Information Design: Final Project

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2.2.2026 - 23.3.2026 / Week 1 -Week 8

Dave Christian Moniaga / 0385630

Interactive Design / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media

Information Design: Final Project

Lectures
Instructions
Project 3
Feedback
Reflection

Instructions

Project 3

Continuing from Project 1 where we made an instructable infographic from the Youtube channel Pasta Grannies, we are now tasked to turn that infographic into an animated instruction.

Our group decided to use the infographic that I have made. My infographic details the instruction on how to make "Easy Ricotta ravioli with tomato sauce!".

Fig 1.1 Final outcome of my Project 1 Infographic

Taking inspiration from some of the examples shown in class, we both agreed to create two storyboards from the same recipe separately and then follow up by seeing which one works or if we need to take parts from each other's storyboard. This was the storyboard I made:

Fig 1.2 The storyboard for our recipe instruction made by myself

We have divided the workload into ten parts of the storyboard between each of us:

Dave: Step 7 - 16
Khalif: Step 1-6 & Step 17-20

As part of the necessary steps in our work, we are also tasked to create an animatic before continuing into the actual animation. Since dividing the animatic would just add more trouble, I decided to make it myself especially since the storyboard chosen was mine.

Fig 1.3 Animatic storyboard for the animated infographic

The feedback we got from the storyboard was that we should also give appropriate space for text instructions. We should also try to keep it near the 1 minute mark

Following that, I proceeded to make the vector graphics for my part of the work in Illustrator. As I had previously made them for my Project 1, I mostly reused them with slight tweaking and adjustments.

Fig 1.4 Ravioli vector graphics in Adobe Illustrator

I then imported the Illustrator file into After Effects. Since I technically have to wait for Khalif's part first before working on the filling, I chose to focus on the dough instead.

Before continuing, I had to turn some of the layers into shapes first. This way, not only can I edit each shape in a layer individually, but I can also change their paths and place them on keyframes.

Fig 1.5 Turning vector layers into shapes

For example, I can adjust the position and rotation for each egg yolk separately as the eggs hit the flour. Something that was unable to be done in an Illustrator vector layer.

Fig 1.6 Egg yolk shape layer with separated yolk and keyframes

At first we decided on using Scrapbook Sans as our main font, which our lecturer approved. Though, at the same time, he also advised us to find a font that has lowercase letters to make the instruction text more legible and less boring.

So, we change our font into Sincopa. It has the same overall vibe from our previous choice but with lowercase letters and different font weights.

Fig 1.7 Sincopa font preview

Fig 1.8 Difference between Scrapbooker Sans (left) and Sincopa (right)

I also utilized a morphing animation by using a gaussian blur and levels effect onto an adjustment layer. This effect can be seen in the steps for creating a well in the flour and kneading the dough.

Fig 1.9 Morph animation using gaussian blur and levels

Referencing from the animatic, I made the dough shape also move alongside the roller as it flattens the dough. This was done by adjusting the vector paths and placing keyframe at the same place as the roller's position.

Fig 1.10 Dough vector keyframes and roller position matched together

Something that needs to be noted down is turning on the options for Motion Blur and Continuously Rasterize. I used motion blur sparingly, only on items that I think need to have or are moving fast. The other option is something that I must turn on to make sure vector shapes continue to rasterize and be sharp instead of blurry.

Fig 1.11 Continuously Rasterize and Motion Blur in layer switches

For the filling, I made it appear slowly using a mask as the fork passes by. To make the effect much more believable, I parented another filling on top of the fork that gets smaller as it "lays down" the filling.

Fig 1.12 Laying down the filling onto the dough using mask, scale, and rotation

Another complicated effect that I did was flipping the dough to cover the filling. There were multiple failed attempts by trying to use the 3D Layer, Page Turn, etc. In the end, I just simply made it by cutting the dough in half and flipping the other half by adjusting the vector paths.

Fig 1.13 The pasta flipping effect created by adjusting vector paths and opacity levels for the shadow

I also placed the shadow layer below the dough that flips up so the colors don't mix, making the flipping effect more noticeable.

As there were a few things I didn't account for when creating the vectors, I had to go back to Illustrator to create them. Some of these include the cutting lines of the ravioli. To make it easier, I created the cuts using the Zig Zag effect.

Fig 1.14 Using the zig zag effect in Illustrator to create the ravioli cuts

After importing the zig zag lines, I made them appear in tandem using 4 different masks as the dough cutter passes by. The reason I didn't use trim paths was because I needed them to match exactly the shape of the cuts later on as each piece separates.

Fig 1.15 The cutting lines appear by using mask shapes

As Khalif's part required him to also animate the separation of the ravioli and the boiling part, we forgot that the visuals have to come from the one I designed. So I ended up replacing his vector design in place of mine for continuity sake.

Fig 1.16 Ravioli separation using Khalif's illustration (left) and using mine (right)

After finishing the dough instruction of my work, I move on the filling instruction that was delegated to me. I placed the necessary vector, such as the egg and the parsley.

Fig 1.17 The use of anchor points to adjust curve of position keyframes

Other than moving the eggshell using null objects, I also adjusted the egg liquid so that it changes shape as it spills out of the eggshells. The egg yolk is also parented to the egg white to make sure they don't move around.

Fig 1.18 Egg liquid changes shape when falling using vector paths

For the parsley, I grouped up several of the pieces together into 4 groups, then positioned them to rotate and spread around as the whole parsley piece gets thrown into the filling. This way, it looks less static and more natural.

Fig 1.19 Parsley shape grouping and keyframes

I also made the mashed ricotta cheese that Khalif change shape by combining the morph effect and adjusting the vector paths. This should create a smooth transition as the filling mixture builds up.

Fig 1.20 Filling mixture transition morph

This concludes my part of the animation. I have attached the short video without audio of my contribution:

Fig 1.21 Animatic Infographic Dave's Part

Just like in the animatic, the song that we chose for our project is called Tour Rome Avanti from Mario Kart 8. As the song loops at around 48 seconds and the animatic was a bit too long, I had to adjust and cut the song appropriately to match our animation duration.

Fig 1.22 Adjusting the song to match the duration of the animation

Finally, as I make the final adjustments, I exported the file and uploaded to Youtube as linked below,

Fig 1.23 Final Animated infographic Video - Youtube

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