Individuals of my book covers:

Typewriter Animation: Book covers

These are the books I chose from the Agatha Christie Poirot series; as 

I thought the titles would be the best to illustrate for my animation.

Book titles include: 

'Cards on the Table'

'Poirot Investigates'

'The Big 4'

'Black Coffee'

'The ABC Murders'

Inking Typewriter 2

After using ink to fill in the parts on the typewriter that I wanted to be solid black, I needed to ink over the pencil lines that outline the whole typewriter. I started out with using a 0.4mm fine liner, but the lines looked much too thin and I wanted a bolder finish.









To resolve this I used a thicker 0.6mm fine liner, which gave a much more defined and solid look to the typewriter, giving it a heaviness that I found fit very well with the look I wanted.

Inking Typewriter 1

This is one of the first frames for my typewriter animation. I was originally going to use pencil to shade in the typewriter as is shown to the left, although I didn't find this very successful as the result came out scratchy and uneven looking, which did give the typewriter a rustic feel, but it was not the result I had hoped for, I wanted a darker shade for the typewriter itself with clean lines. 

To have a cleaner and much sharper look to the typewriter I decided to use ink. I outlined the areas that I previously shaded in pencil then filled it in with black ink to give a more defined look. 

Typewriter Animation 2nd Test

This line test shows the paper entering the typewriter and the movement of the paper carrier, showing the typewriter typing and the paper moving further upwards, which 

will eventually reveal more of the book cover. I intend to repeat this process until the 

book cover is fully typed out and the paper can exit the screen and a new book cover 

can be typed.
Vimeo link to animation: https://vimeo.com/214742384

Typewriter Animation 1st test

This is a basic line test for my animation - the paper slides in from the top of the screen and
enters the typewriter through the back and into the line up for the paper, so the typewriter
is ready to type out the Agatha Christie book covers. I think this test is successful as
the movement of each frame to the next is fluid and accurate.
Vimeo link to animation: https://vimeo.com/214742318

Agatha Christie's Typewriter

A 1937 Remington typewriter used by Agatha Christie herself for many years.

I will be animating a typewriter for my character animation, as the typewriter was a huge part of Agatha Christie's working life as an author. The typewriter will type out various books from the famous Poirot series Agatha Christie became especially known for. 

Initially I designed a typewriter with a similar look to that of Agatha's, however since I have decided to animate the typewriter traditionally I decided to simplify the typewriter and reduce the keys and some of the line work. I felt this was an appropriate decision as it would be easier to trace and replicate than the first drawing.

Additionally, I think the audience will be able to relate much better with the book covers the typewriter will be typing out, as people won't really recognise the typewriter as Agatha Christie's alone. This makes the animation link in with my chosen character as the books are famous novels written by Agatha Christie herself.