4 Page WordPress Site

Created this site using WordPress. Had to create a four page site, so I threw in alot of my artwork from the last year. You can check it out here.

Thoughts: Turned out pretty good, except that I don't like how the header jumps around when switching from one page to another. I had them all different at one point, but they jumped around even more, so I made the header the same throughout, but still jumpy. Hmmm....

Lesson Learned: I learned the basics of a free wordpress site. Learned how to make pages and import in videos.

On the plus side, I got a little intro to my internship site, and making the navigation bar is so much easier in WordPress compared to Dreamweaver. I still prefer Dreamweaver tho.

Hyperlapse Animation

Attempted to create a Hyperlapse Animation by taking over 200 photos and pulling them into After Effects and playing around with the warp stabilizer, I then brought them into premiere pro to add in some titles and music.

Thoughts:  So not excited about the outcome, I tried for hours to get them to stabilize and stuff, but I'm thinking my pics were just crap. I shouldn't take pics in the rain. I don't understand this type of animation, when one could just record a movie..... 

Lesson Learned:  I did learn about the warp stabilizer and played around with coloring of video and stuff I haven't noticed before. I learned this type of animation is not for me.

On the plus side, I'm done and got this turned in on time!

2D Zeotrope Animation

Created this ANIMATION using Illustrator, After Effects, and Premiere Pro. Had to cut out a bunch of slats in Illustrator, then pull those images into After Effects to ANIMATE, then into Premiere Pro to put in some sound effects.

Thoughts:  I don't know about anyone else but this type of art hurts my eyes to watch, let alone stare at and animate it. I wish I could have been a little more creative with this piece but my eyes hurt . . .

Lesson Learned:  I learned about actions in Illustrator that helps make this process a little quicker.

On the plus side, I don't have to stare at little slats of black and white anymore!

The Wall Card Game

Created these cards using various techniques, recently learned in  Illustrator and Photoshop. We had to create a Wall card, Damage card, Reinforcement card and a Card Back Design.

Card Back

Wall Card

Reinforcement Card 

Damage Card

Lesson Learned:  READ the assignment first, I keep reminding myself this almost every post, but continue to fail on that department! Had a scheme going and designed a bunch of lego-like designs, then read they had to be earth materials.

On the up side, I now have some lego designs I could play around with!

Shape Layer Animation

Started this ANIMATION in After Affects using only shape layers, played around with some of the add-ins to create my vector shapes, afterwards I pulled the videos into Premiere Pro and slapped some sound effects in from freesound.org.

Thoughts:  I was sucked into my own animation . . . .

Lesson Learned:  This was pretty confusing for me at first, so I looked up a tutorial that showed me some new stuff, like how to alt + click to type in my wiggles and rotations.

On the plus side, shape layers make some cool animations!

Slam Book Covers

Created these Covers for the Slam Book using both Photo Shop and Illustrator. I chose to go with Pop Art and some art work I created using the Drawing Tablet.

Thoughts:  Pretty happy with the Pop Art cover, it was fun to make, even after I had to fill in each square you see in the background. My fuzzy bear, well, that just kinda happened, so I went with it!

Lesson Learned:  More practice with making Pop Art and learning all the tools that help with the process, the same goes for my fuzzy, I played around more with my Drawing Tablet.

On the plus side, I learned about and how to make folios / motifs.

Drawing Tablet

Created this little guy using a Drawing Tablet in Illustrator. Found a set of brushes, modified them a bit, then he arrived! 

Thoughts:  New Character for my upcoming cartoon, One Rat at a Time!

Lesson Learned: How to use the drawing tablet, confused at first and created a lot of junk. This guy was a happy accident once I figured it out.

On the plus side, I now have me a new friend to play with and he inspired me to add more story line to my cartoon.