Week 10

Project:  BEYOND SWEATT V. PAINTER
Client: Olivia Mena
Started: Nov 7, 2022
Staff guidance: Maddy
STA team members: Leilani, Carrie, and De’sha

Description/plans: Researcher, Olivia Mena, needed our help with data visualization/ presentation design for a PPT: History of Race, Science, and Segregation at the University of Texas
Completed: Nov 11, 2022

This firstly involved choosing an overall color palette/scheme. Then we reorganized/composed pictures with their respective paired bodies of text in a more visually pleasing manner. Most of the pictures were provided by Oliva in the draft PPT, but some pictures had to be sourced or edited to match the aesthetics/dimensions of the presentation. There was a combination of historical documents, photographs, and text that needed to be cropped and blocked on each slide into a cohesive narrative for Olivia to present.

From what I was told about the presentation from Maddy, (I wasn’t able to attend the meeting with Olivia herself) it sounded very interesting! I always like to hear more about the history of UT, especially if it is clearing up misinformation about the history of our school:)

Election Videos

Not much was going on this week besides working on the Olivia Mena PPT, but Mike sent out these finalized videos for the Election Day PSAs Maddy and I worked on. So cool to see how our work crosses over with the Audio team!

Week 9

Project: French Connexion

Start: Oct 21th 2022

To be Completed: N/A

Staff Guidance: Maddy

This week I was mainly working with Marianne, our developer for this new site, about how to implement the design into the real site.

Here is what it looks like right now: https://frenchconnexions.net/

I also designed another page for a new added-section:  Culture and Language.

Project: CTX Retold

Start: September 21th 2022

To be Completed: N/A

Staff Guidance: Maddy

Changes:

• Fonts: Dr. Gordon likes the CTX title in bigger title and the subtitles.
• The quote placement: No darken color on top of the image but try to find a way to ensure the readability
• Site color: The black background instead provide enough contrast or energy.

Previous Version:

New Version:

Link for prototype

Project: UTFC Green Screen

Start: Oct 31th 2022

To be Completed: Nov 2nd 2022

Staff Guidance: De’sha and Yazz

For this project, I was assigned to find pictures of fabrics and materials images from from N’Djamena, Chad or Central Africa.

7.2B Fabrics and Material-Final Version

Week 9

Project: Election Voting PSA Graphic
staff guidance: Maddy
description/plans:  I was asked to revisit the Election Voting PSA by creating a new illustration, or even adding a new color variant, to help catch the students’ attention, considering they have seen the same PSAs in the weeks leading up to early voting.

Graphic 1:

Final Graphics completed by Maddy:

Artboard Studio

This week I have been testing out a new animation software that can help STAs create complex animations without using After Effects. Artboard studio can be seen as a combination of 3 applications:

• Illustrator: creating vector shapes, pen tool, shapes, artboards, Layers
• Figma: Open workspace
• After Effects: Key frame Animation functionality

This is a free application that is web-based. It can be upgraded for more features.

Templates & Assets

This software also provides stock free assets that can be incorporated in your designs and countless templates that can be used.

Imports

In this application, you can also import different personal assets to the site:

• Videos
• Youtube videos
• Graphics (PNGs, JPGs)
• Images
• Custom Fonts

Sharing

You can also share your project. This is mainly for someone to view the project or there is an option for it to be cloned.

Mockup Examples

Here are some examples of the mockups that can be created using this application. This allows a smart object that you can edit that will be changed on the main graphic.

Main Work Station

Artboard studio allows for a huge workspace where you can create different artboards and import different assets that you can organize.

Animation Test

Currently, I am working to see if it is possible to create an After Effects quality animation in this application. This is what I enjoy about the application so far:

• Can import Youtube videos of the animations on the artboard to reduce tabs.
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• I can create my animation process screenshots and notes on the side of the work space.
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• I can organize the assets I want in the workspace and create smart object for easy edits. You can also import custom fonts for a design.
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Animation Example

Here is a current animation template to showcase the type of animations that can be created.

To start animating, you have to hit the “start animation button” and you can add key frames for different parts of the objects. Such as position, scale, rotation, etc.

Downfalls:

• Since it is a web-based application, the rendering of the videos takes awhile. It is strongly based on your internet connection.
• The pen tool is nice, but it isn’t as smooth and concise as in illustrator.
• There aren’t a lot of tutorial out on creating different animation styles in this application.

Week 8

PSY Labs Site: Imagination & Cognition Lab Banner Design

Client /Prof: Dr. Jacqueline D. Woolley
completion status: Started Oct 19, 2022
staff guidance: Valerie
description/plans: Create/design a new banner that will be placed on Dr. Woolley’s new website. She wants something related back to her research, yet whimsical and colorful.
To be completed: Oct 31, 2022

• Ashley (our point of contact with the client) asked for the number 1, exclamation point, and cat to be changed to symbols of a unicorn head, light bulb, and beaker ( or another science-related symbol). These symbols, coupled with the pre-existing ones, perfectly represent the concepts that the lab researches.

before edits:

after edits:

banner uploaded to the website:

CSMS Logo and Animation Process Documentation

For the past couple of days I have been working on creating documentation on the animation and logo process for the CSMS course. CSMS has a particular style format for all of their graphics. This document showcases the consistency and provides information on creation the animation and logo.