Final Flyer

Final Flyer Design

Landscape Animation

Day 1

Day 2

In this project we worked in Adobe Flash in order to create a landscape animation. Our animations were to be at least seven seconds long and had to contain at least two animations/tweens. For my animation I chose to do a garden, featuring bushes with flowers, a bee, clouds, and a tree. The wings of the bee were made a movie clip so that throughout the animation they would flap. As the animation goes along, the clouds move across the sky and it appears as if you're walking through the garden, walking past the tree and to the different flowers. All of the objects in my animation were created using basic shapes and lines. The flowers consisted of circles and the tree's leaves were also made of circles. There is repetition in the flower shapes but variation in their color and size. I tried creating harmony in the piece by using similar elements, ones specific to the outdoors.

Website

Home Page

About

Beauty

Blog

Gallery

In this project we were to create a website that contained at least five pages. Using Photoshop/Illustrator and Macromedia Dreamweaver, we were to make a functioning website of our choosing. I made a personal website for myself, with a penguin/arctic theme. To create a harmony and unity, I chose to stick with a specific theme and color theme. The homepage shows an igloo and the banner on each of the pages has a picture of ice in the antarctic. On each of the pages there is a little penguin, Howard. Majority of the elements of my website were created from scratch using lines and shape. My final product ended up being a combination of two of my sketches. The igloo section on the homepage was the original website homepage. The banner and navigation bar was added later one.

Web design: Home page



Sketch - Portrait

Sketch - Landscape

Day 3

Final Design

Final Design:  Edited


For our Web Design project were to use Adobe Photoshop/Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia Dreamweaver to create webpages. In this part of the project, we focused on creating a static web page. We had to come up with a subject that our websites were going to be about as well a concept for to portray it. Things such as color and font choices were important to take into consideration. Different colors represented different things. A variety of colors and fonts could confuse people and make a page cluttered. My website is a personal one to display my different artwork, makeup looks, and even cooking/baking dishes. Since my nickname is Penguin, I decided to have an igloo on my home page. The igloo was made using the 3D Revolve tool in a light ice blue color. I made the different lines in a brick pattern then Art Mapped it onto the basic igloo shape. On the blocks of "ice" that made the entrance to the igloo had the different links on the blog. The entrance itself was made using the Extrude and Bevel tool. The bright purple door brought attention to the center of the page since it contrasted with the icy blues and gays. The sign on the door had the name of my website, Penguin Paradise, and had a quick bit on what my website was about. There is unity in the piece because I kept the winter/snowy theme constant. My final design accurately represents my sketch in that it included many of the details that I drew in, such as the sign on the door and the bricks. The words on the sign were the only unstable thing since I couldn't make up my mind on what it should say.

Kony 2012

Flyer

Poster

Sticker Sheet

For this project we were to create a promo pack for the KONY 2012 movement. We needed to create  poster, flyer, and sticker design using Adobe Illustrator CS3. To create the different elements of the promo pack we had to research the cause and the organizations that support the movement. The color scheme was consistent in all three projects and were the same ones used in the main campaign. My flyer included outlines of children with "There are invisible children... make them seen." My poster contained a picture of Kony himself with a few statements to get people to become informed. "Know his name. Know his face. Know his crimes." The background has a gradient from a brighter red to a darker one. The stickers were circles using the words as the other lines to create a peace sign. Since it is a sheet of stickers, each row uses the same colors but in a variety of ways.

CPSheet

Day 2 - Final Design

Day 1

For this two day project we were to create a Character Profile Sheet about the character we created in the previous project. We were to include details about our character such as physical features and personality traits. For my Profile sheet I used a gradient of a pinkish brown color as the background. Then to include something about her interest in sewing, I used a thread and needle to separate the information from the other elements. "Alva Jo" is shown in three different perspectives, from the front, the profile, and in an action pose. I created spools of thread in various lengths and colors and placed them around one of the views.

myCHARACTER

Day 2

Day 1 - Sketch

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5 (edited)

For this project we were to come up with an original character and bring them to life using Adobe Illustrator CS3. We had to come up with the concept and details to our characters. Then from our sketches we were to translate it to the computer. My character is a rag doll, but one that is from a dark toy store. Her dress is in a somewhat lolita style with patches sewn on. There are stitch marks on her head as well as her leg. Her hair is colored with two shades of turquoise and her eyes are an olive green color. Using lines of different stroke weight, I made the smaller details such as for the stitching and for larger ones like making the eyes. The most dominant feature would her head and her eyes, which are larger in proportion to her body. I tried to balance the details on her body. The stitches on her head are on her right side and the ones on her legs are on the left. Overall, my final design accurately represents my sketch in that I included most of the original details. One thing I changed was in the action pose. Instead of having both legs on the ground or one being kicked back like I attempted, part of it was detached.

OH Scape

Sketch

Day 2

Day 1

Day 3

Day 4

Final Design

In this project we were to recreate an area within the school using our sketches as our only references. We took two class periods to sketch out the area of our choosing, getting as much details as we could. From there we were to recreate the scenes in Adobe Illustrator CS3. I chose to do an area that led into one of the courtyards. This spot was around the stairway right before you entire the business hall. With the repeating lines, I was able to create a brick pattern that created one of my walls and part of the other. The Extrude and Bevel effect was used to create different support beams and the Revolve effect helped create the smaller details on the door. Gradients also helped create a more realistic effect in the window and part of the wall. Almost each aspect of my project contains a texture similar to the real thing. The different brush strokes helped to create texture and add to the realism as well. Using a variety of beige shades I tried to mimic the actual colors of the floor, doors, and wall. Staying true to the area, I added little dents and scuff marks to the door as well as the window using lines and playing around with their transparencies. My final product is an accurate representation of my sketch in that I was able to recreate almost all the details I drew in, especially in the doors.

Doodle 4 Google

Day 5

Day 1 

Sketch

Day 2

Day 4

Day 3

For this project we were to recreate the Google's homepage logo with the theme of "If I could travel in time, I'd visit..." Computer drawing/design software was one of the mediums we could use to create our doodle so we used Adobe Illustrator CS3. The time I chose was around 1300 C.E., during the time of one of my favorite civilizations:  The Aztecs. I incorporated many things from their culture into my doodle. The capital G was a headdress with feathers, the first o was a symbol for flower, and the second o and g were the ball and hoop of the Aztec ball game. Maize, or corn, was one of their staple crops so the l was made into an ear of corn. Then the e was a jaguar as portrayed in their art, the wild cat being a symbol of strength and power. In the background there is a temple and a sun peeking out from behind it. I used gradients in both the ear of corn and the sun to given them dimension. Lines were used to create all of the objects, especially the pyramid to show the many blocks of stone that would've been used to make the real thing. There is unity between all these objects in that they all relate back to the time and place in which I planned. My final design is a bit changed from my sketch. I changed a few items such as the human heart for the symbol and the corn in place of the weapon.

mySelf

Day 1 - Sketch

Day 2

Day 3

Day 5 - Final Design

Day 4

In this project we were to create a self illustration using different objects that reflect our interests and personality. Just as with the previous self illustration project, we were to work in Adobe Illustrator CS3. My design included me with curly hair; vines, a strand of rosary beads, as well as makeup brushes serving as different strands of hair. The nail polish brush and different bands of color are straps of a top. My nose is made up of feathers and my mouth is a cupcake. The eyes feature one with a pokeball, the other with  the sign of Gemini,  Sneasel feathers for eyelashes, and penguin footprints for eyebrows. By making the different facial features proportional in size I hoped to make it more realistic. Using gradients allowed me to create a three dimensional effect. The variety of colors used are from my love of color and lines were used to create the different objects. My final product resembles my sketch. Only a few details were changed such as the placement of vines, the use of the feathers as the left shoulder straps.

Experiment Day

Product Sheet

Day 1 - Sketch

Day 2

Day 3

Day 1 - Sketch

Day 2 

Day 3

Final Design

In this project we were to use Adobe Illustrator CS3 to create a 3D rendering of a product we have invented. We were to use our knowledge of 3D effects such as Revolve and Extrude & Bevel. The art mapping option enabled us to map a 2D design to the surface of a 3D object. My product was inspired by an invention in a movie. It is a mask that can do a full face of makeup with just the push of a few buttons. The mask is intended to cover the whole face, with a screen being visible once on. The shape of the mask was to mimic the shape of a real person's face, with the features of the face on the front. I made the size of the facial features proportional and similar to a real face. The gradation created by using the 3D effect made the mask look more realistic. My sketch was much simpler than my final product. The details were thought of but added onto the project as I worked on it.