Today I did one of the color correction tutorials and started on the gif tutorial as well. There haven’t been many projects coming in so it’s a good time to get some tutorials in! Hopefully the projects pick up soon though…

This was the first the draft for the new Comparative Literature banner for their website:

I took away the “Comparative Literature” and ribbon and added the different language letters/characters into the patterned line work in the background, varying them in size and color:

Since this major focuses on different literature across the world, there is great importance in the many languages they study so this banner emphasizes the languages more with a few more art nouveau accents:

This next draft is using a base composition of a stairwell photo that was provided by the client. The different language letters are still present but are instead integrated in this art nouveau stairwell composition using jewel tones:

And here is the latest banner in context:

Just finished the live trace tutorial! It’s pretty hard. I like how I got a lot of the detail on the feathers but I think the head looks a little obscured.

https://sta.laits.utexas.edu/blog/2016/10/26/18500-2/

Went through about 100 photos to choose 5 that best fit the five categories for the P2021 page

• About the Development Studio
• Audio
• Video
• Digital Instruction
• Online Course Instruction

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Original template with five sizes that the five photos needed to each be sized for.

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After taking the image and positioning it, I saved for web and devices to only save the specific slices needed. I did this for all five images for all five sizes 4 times each: color, color + tint, black and white, and bw + tint. I turned visibility of the text on and off to see which level of darkness would work best.

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The video pictures– size extra large, large, medium, small, and extra small.

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Template was changed to six pictures. Shown here are Digital Instruction and About the Development Studio in BW + tint and color + tint, respectively.

Another quick painting I did, I’m really enjoying drawing little potted plants apparently! I love working with all the colors, but I’m also learning and not trying to bite off more than I can chew.

Finished the painting tutorial today! The leaves were super difficult but it was still a lot of fun to do.