REFINEMENT & IMPROVEMENT
This piece conveys the feeling of being watched and judged, reflecting the anxiety of falling behind peers in terms of life milestones. The words illustrated on the security cameras represent the emotions of viewers navigating an increasingly challenging job market amid a worsening socio-economic and political climate.
To improve the animation, I utilized the graph editor to streamline the process, allowing me to apply modifiers that mimic the blinking effect of lights and neon signs. Additionally, I used interpolated keyframes in the dope sheet for a more efficient animating process.
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Example without the pixel composite filter allows for the blinking light source on the neon sign to show better.