Okay, so, let’s talk about this “coeur battant” thing. It’s French for “beating heart,” and I got this wild idea to try and make a digital one. Not like, a super realistic, medical-grade heart, but something cool and stylized. Just a fun little personal project, you know?
First, I doodled some rough sketches on paper. You know how it is, getting the general shape down, figuring out the different parts. I wasn’t aiming for anatomical accuracy, just a cool-looking heart shape. Once I had a sketch I liked, I took a picture of it and uploaded it to my computer, because who uses paper anymore, right?
Next, I opened up this graphic design software, the one that everyone is crazy about. It was a little overwhelming at first, all those buttons and menus. But I found this “pen tool” thingy. I started tracing my sketch, clicking and dragging to create these smooth, curved lines. It felt like I was drawing, but on the computer screen. Kinda neat.
After tracing the main shape, I added some inner lines to represent the chambers and valves. I kept it pretty simple, just enough to give it some depth. Then came the fun part – colors! I played around with different shades of red, pink, even a little bit of purple. I wanted it to look vibrant and, well, alive.
I wanted it to be a simple animation, so I duplicated the heart shape and make some changes on the color and position in order to make it looks like beating. I saved all the shapes in different files and imported them into this animation software. You know, the one that’s all about timelines and frames, whatever.
In the animation software, I imported all the heart layers. I had to arrange them in the right order, like putting together a puzzle. Then, I started creating the animation, setting different parameters on the timeline. I made it so the heart would expand and contract, getting bigger and smaller. I also added a subtle color shift to make it more dynamic. After a few tweaks, it actually looked like it was beating!
Finally, I exported the animation as a GIF. It wasn’t perfect, a little rough around the edges, but hey, it was my first try. And it was kind of mesmerizing to watch this little digital heart beating away on my screen.
Here’s what I did in a nutshell:
- Sketched a heart on paper.
- Traced it in a graphic design software.
- Colored it in shades of red and pink.
- Duplicated the heart shape and make some little changes.
- Imported it into an animation software.
- Animated it to look like it’s beating.
- Exported it as a GIF.
It was a fun little experiment. And you know, it got me thinking about other things I could try to animate. The possibilities are endless, really. Maybe next time I’ll tackle something even more challenging. A whole circulatory system, perhaps? Who knows!
