Fun Times with Cascade

Today, I did most of the Cascade editor basic training. I had a lot of fun with the fake news and event stories. It took my entire shift (4 hours today), but I had a good time making the fake site.

My First Attempt at a GIF

I cannot draw. When I have to, I’m basically flying by the seat of my pants. So of course, I was intimidated to do this “basic” training and draw not one, but about 10 frames of a short animation, especially because I don’t have a mouse, let alone a drawing tablet. But it wasn’t that bad! 8-bit art gives a lot of leeway for a lack of artistic talent.

Here’s my (very simple) GIF:

I also got an assignment for studio lecture backgrounds today. It was super cool to go through all the UT photos — I really miss campus. Here are some of my mockups:

https://sta.laits.utexas.edu/blog/2020/07/10/32511-2/

Lately I’ve been working on COLA photo ID training, and I’m pretty satisfied with the results! I also began drafts for the studio backgrounds, but I don’t think I’m ready to show them yet :~)

https://sta.laits.utexas.edu/blog/2020/07/09/32485-2/