This week, I started the HTML/CSS training (very excited about this but not a ton to add yet), continued the InDesign Part 2 training, and wrapped up the Canvasser training. I also completed a Zoom background for a US history class which you can see here!
I wanted to make a blog post, but I haven’t made one in a pretty long time, so I was going to make a blog post on both Clio and the Religiology Logo, but now I am just going to wait until I meet with Valerie and Maddy tomorrow to talk about the religiology logo.
Regarding this training, I am now wrapping up on the second part. The second part was much more focused on understanding the CSS involved in customizing your specific page. I used the CSS editor to create a picture-background, a picture-header, a Google Font, and a picture card header. I included some dark blue/green elements because I thought the old color scheme was a little boring.
Made on Photoshop using the green from the photo, filter gallery (which produced an effect that actually looks like a hard court!), and the photos. I think I am going to get rid of the pictures and try something else.
Declaring the colors that are referenced throughout the CSS sheet.
Creating the custom classes for picture card headers, also changing the font family referenced in each card.
Looked at the source code to understand how tables were set up, then adjusted the CSS code to enable a table with custom colors and the ability to show hovering. I used this table to explain “Bonus Shots” in tennis that are fun to employ.
Poonum and I have been hard at work making the InDesign Part II: Flyer Design training! I made the banner for the KB today. I’ve also been working on a training for cutting out objects in Photoshop that went on the KB on Wednesday!
I made a variety of designs for the UT Search Committee Workshop’s Canvas website, here are some of the buttons I created for it:
I (almost) finished my basic training for my CLIO website. I’m feeling pretty good about it and Thuy’s been really helpful with helping out in the details.
Here are some snapshots of it:
I just started this basic training. My theme for these flashcards is travel (on an airplane) and I’ve chosen the following pictures for them:
Here’s how the first flashcard is looking so far:
Here are three pictures from STAs that I edited the background off:
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!