Levitating Sword Battle
(Sci-fi Animation)
Digital Design II
First I drew a paper drawing of a sword, then I had it scanned then copy onto a document for photoshop. Next I used tools like paint brush and eliptical marquee tool to make a sword similar to the one I drew. Then I copied the layer with the sword put it on the other side of the document like a mirror reflection. Next I painted the 2nd sword with paint brush. Then I start with the animation. To make the sword spin I used rotate transform. then I used the move tool to make the swords clash. When they clashed I erazed the part of the sword that goes behind the other. Next I make them retreat back, one just move up near the upper corner, and the other I made it spin backwards. Now I make both swords tilt a little by using skew transform (and you can't fix it back using skew). Then I made them clash again. Finally I make the retreat from the collision again, but this time the sword on the left spins faster and faster. To make the sword look like it was spinning really fast, I used multiple swords layers that were spinning in the same place to make a illusion. Finally I make the sword on the left go out of the document while the illusion was still taking place. Then I had the black sword go into the middle like it was looking for the other. Then I had the white sword come from the other side and breaks the black sword in half in slow motion. I think it could use improvement.
