

BEFORE alteration

AFTER alteration

He also mentioned that there was a lot of 'open space' around my animation, which I can also see. I didn't mind this aspect however I didn't mind my animation being crooked either, so I thought it was best to zoom it in a little bit, still leaving some space around the edges because I personally really liked the pink around it. This now gives more focus on the cacti and the plasticine, which in hindsight, turned out to be more effective.

I am glad I got the advice he gave to me and didn't hold back. I pushed myself in the beginning of this ident, but obviously not as much as I could have and I think this has taught me a lot.