Recycling test

We have currently organised a lot of our group roles, and my more recent role is sketch layers. I do have trouble doing sketch layers, as proven by this animation test. I tend to just draw a basic line of motion or basic shapes for a body. Because these symbols are quite basic shapes in themselves, I wasn't quite sure what to sketch in the first test. 

Because every recycling logo follows the same structure, I had a recycling logo in my sketch layer and followed the angles. To make it more to the Giffgaff style, I rounded off the corners and folds - also making the line weight quite thick at 30.

As you can see, once I had to stop following the triangular pattern, the mostly free handed swirl didn't work out. Though it does look like the circles are rotating in a circular motion, it is too quick.  

WWW: 

• Smooth arrow motion
• Slow enough arrows that the logo is readable
• Arrows JUST don't overlap, which took a few attempts as I made the arrow heads as equilateral triangles to be closer to the Giffgaff theme - I could have spread out the arrows but that takes away from the recognisability of the logo, so I went with a similar size to how it is every day.

EBI:

• The circles are too quick. I wrote in the script circles but I think with the length of the arrows, you would need 6 circles and it looks too busy. 
• More sketch layers - TEST
• Spread the circles out a bit - it needs to go out and then back in for exaggeration

WWW:

• Nice curve with distance that gains speed as it comes in
• Nothing collides where it shouldn't
• Fixed the arrow direction a little because it curved in which I think messed up the circles going too close together

EBI:

• The blobs should stretch when they gain speed but I think they go a bit too thin, to the point it doesn't have enough weight when they come together
• Follow the lines of the previous blob so they don't get too much thinner. 

 

WWW:

• Giffgaff style was maintained!
• More weight led to a nice blob in the centre where everything merged - gave a good bouncy texture for a QUICK phone expansion (which is good rn without storyboard/timing/ even knowing if our animation can fit)
• 60 frames of animation, 12 of held frames - 2-3 seconds of animation which could be sped easily making the arrows and the swirl quicker
• (currently mostly double frames)
• Clearly an apple phone which are very popular irl and on the site, they have a wide range - without using copyright logos - round edges suit Giffgafff theme

EBI:

• Dripping paint effect? links to the scrapbook kind of feel
• Faster version