Today I began studio course graphic training and did some IDs, as well as met with the Assistant Director of British Studies’ site to discuss proposed changes to their site.
Here’s an example of the IDs and the draft for the studio graphic training:
The ID was good quality so it didn’t require much editing, the only change I made was add some noise to her face as the filter she seemed to be using looks a little heavy-handed.
I feel like I’ve spent a decade working on this teapot but it’s definitely paid off!! I’ve never considered myself skilled in fine arts. I can put graphics together and can kind of trace things, but paintings always been lost on me. Getting step-by-step feedback from Abriella for this assignment was sooooo helpful and I feel like the hard work really paid off. I understand shadowing and highlights so much better now. Luckily, because of how many times I resubmit photos of this teapot, I’ve documented the whole process:
First, I drew out the background shading:
Then I added in some highlights (pretty harsh ones now that I’m looking back):
Adding in the spout gave me some kind of highlighting/shadowing clarity:
From here, the other elements of shading made more sense. I now knew how to delicately add in bits of dark and light to create depth without having harsh lines. Final product:
Next week I’ll work on creating my OWN painting, which I’m sure will be an entirely new challenge, but I’m looking forward to it!
I use Live Trace a lot at the Daily Texan to vectorized stock icons for infographics, but I rarely use it for photos, so this training was neat to do. I have a Macbook Air, though, so every time I tried to copy the AI vector into Photoshop, my computer got hot and froze up. It seemed to work with just one vector layer instead of multiple, though.
I had so much fun editing these photos. It was pure happiness when I saw my edited photos on the actual website. Even though I faced a few challenges on the way, I was glad to overcome them. I can’t wait to have the opportunity to work on some more.
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The grind never stops, so Dean Iverson also requested some extra Canvas buttons and a homepage banner!
After a few days of trial and error in After Effects, I finally got the hang of basic animation! I couldn’t have done it without some help, though. Angie drew me the scuba diver and Quinn found the old coral reef animation for the background! Here’s the final cut: