I also began working on my first short animation for the Russian course. In the scene, one character enters, fans his face, and tells the other character that it is warm. The other character then puts down their phone, gets up, and opens a window. I have been utilizing tweens as much as possible to help make the process go by faster.
I began working on a trifold handout draft for the Language Research Center that corresponds with a banner that was already designed. To coordinate the trifold with the banner for this first draft, I am using the same color scheme (blue: #203b82, grey: #dadad2, and white) as well as incorporating the same artwork.
The main challenge I have encountered with this project thus far is formatting the text. Due to the large mass of text that must be included in the handout, I am still working out how to organize the document so that the sections are easy to read. This first draft–which is shown below–is a bit cramped and text-heavy, so going forward I am going to try adding more aspects to further distinguish the different sections and reformat the “EIEOL Features” section so that it is not just a bulleted list
Outside:
Inside:
Additionally, I have been helping as needed with the Theatre & Dance “Theatre Makers” project. I posed as the Director, and cutout the Stage Manager during which I learned how to cutout using masks in Photoshop; as it turns out, masks are safer to use than erasing because they operate on a black/white system (where white areas show the image and black areas hide), so the image itself stays intact.
Below is the cutout I made for the Stage Manager (featuring Valerie).
The past few days, I have been learning how to create short animations (with lots of guidance from Lauren) for the Russian course using Adobe Animate.
Here is a still from the short animation walk-through I did today.
Also, Suloni guided me through COLA ID Processing, though I was not able to complete any IDs because an error occurred regarding Qualtrics and the photos were not received. However, this allowed me to practice client correspondence as I sent emails to the grad students whose photos needed resubmitting.
Jaclyn’s Blog – 1st day as an STA!
As part of STA orientation, Suloni reviewed rules & guidelines, how to keep time, and the tools we will utilize–including Slack, Harvest, Box, UTDirect, server/volume, and Basecamp.
Also, I met 3 other Design STAs who I will be working with over the summer.
Today I clocked in, created a Basecamp avatar and a banner for my blog (which can be viewed below) using Photoshop, and learned how to input my time using Harvest and UTDirect time reports.
Basecamp Avatar
Blog Banner
I look forward to beginning projects soon!