Website Development
The Secret Language of Cats
Project Type
Overview
This project was inspired by data I collected over two weeks on the behavior of my tabby cat Mia and my ragdoll cat Bianca. After this data was collected I researched the behaviors my cats most often displayed to uncover the meaning behind these actions. By viewing the behaviors through an animation, the site would hopefully help new cat owners understand why their cat may be acting a certain way.
Research and Development
The original research took place over a week of time in which I listed the behaviors I noticed and which cat engaged in these. I then developed sketches for a website layout and early drawings of animations.

Animation Process
The site has a total of nine cat behaviors and animations. These animation were first hand sketched, then brought into Adobe Illustrator to make them vectors. Once the vectors were complete the animation was done in Adobe After Effects as a video and finally converted to a GIF file in Adobe Photoshop.


Final Site
The final site features all created animations, all research conducted and a page with research sources.