Our final assignment for class was to create an original animation. I am a huge Disney fanatic so this seemed like the perfect opportunity to incorporate Disney. I found images (labeled for reuse) of Cinderella’s Castle, Tinkerbell, Peter Pan’s shadow, and a Mickey balloon. I wanted Tinkerbell to fly across the screen and the balloon …
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Poster Design–Global Giving Market
Through a Service Learning opportunity, our class created posters for an event Anne Arundel Community College holds each year, called the Global Giving Market. This year is the 15th year the event has been held and it focuses on fair trade artisanship. One person’s poster design will be chosen to be the advertisement material. First, …
Artist Portrait
To further hone Photoshop skills, we were asked to select a fine artist, some examples of his/her artwork, and then manipulate a portrait of the artist to resemble their style. I chose Wayne Thiebaud, who I studied in my undergraduate painting course. Thiebaud says he is not a pop artist, but his work depicts the …
Kaleidoscope
For this assignment, I was tasked with choosing an image and then transforming it to make 6 different variations of a digital kaleidoscope. I started with an image of a succulent. Who doesn’t love a nice succulent plant to bring in some greenery? Next, I began creating my six different variations. These were all accomplished …
Postcards–San Francisco and Washington, D.C
For this project, I created 6 thumbnails of potential postcards, made 2 vector comps, and then finalized their designs. Ultimately, I chose San Francisco and Washington, D.C. as my two destinations. If I would change things about the final designs, I would add more cherry blossom trees, or not have them mixed in with regular …
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Coloring Book Page
I chose a Cinderella quote, “Have Courage and Be Kind” to create a coloring book page for adults. The quote is centered and surrounded by flowers made with the polygon tool in Adobe Illustrator.
Type Pattern
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing a wallpaper pattern I made using Typesets in Adobe Illustrator. By using the letter “Q,” I was able to create a repeating pattern by reflecting the letter inside a grid. The pink and green were chosen for a cheerful office wallpaper. Other drafts of the project included other sizes, fonts, …
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