M5: CP Animation Part1 Stage1

I decided to change speeds for this project.  I have been doing a lot of work already with creating websites in other classes and at work so I wanted to try something new.  I have fallen very behind in my work because I couldn't wrap my head around a topic that felt compelling enough yet not too complex to tackle.

I took a trip with our Youth Committee a few weeks ago to the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge and Rehabilitation Center in Wilmington, NY.  We were there to get a nice glimpse of the wolves, and seeing the wolves triggered a memory of reading the importance of the wolf in our ecosystem.  I found this topic to be the best fit after so many other ideas I mapped out.

Preliminary Sketches and Concept Development

Wolf Preservation

Design Brief

Wildlife Artist of the Year 2019

 I like simple, clean lines, but I wanted to exhibit the beauty of the sea with the ocean surface visible.  Having the sea turtle as the focus and the manta ray to draw your eye to the surface I added the starfish to express the sense of floating.  The coral grounds the ocean bottom, and the silhouette of the fish to the left show the depth of the sea. 

I do like how it came together, but I had to stop working on it because the more I added, the more I took away.  I was making it worse then it was before.  I guess there is a point when you must stop and just be finished with it. 

Suggestions from family members:  

• My husband told me that having the fish that I worked on so hard was unnecessary, and I did remove them.  

• My son told me to remove the drop shadow from my turtle because it made it look like it was hovering over my picture.

• My daughter told me the lighting was off with the surface of the ocean being bright and the coral being lit up but the turtle not being shown in the same light.  I changed the light source by using a filter to enhance the light and direct it correctly.