The Wall card game- Assignment 18 (Final)

    

So for this last assignment I had to do a 4 card designs for a game called The Wall! So I kinda got inspired by two things cartoons and Yugioh, since most card games have a cartoony feel to them. So thought about having things that were different but matched in a unique way. The first card I did was the wall card and I decided to go with a cobblestone/brick wall look that would be the main walls to build. After that I felt that the object that would reinforce it would be a vine of thorns (I kinda got the idea from Sleeping Beauty...haha!) and the damage card would be dynamite since it can explode the wall and the vine of thorns too! Last was my back design which I thought it would be a crest indicating this is a modern/medieval version of the game! Otherwise I really liked designing these cards and I think I will do more in the future since this is something really cool!! I am quite proud of how the cards turned out especially the damage card it looks awesome!! Also due to some weather and power outage I was having trouble doing my blog post and getting the back card done the way I really wanted (but since I was on a time limit I am still satisfied with how it all turned out).

Art Deco Poster- Assignment 17

Art deco poster inspired by an old movie!^.^

Heya guys, ok so during this assignment I had to make an Art Deco styled poster and for me this had to be my second time! So I had several ideas for this but none of them seemed art decoish enough for the assignment. So for three whole days I struggled to get a good idea or stroke of inspiration, but that changed on Friday the 13th were I finally got an idea (that day has always been my lucky day!) that I thought would look really cool! So I decided to do the poster based off an old movie I saw when I was 5 years old and it's like a twist on Romeo and Juliet! So I watched the movie to make sure I had the look of the characters correct so that way it would come out nice! I used Illustrator to draw them up and made sure to do somethings differently to symbolize shadows or highlights. It took a while to get Prince Sirius done since I was having some technical difficulty with his hair which was giving me problems. After I drew them both I went ahead and decided to add some highlight or art deco styled lights, and with some amazing words of advice I put them on opposite sides to represent the love they have for each other! Last I took it into InDesign and put in some art deco text and then I went ahead and printed it! I have to say I love how this turned out, especially since I went through a big stump before I got this idea! I have to say that art deco is not my style of art that I like (because for some reason I can't comprehend how to do something simple...don't ask me why) but hopefully I will learn to do this with ease in the future!^.^
P.S. Thanks Brian for putting up with me!

Zoetrope- Assignment 16

Ok in this assignment I had to do a Zoetrope which I will say was really interesting and new to me, since I did not know you could do a digital one. So first I thought of an idea I would do for it and I came up with doing hearts beating and stars spinning. Now I had a few problems 1) Illustrator was not letting me expand them even though I kept clicking, but with Brian's help we found out the problem (thanks again Brian!^.^). 2) I made the artboard the wrong size so I had everything done but unfortunately it didn't work so I had to redo the whole thing. Last I had finished it and put the first design on Youtube but I found out a better way to get the hearts to beat so I redid the whole thing again and put that one up on Youtube, hence this one saying perfected version. Overall this was a pretty interesting assignment and I did have quite a lot of problems with it but in the end I got it to work! I will say I'm impressed with how the hearts turned out and I love how they are beating the way I wanted them to! Will I do this again maybe one day in the future and I may experiment more with it!

Aston Martin Inforgraphic- Assignment 15

Aston Martin DB9!!!

This assignment was one where I had to create an Infographic about anything and have facts about it that pop up when you click a button. So I had to create an image in Illustrator and then take it Indesign and make it interactive. So here's the gist I had an original idea I planned to do which many of you remember, but I realized it wasn't really appropriate for using in an portfolio (sorry to those who were looking forward to seeing my anime one; I promise I am making another one for fun which I will post my original idea on Deviantart!). So I came up with another idea which I got from my brother who loves cars and wanted me to do an Aston Martin DB9. I went in Illustrator and began drawing up an the Aston Martin and I have to say I am proud of how it turned out, especially cuz I was having trouble making it (cars are really hard to do!!!!). After that and doing some research I got the whole layout set up in InDesign and got everything set up with ease (they don't call me the Queen of InDesign for nothing!!XD). Then I exported and saw that it worked like a charm. This assignment was not hard to do at all it was really easy! I find it interesting how you can make InDesign Interactive but I think of it as more of print based, so seeing that can be interactive is unique. I like how this second idea came out and this one will be my professional one. I really love how the Aston Martin turned out it looks awesome!!!

Email Newsletter- Assignment 14

My Spud Goodman newsletter http://ddsgn220.volume11.com/rosa_newsletter/

Ok, so where do I begin on this...oh that's right we had to make an email newsletter using all of the assets we were given. So I went into Dreamweaver and began setting up the table to make the Spud Goodman newsletter. I went between Photoshop and Dreamweaver preparing the images and getting the layout design I wanted to make it look nice and different, while still using all of the images provided to me. So after a few tries where I on accidentally made a few errors in the coding but after I figured out what I did wrong I fixed it. At first I had finished it but I did not like how it looked so I went back and edited it some more so that the images were a little more in the center. Otherwise doing old-fashioned HTML coding was a little annoying but after I got into it I managed to make it look pretty nice, so then afterwards I went ahead and emailed it to Brian after I did a few test emails that I sent of this to myself. Overall I am pleased with how the layout of the newsletter turned out although I when I emailed it to myself I checked it out in both Firefox and Chrome and it looked great as for Internet Explorer it turns all black which I don't understand why.

Wordpress (scary)!!!- Assignment 13

My wordpress website

In this assignment I had to make a Wordpress website using one of the many free templates and customize to my own. So my idea was I wanted to make my website based around my stories I have created and done with some of my friends. So for the header I created it in Photoshop and I wanted it to reflect the vibe of my place called Etheria. I then created three other pages dedicated to it they are a characters, stories, and bio pages. All of the content in every page is my own stuff that I have typed up and kept in my laptop and external hard drives, and as for the pictures they are just random stuff to give the website more zing to it. It wasn't to difficult to do this assignment since during he time frame that I worked for the Pioneer I was taught by my online manager on how to use Wordpress and I have to admit it came in handy. Otherwise I really liked how this website turned out and I think I might add more to it in the future and make it a home to my Original stories and who knows pave the way to my future endeavors. Oh and here is the link to go ahead and check out my cool website!

SLAM Artcover Designs- Assignment 11

SLAM Artcover 1

SLAM Artcover 2

Folio design 1

Folio design 2

For this assignment I had to create two SLAM artcovers and folios for a possibility that it will be the new SLAM cover. I was having some issues with this assignment because I couldn't think of any good ideas for a good art cover. So after a few days of pondering ideas I finally came up with two amazing ideas! So for the first cover I decided to go with a typographic cat that I had created using a picture of my cat to make it. I edited it and did some fixing with it and found a nice font that matched with the other fonts that were being used in it. As for the background since all of the text were in many different colors I found a color that wasn't to bright and clashed with the other unique colors. I then made a folio for it which is a cat paw print to match the feel and take of the design. I will admit the first one is not really my fave.

The next design happened to be one that I actually thought of first. I decided I wanted to make a photostrip showing off mixed media designs and styles of art both digital and non. So I picked out the best designs that I felt most worthy and put them into several different photostrips. After I exported each one out separately I then started play around with the layout, design, and flow of the photostrips till I got the design I really wanted. After I was satisfied with the layout and look of the photostrip I felt that it still needed some depth and shadows to make it more realistic/believable. Then I later came up with a gradient that meshed really well with all of the many different colors and didn't deter from the rest of the art. Lastly, I found a font that was fun and artsy that matched and tied the whole thing together. The folio design for this one is a film strip as to match the theme of the photostrip too! Otherwise I will say the second design has to be my favorite and I like it more than the first idea I did. Other than that I really enjoyed doing this and I am happy with how it turned out so far!

P.S. My internet and laptop are being wonky so I am having trouble uploading my folio designs onto here. So I will keep trying if all else fails I will try and get them up tomorrow!:)

Web-slicing- Assignment 12

My sliced  up webpage!

In this assignment I had to make a webpage by designing the page first in Photoshop. I got an idea about reusing some work I created for a past assignment and make it into a webpage. So I went and used a logo I created for another one of my many fake websites and I played around with the layout. I found that I really wanted the girl to be the main graphic as it shows off the website. So I just then make a header that was the title and then added the links and content space. I then sliced it up in Photoshop and exported each one to where it was web-friendly. Afterwards I loaded up Dreamweaver and just began making the Div's and putting the website back together just like a puzzle! I have to admit it looks really nice I might add more to it later but i'm not really sure! Otherwise I have to admit that I have grown to like Dreamweaver and it is really easy to setup a nice webpage, although I don't really like using this method to put the webpage together, sorry.

Crazy Shape Animation- Assignment 10

For this assignment I had to animate tons of shapes using After Effects and for this one I decided to do something a little organized. I thought about trying out all of the different types of animation styles and use them with specific shapes that would turn out to be cool or even pop too! So I did about 6-8 (I think...I kinda lost track after awhile) shapes and I animated each one separately or even together and used different methods to make them all appear/disappear. After I finished animating them I rendered it out (the file was 10GBs big!!!) and took it to Premiere Pro. I later found some nice royalty free music that sounded awesome, but there was parts of it that I liked and others not so much so I went ahead and began editing it and got a really cool sound out of it! I have to say I love After Effects it has a lot of amazing things you can do with it and I would like to learn more! Otherwise I felt really good when I did this assignment and I quite pleased with how it turned out especially the audio!

Thematic Text (Fur for you and me)- Assignment 9

Before

After

In this assignment I had to create thematic text (I hope I spelled it right!) using any kind of texture we desired. I thought it would be cool to do fur so I took a picture of my cat's fur and used it as the texture for the word fur. I used photoshop and made the text then I took the best photo and masked it for each separate letter. I used a nice soft brush to fix the mask and give it the feel of it being fur and after that I just went ahead and animated it in Edge Animate. To be honest this assignment was really easy and it only took me a few minutes to make it. Otherwise I had fun doing it and I love how the fur turned out it looks cool!

Anime Painting of me!!- Assignment 8

An Anime version of myself!^.^

So for this assignment I had to do some digital paint/drawing in either Photoshop or Illustrator using a wacom tablet. I really wanted to do an anime drawing and I decided to make an anime version of myself! I experimented with many different brushes in Photoshop to get the feel and look that I was going for with it. I was having a bit of trouble with it since I shake so much and my the tablet kept following the movements of my hand. There were some mistakes and errors that I made but I fixed them up! Just for this picture I ended up with a lot of layers for each separate piece. I had a lot of fun doing this assignment and I really love how this picture turned out it has to be my favorite thing I have ever created!!

Website Gallery!!- Assignment 7

A screenshot of my web gallery I took with my laptop!

In this assignment I wanted to utilize this gallery to show off a few random different pieces of art and photos that I took/created. I created this website using some of the past websites I created for the DDSGN 150 website class and combined it with the Galleria template. It took me two tries to get it to work right but in the end it turned out nice. I utilized some of my skills to make real/fake web links to give it more of a real feel to it, and as for the content section I typed up everything in Dreamweaver. I enjoyed doing something that refreshed my mind on how to create a website in Dreamweaver, although I like the web gallery from 150 more since it had more you could do with it. The one thing that annoyed me is how Dreamweaver CC 2014's interface is so confusing!! I used Dreamweaver CC last quarter and suddenly 2014 appears! It took me a good 15 minutes to change Dreamweaver's interface to that of how Dreamweaver CC was, and I was then able to work with no problems. Here is the link to go check out my web gallery!!^.^

3D Pop-up Art showcase- Assignment 6

So for this assignment I wanted to show off the artwork that I have done over the time frame of being in the Digital Design program. I will admit some of these are not my best but I didn't have the full storage unit with me to put the best ones in. This project took a while due to the fact that the shadows and lights were giving me a bit of trouble, especially since some of them were being blurred or blinded due to the lighting. I used five lights total to light up the span of the ground and field, and then I turned on all of the shadows for the lights and the pictures. I felt that it was incomplete so I decided to put a sky background that would help make the pictures pop and at the same time tie them all in nicely. The file rendered for over 18 minutes and the size of the file was 8GBs. After Premiere Pro took it's time to open I put the file in and added some music that I felt would fit and to me it was Techno music, cuz I love techno! I really did enjoy doing this one and I think if I ever do it again I might do something more interesting and spice things up a bit! Otherwise I didn't have to much trouble with this assignment at all it was relatively easy.

Fonts Pt. 2 Lower case- Assignment 5

This is the font sheet with both lower case and capital letters!

This assignment is the continuation of assignment 4, but this time I had to create the lower case letters, numbers 0-9, and a few characters. I used the same brush that I used for the capitals, and made sure to keep everything the same as much as possible! I have to say this second part was really hard since the lower case letters were not easy to draw and it did not help that I kept shaking so much while I was drawing. As for the numbers I have to admit with the brush I was using it was making it a bit difficult to draw them, but I found a way to get it to work after a few failed attempts. Lastly, I was trying to draw the characters and the comma was a struggle to draw since I could not draw a comma to save my life! Also, my fonts keep turning weird in Font Creator, but I did my best to make it look nice! I will say this was fun to learn but I don't think I will be doing this again anytime soon.

Fonts Pt. 1 Capitals- Assignment 4

My elegant capital font I designed!

So in this assignment I had to create my own font, well I got an idea and I really wanted a fancy and elegant font that was unique. I found some Illustrator brushes and began drawing every letter by hand on my drawing tablet, which I rarely use. It was a long process due to the fact that all the the letters had to be preserved, put into a font sheet, and then uploaded into Font Creator. I had an especially hard time drawing the letters O, Q, and U they would come out so funky and I didn't like it at all, but I finally got a look that I liked the most. Otherwise I think this was interesting since I now know what it's like to make font by hand and I will say I'm not sure if I would do this again.

Vinyl Design- Assignment 3

A selfie of me and my vinyl design!

This is my vinyl design or sticker design I created of my fave Japanese Vocaloid characters. In this assignment I found out we had to have three colors, but when I saw all the different colored vinyl I got a stroke of inspiration and decided to make each character and have them cut to the color that represented them all. Also I chose black for the background since it ties in all of the colors perfectly, as for the text 'My World' it just represents that anime is my life, and that it is also where I get most of my creative inspiration for my projects.

So this assignment took me a while due to the fact that I had to draw each and every character individually and make sure they were all on separate layers. After that I converted it to a lower version of Illustrator and I then put them each separately into the sticker program to be cut. I have to admit the cutting was difficult and easy, and the reasons are 1) it cuts quickly and you don't have to wait to long to get the others started afterwards, 2) Even though they got cut the machine was not properly calibrated so it cut some of them a little sloppy and I had to take a small exacto knife and clean them up, and 3) Lastly, there were a bit of technical errors so I had to redo a lot of things to make the process easier. Otherwise, when I stuck them on it was quite magical how I had to use masking tape to help transfer over the stickers to the main background, which I did get some help with doing that! Though this has to be my favorite project so far, especially since I plan to make more stickers in the future!!

Draw-in Effects (Assignment 1)

In this first assignment I was trying to capture the essence of how Kaito is by finding brushes that were of more glitz and glam to match his style. I placed the patterns in a fun way with various colors that didn't clash to much with the background or were not visible. In Flash I took my time to make sure that each piece was done so that way when it animated it looked more natural and fun. As for After Effects I added a bit more contrast to the video to kind of make Kaito stand out more since the picture was so faded. One thing that I was having trouble with is my video cut off to quick instead of staying for a bit longer, but I noticed this a little to late and was not able to reedit it.

My First Post!!

My 3D Box art that I created in Illustrator!

Hi my name is Rosa and I am currently getting my degree in Digital Design at Pierce College Fort Steilacoom. I will soon be graduating from Digital Design at the end of Spring Quarter and I plan to use my skills to get various jobs in Graphic's Design. My dream is I want to be a video game designer and work for Square Enix or Nintendo, but my other idea is to work in the anime business as a Manga Editor. I also like to play video games, watch anime, read manga, and draw, but only during my free time when I'm at home or not working on projects for my classes.