Testing book covers on typewriter:

I was testing my book covers on the typewriter animation and I noticed that the covers would overlap on top of the typewriter itself, so I traced the bottom part of the typewriter so I could overlay it on top of the book cover. I also enjoy the small shadow effect the addition created, so I will be using it for my final animation. 

Coloured Book Covers

These are the coloured versions of my book covers ready to animate.

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