First off Light Graffiti sounds cooler than Light Painting so that’s what I am going to call it. I now have a DSLR camera and a nice flashlight with blue painters tape for a blue light. I will be limiting myself to blue light which is an aesthetic I like inspired by the light painting video shown in class.

I first need to create a simple main shape/character for all my work that can be easily replicated. Then I will create a collection of 9-16 images with my character in different environments. I will start off in my apartment and then move to more spots around campus. I like the idea of doing graffiti without leaving anything behind.

My hope is that I will be able to recreate my character with ease at different locations. I will be keeping the character simple much like DARIUSTWIN’s minimalist work.

I also want to create a 30-60 sec stop motion video similar to the Nyan cat video shown below where the focus is on my character moving through different environments. I would like to animate it at 24 fps and incorporate my own original music as the video soundtrack. 240 images for a 10 second video and 1440 images for a 1 minute video. You can see how it might end up being a lot of work to animate.

Rough Project Milestones:

1. Character Images (Dial in camera settings + reps drawing same character)
2. Polish Character Images (Choose best takes + maybe learn Adobe Lightroom to polish)
3. Simple Stop Motion (Animate a squiggle + learn how stop motion is done in Adobe Premiere)
4. Add Short Scenes to Final Video
5. Polish Final Video

Final Project Deliverables:

1. Light Graffiti Collage (9-16 Images)
2. Light Graffiti Stop Motion (30-60 sec Video)

Questions:

1. Any ideas for minimalist character?
2. Do you think I should create an interactive website to showcase the images and video?

Some tests so far. It is a lot harder than I thought…