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Week 3

(9/21)

Boat Recolor

I was asked to recolor a boat.ai and boat.gif for Maddie and Marianne. There were three suggested colors, so I just made 3 versions of the boat (options!).

Recoloring them was pretty simple, and I also learned a bit more about Adobe After Effects in the process. Recoloring in AI was simple, but AE required some more digging, but in the end it came out very clean!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(9/13 – 9/20)

Design Fundamentals: History and Styles

This past couple of weeks I’ve been working on a basic training assignment in my spare time. I learned more about different historical art movements and was tasked with designing a graphic in my preferred movement. I chose Bauhaus because I liked the geometric shapes, and I recognize it from my past Art History courses. I first followed the Youtube tutorial link so that I would know how to create Bauhaus-like shapes and text. Then, I created my own graphic based on what I learned. I made it about the upcoming album release of one of my favorite artists, 5 Seconds of Summer. Although alongside the tutorial-based poster, mine appears more minimal, I think it contains just enough elements to be identifiable as derived from Bauhaus.

 

 

 

Planning, Search, and Reasoning Under Uncertainty

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Planning, Search, and Reasoning Under Uncertainty

 

project: Planning, Search, and Reasoning Under Uncertainty
Client /Prof: Joydeep Biswas
completion status: Started September 13th
staff guidance: Maddy
STA team members: N/A
description/plans:

For this part of the project, I was instructed to create the iPad overlay and digital backdrop for this course following the blue template.

To be completed: September 23rd

MRI Animation Edits

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MRI Animation Edits:

This week, I was given feedback on the MRI animation draft. To best represent an actual flow of an MRI machine, the lines would need to be curvy and smooth in the animation. The line before had some sharp curves and slightly jagged.

Original Version:

New Version:

 

Now that I have approval on the new image still, I will be able to create the new animation draft.

Week 2

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(9/14 – 9/15)

VOTING PSA GRAPHIC

I was asked to illustrate/redraw the preexisting icons on a Voting PSA to make them look more hand-drawn. Maddy and I worked on reconfiguring the composition so that the flow of the word placement was better. We also decided to replace the icon with one that more directly referenced voting. The overall color palette and font families stayed relatively the same.

 

Layout 1 & 2

     

Hand-drawn Illustration:

1st Layout with All Elements:

 

Voting Graphic PSA 2022 (final)

     

(9/9 – 9/12)

STA AVATAR & BANNER

For STA Orientation I had to create a banner for my blog page, as well as a head-to-toe avatar of myself for the STA group photo. I used Procreate (which I am gradually getting more comfortable with) to sketch and render my avatar. I used Adobe Illustrator to create the gradient background on my banner. I also sourced the font from Fontpair.co and used it for my name, major, and graduation date. I was thinking about adding more elements, however, it ended up distracting from my name and the gradient background that I worked through much trial and error to achieve:,) I am very satisfied with the results!

MRI Animation

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MRI Animation

project: “MRI” Animation
Client /Prof: N/A
completion status: Started August 7th
staff guidance: Valerie and Kayla
STA team members: N/A
description/plans:

For this project, a professor wants an animation showing the magnetic field of an MRI machine. The final animation should be relatively simple, overlaid on top of a live action shot/photo, but some clean and simple stylistic embellishments would be nice.

To be completed: September 12th

This project had a really quick turnaround so I had to complete it in a timely fashion. I was given the image of an MRI machine and told to do a simple trim path animation.

After the first draft, I was instructed to make the lines more simultaneous and add in a glowing effect to the lines. Here is the final animation: