Final Project

I have finally finished my creative project in Flash. I trialled and tested different ways of creating the button and it took a lot of perseverance. Firstly, I made the coloured squares into buttons,  then attempted to add action scripts in the button and convert it into a movie clip. That did not work, so I started again. I converted the coloured squares into buttons again and made the timeline five frames long. Every frame was for a different layer of text on the face. I deleted key frames for the different text, then made the buttons jump to and from certain frames. It was not as smooth as that, but eventually it worked. I am very happy with the final outcome it is exactly how I envisioned my final project.

Putting the project in Flash.

I have begun to place my project in Flash. I have pasted all the text and imagery on separate layers. Subsequently, I will create buttons and link it to the text.

Perfecting the final piece and preparing for flash.

I tried different text to see if that would look better, but the text has to be readable and I didn't want to confuse the viewer. So I stuck with Helvetica. The image below shows how I want the final piece to look in Flash. The user can click on the magazine titles to refine what words they used in their beauty article.

Changes to the Typographic Portrait

I needed the face to look more 3-D, so having the face as an illustration did't work. Thus, I started again by  used the original photograph. I blurred the image, increased the brightness and contrast and rubbed out certain areas of the face. I placed the image in Illustrator then lowered the opacity, so the text could be seen more clearly. I changed the colour of the text again and changed it back to 'Helvetica, regular,' then placed the text over the shadows of the face. I then drew coloured shapes over the face, behind the text, as there was too much grey.

I think I am happy with my final typographic portrait, although I may make some final changes after I have received some feedback.  Next, I will put the image into Flash and make it interactive. 

Editing Illustration

I was not satisfied with the illustration so I edited the image further by making the lines thinner and erasing some of the lines. I changed the font to 'helvetica neue' and also made it light. Additionally, I altered the colours to skin tones to make the image more realistic. I need to practise with the words to make the image more 3-D.

Adding the text.

I made final changes to my illustrative face before adding the text. I gave some colour to the lips and shaded in the eyes. Below shows the text I have added, I used four different colours to differentiate between the magazines. 

Creating the text on Illustrator

I created a new document on Illustrator for the text, so now I can copy and paste the text on to my illustration of the face. The text ranges in font size from 48 down to 14 and I selected font style 'helvetica,' as it is clear and easy to read. The bigger the words are the more frequently they were used in the beauty article. I'm not too keen on the font colour so I will adjust this later on.