You are to design and develop a dynamic logo. You will need to come up with a name for your company first and then use Adobe Illustrator to design the logo. From there you will then take your logo into Adobe After Effects to make it move. You may wish to also add sound to your composition.  

Tasks:

1) With others in your class come up with ideas for what your gaming company could be called. Select one and share it with the class. 

2) Learn the basics of Illustrator using the tasks below, by the end of the lessons you should be able to do the following skills: 

• Draw shapes

• Change stroke and fill

• Combine shapes with the pathfinder tool

• Create freeform paths and shapes with the Paintbrush tool

• Edit paths with Direct Selection tool

• Use the Text tool

• Create cool effects with the Brush tool

• Export your image as a PNG

3) Design 3 potential logos in Illustrator, ask your friends (end-users) which one is their favourite and then select one as your final design. 

4) Learn the basics of Adobe After Effects  using the tasks below, by the end of the lessons you should be able to do the following skills: 

• Create a composition

• Animate an object along a path 

• Fade an object in and out

• Rotate an object

• Zoom

• Use text effects 

5) Import the logo you have selected into After Effects and animate it.  

Have a look at these to get inspiration for your own design!