Study Tips Video is done!

After some intense couple of weeks, I am very satisfied with what my team accomplished with the Study Tips video. All animated objects were created as independent, unique assets in Photoshop files that were then imported into After Effects. I was mostly involved in the scenes that show a laptop, a calendar, a whiteboard, and some pamphlets. Below are some clips of these scenes:

Here are also some clips of the After Effects interface, while working on the video editing:

ISPRII Logo Update

I’ve also been working on some more versions of the logo and wordmark for ISPRII, using two different fonts and working with the hierarchy of the phrases of the name of the organization to create a cohesive look.

Catching Up and A Winter Break Conclusion

Hello 🙂 Again, it has been a while, but I’m happy to say that classes started yesterday- I’m excited to be back in Austin. There aren’t many projects that I can update on, as I didn’t leave much unfinished before the break. I have however gotten back to my PSD painting training assignment, which I had put to the side over winter break to prioritize the Study Tips and Wellness project.

Fig Painting in Photoshop

And of course, Study and Wellness! Now that winter break is over, this project has been concluded and I’m so happy with what I was able to accomplish with the dream team (of Athena, Miguel, and Poonum). My last post here was the still assets of the lofi hookem scene. But now even better, here are the animated videos 🙂

sadly the files are too large to upload, so instead here are images that link to the mp4 files

Reflections

It’s a new year which means new projects in my future. Reflecting back on 2020, I’ve grown so much, especially in my experience in design. And I’m so grateful for the community I have met through LAITS and the STA program. My goals for the year are to update more so I have more to look back on, and to get out of my comfort zone. And this winter break project was a great headstart in that. Working in Photoshop for illustration was familiar and let me get into detailed work with ease. However, taking to animation on After Effects was a new, fresh and challenging experience. I’m so happy 🙂

This week I picked back up on a logo training I was working on before winter break in Illustrator. I wanted to create something I could use on my food blog (shameless plug chefpnut.com). I started our with a simple chef’s hat design:

Angie noted that having the wordmark within the logo would impede my ability to scale the design smaller and larger. She also pointed out that because my design is very line-based, color options were limited. I adjusted accordingly, making the utensils larger to create spaces for color blocks, and moving the wordmark below the logo. I also changed the font because new year new me. Here are the three vaiations of the logos: one black and white, one full logo, and one with initials for the wordmark.

I then positioned these logos onto some merchandise, and positioned those mockups onto a webpage:

This training was pretty fun! Logo creation requires more attention to detail than I thought, as you really need to make sure the design is adjustable for products of varying sizes and shapes. I sometimes feel like I’m in a rut with the way I tackle creative design projects, but maybe this is just my style? I really love line work and creating line work, and I always steer towards primary color blocks. Some self-reflection is in order, me thinks. I’m hoping to rebrand my cooking blog soon so once that’s done I’ll post an update here of the logo ~in action~ hehe

PSD Cutout

This training was a little different because it focuses on making sure you are able to get fuzz, blurred, and complex edges when you are trying to isolate the object from its background. I picked photos with different levels of difficulty and tried different methods of isolating the object.