Choose a project you are currently working on in your Digital Media Strand class or your Design New Media class and answer the following questions about it:
(answer all questions for full points)
1. Name and briefly describe the project you are talking about.
2. What am I doing in this project that I never tried before in another project?
3. What is the opposite of the effect that I am trying to get?
4. How is this work different than anything I have ever seen done by others?
5. What things do I try before I am satisfied with my discoveries?
6. How could I work with fewer distractions so my ideas would flow better?
7. What am I doing to include surprises in my work?
3. What is the opposite of the effect that I am trying to get?
4. How is this work different than anything I have ever seen done by others?
5. What things do I try before I am satisfied with my discoveries?
6. How could I work with fewer distractions so my ideas would flow better?
7. What am I doing to include surprises in my work?
Due at 3:30pm on Friday Oct 15, 2010. -Ms. Woerman
1. We are making a menu for a restaurant we made up
ReplyDelete2. I have never tried to make a menu before and I have very little experience on indesign, which is what we are using.
3. A really cheesy effect is the opposite of what I am trying to get I don’t want it to be like a takeout menu
4. I am trying to make my menu simple but elegant with subtle details
5. I try a bunch of different colors and styles before I decide just to make sure I get the best option
6. When I listen to music I am always more concentrated and get more work done
7. I like to put little details into my project that look simple too
1. Artist emulation, we have to emulate an artist's style in our strand.
ReplyDelete2. Im working with a lot of gradient in this project and i haven't tried that in another project since i usually just use it one or two things, and now im trying to do the entire project using gradient.
3. The opposite of the effect that i am trying to get is cluttered and packed, i want to keep it simple since thats the artist's style.
4. This work is different than anything that i have ever seen done by others because i don't remember seeing any projects made mostly using gradient.
5. The things i try to do before i am satisfied with discoveries is check for any small details i might have forgotten to add or fix.
6. I could work with fewer distractions so my ideas would flow better by listening to music, i tend to get more work done when i cant hear my surroundings and simply focus on my project.
7. I usually don't add surprises to my work.
1. Creating a logo, creating a personal logo to make a business card with
ReplyDelete2. Graphic Design, which I've never done before.
3. Anything to detailed and hard to recreate quickly
4. My graphic is a likeness of me, so it is in it's own way unique
5. All the different illustrator techniques that are designed to make graphics
6. The graphic doesn't require great concentration since they are supposed to be simple
1. Artist emulation, we have to emulate two artists in our strand
ReplyDelete2. I am trying to shade my project and make it look more three-D without gradients.
3. a zoomed out picture with bright colors
4. I drew it and took a picture and then i put it on the computer, for the colors i am leaving colors that i drew and i am adding colors on the computer, half of it is drawn, half of it is made on the computer.
5. I dont want any color to stand out, i want it to all flow together
6.using the blur tool, and changing it to a lower opacity
7. I am surprising people by having drawn half of it on paper and half on the computer
~Menu Project: We are creating our own menu with all of the main elements found in a menu.
ReplyDelete~I am using the gradient to add more detailed and really experimenting with the pathfinder.
~I am not trying to have a blocky, solid colored cover for my menu.
~This is different because even though I’m blending with gradient the cover still has a clean appearance.
~I edit everything and zoom in as much as possible to make everything line up and flow together.
~If I had less time to do the project then I would be able to work more efficient.
~I am centering my whole menu on an original idea that I have never heard of.
1. Photography, i am working on all the different parts that go into taking and editing a picture.
ReplyDelete2. My end goal is to put all of my best pictures into some sort of book.
3. I am trying to not take a bunch of generic pictures.
4. well, im trying to avoid it being like anything i have seen, so i am working on thinking of new ideas.
5. I just start with something random and work off of it or elaborate on the idea.
6. If i was able to work on this at home it would work a lot better.
7. I wasn't planning on having surprises in my work. just taking pictures of stuff i think looks cool.
1. I have to create a restraunt, their menu and logo.
ReplyDelete2. I am using InDesign
3. The opposite effect is Cold, cruel unpleasant dinner restaurant.
4. It’s more personable.
5. Fiddle with different text, colors, layouts, sizes and gradients.
6. Layout before working and work at home.
7. Making the shape of my menu different than everyone elses.
1.) In Design New Media II we have to emulate two artists’ styles and combine them into one original piece. I am combining the designs of a graphic artist and a painter to make the image of a bird on Adobe Illustrator.
ReplyDelete2.) While doing this project, I tried for the first time to create a very detailed shape for the bird’s head. This is very difficult because it involves a lot of points using the pen tool but it still has to stay neat and clean. In addition, I am using a lot of patterns, which is new to me.
3.) The opposite of the effect that I want to get is that it is disorganized. I am trying very hard to keep it organized and neat.
4.) This piece of work is different from anything I’ve seen before because in one piece it has sharp lines in one area and has rounded edges in a different area, but it still stays connected with the color theme.
5.) Before I am satisfied with my discoveries, I go through all of the Effect tools to see if I can create a cool pattern or color. Often I do combinations.
6.) I could work with fewer distractions by listening to my iPod, which blocks out other sounds. I also get a lot of ideas when I listen to music.
7.) To create surprises in my work, I try to create new, unique shapes. I also like the idea of having hidden images in pieces of art and want to try that sometime soon.
1. We have to create an animation of a haunted bathroom for a haunted house
ReplyDelete2. I'm using a realistic design to the characters and set as opposed to the comic-book-esque style that is in most of my work
3. The opposite is cute or hilarious
4. This work is a very classy kind of gore and horror, not just things blowing up and people getting shot.
5. I try different shading and different color schemes to see the affect that it has on my work
6. I could not eat...
7. I'm trying to create an element of surprise in my animation.
That would make it scary even for a cartoon.
1. We have the option of making a menu for either a restaurant that exists (revamping it) or creating a new restaurant and designing the graphics for it.
ReplyDelete2. I'm learning how to use Adobe InDesign.
3. The opposite of my intended graphics would be super childish and cartoony.
4. It seems like my design has a cool and relaxed feeling to it.
5. I might try to rearrange the text, or maybe even the text.
6. I think that losing all of my factors to a computer failure definitely was a huge distraction. Unfortunately, there's no way to remedy what was lost. Building from scratch is distracting because it feels redundant and I feel as if I can't recreate what I had before.
7. I think that the shift of mood of the menu is really huge. The original was very generic and had no aspects of true graphic interest. The new menu and logo will be very modernized in comparison to the original.
GUS GAGNE
ReplyDelete1. Haunted House: I make an organ and have a skeleton play it.
2. Making a skeleton in Maya, which is going horribly...
3. Query not understood.
4. I've seen Connor make things similar, so it isn't different.
5. Query not understood.
6. My work is pretty distraction-free -- when I know what I'm doing. Mrs. B is always helping other people, and I'm having trouble making this on my own.
7. It's eyes are on fire.
1. We have to emulate two artists of our choice with the object of our strand.
ReplyDelete2. I'm using Gris Grimly's messy style, which is also very cartoony at the same time. Although my flash looks very pristine, the lines are just everywhere.
3. The opposite of what I'm making is something that actually has plot and meaning to it.
4. This work is basically a tame version of Jhohen Vasquez's stories, which involve a lot of violence and nonsense. It is very much what a "boy" animation is; senseless violence.
5. I messed with sound mostly on this one, and the way Flash works. The way the Oompa Loompa flies was sort of complicated to work out.
6. I could be anti-social.
7. I'm trying to make people see how funny Jhohen is, (in a dark way,) and how amazing Gris' art is. All in teenage-like humor.
1) My project's name is Family Business, its a story about the son of an infamous serial killer who wants to try his hand at the business, but fails miserably.
ReplyDelete2) I am trying to pull off new stunts that I have not done before such as falling off a ledge or being exploded.
3) The opposite mood that my film film portrays is either sadness or fear.
4) My piece is different from ones I've done in the past because it mostly involves physical comedy rather than wit or silliness of the character, It's different from other films that I've seen because I've never seen any film that follows my premise.
5) I try everything I can think of before I am satisfied .
6) My ideas actually come better with "distractions" because I am able to tell the joke I thought of to see if it is funny.
7) I wrote an original script i don't think anyone has seen before. Is that enough surprises?
1. I am currently working on a logo, it is a simplified Sony DCR-VX1000
ReplyDelete2. I have never really experimented with Adobe Illustrator
3. The opposite of what I’m trying to get is a very detailed object
4. This is different because it is a replica of a real-life object, and then it is simplified to its basic unit
5. I try different color schemes on my logo before I am satisfied with the final product
6. I could work more independently and elaborate on my ideas personally
7. I am keeping the project simple, but at the same time I am keep specific details in the project that define the camera that I’m doing
1. i am currently working on a logo, it is my initials in a cool fasion.
ReplyDelete2. i am using illustrator.
3. kind of detailed, not-catchy.
4. it is done on the computer.
5. i try different colors and designs.
6. i could work in a more quiet environment or work with colleagues so we could share good ideas and make our works better.
7. i am experimenting with different colors in different orders to make it look attention-grabbing.
1. An emulation of Seth McFarlen
ReplyDelete2. MaKe a film tat looKs liKe is an animation
3. I do not want the effect to be fear or sadness or anything to serious
4. I have never tried to emulate an animation
5. all of the effects
6. actually be able to animate it
7. i am maKing all of the voices mine
1. I am re-designing a menu for a restaurant.
ReplyDelete2. I am using InDesign for the first time.
3. The exact opposite of my classy menu would be a take out menu.
4. I'm using a black background and white text.
5. I sketch out my ideas before.
6. If I could listen to music, I would work so much better.
7. By making my menu based on dark colors and then having the text white.
1. We are designing a menu for a restaurant of our own creation, or one that already exists.
ReplyDelete2. I have never used a computer program, such as Adobe Illustrator or Adobe InDesign, to create my art.
3. Since I would like to achieve a more polished and realistic look in my art, the opposite would probably be more cartoon-like. Since I'm still getting the hang of using a computer program however, my menu cover isn't exactly how I'd like it to be, but I hope to improve as the year progresses.
4. Most of the menu covers I've seen aren't as cartoon-like as mine, and unlike other menus, my menu cover has a lot going on in the picture.
5. I experiment with different types of lines, as well as the texture and the quality of those lines. I also like to experiment with different gradients.
6. I like to listen to different music on Youtube, but that means when the songs end I have to click back to the tab and change a song. I usually have to spend some time thinking about which song I want to listen to, making my work process less efficient. I think if I brought my iPod, and perhaps created a playlist that would help me focus, I could work better.
7. My menu cover is pretty straightforward, but I think the different gradients, the Japanese characters, and the splash of rainbow gradient in my logo add a bit of surprise.
1. I am working on a horror film for the CoSA horror night.
ReplyDelete2. I have never done a film that as lacking dialogue between characters.
3. I am not trying to add suspense with no dialogue.
4. Most films I’ve seen have dialogue and speech between characters
5. I am going to try and perfect my technique
6. I could take a walk walking really gives me some ideas
7. I am exploring new ways of filming and I am attempting new shot’s
Nick Jimenez Blogspot
ReplyDelete1. We are currently working on a short horror film for the CHS coos horror film fest.
2. Horror, I have never done serious horror, just Comedy Horror.
3. Funny slapstick humor, we don't want the horror to come off as funny.
4. We are going to focus on the story of the movie, and also focus on sort of a film look in our videos.
5. I like to ask my friends and get advice and collaborate with other people.
6. I don't like it when people tell me how to film something, usually when i direct i ask for no input from anybody else especially the actors, just because it works better and gets done faster.
7. Making things good, and writing good cliffhangers endings.
1. I am working on an emulation of Christopher Nolan and Jim Jarmusch.
ReplyDelete2. I'm not trying to do anything I haven't done before.
3. The opposite would be a film in color that is very bright and happy.
4. This film isn't very unique it's just a short emulation.
5. I try getting unique angles with lots of things in the depth of frame but Im filming it on green screen so I just have to film intresting backgrounds.
6. I could work with other people and depending who it is, we could generate MILLIONS OF BRIGHT IDEAS and then use one.
7. Nothing.
1. For Visual Communications, our assignment is to create a menu for an existing or fictional restaurant. The final product must be finished in InDesign.
ReplyDelete2. This project is my first experience with InDesign.
3. I am trying to avoid an uninviting, harsh feeling. I don't want to limit my audience in any way.
4. There is a personal imprint on something that is usually very commercial.
5. I often sketch on paper and make different versions with small changes in Illustrator
6. Setting a list of goals and deadlines for myself would cause fewer distractions for me.
7. There will be minuscule details that require looking thoroughly.
1. Menu: We have to design a menu for a restaurant or any food place.
ReplyDelete2. I have never used In Design and Adobe Illustrator.
3. Im not trying to get an affect where people think that Olive Garden is for little kids and like a loud place.
4. My work is different because I kind of made it my own.
5. I try different colors and different types until I find the one that i like the most.
6. I could probably work with fewer distractions by not having my ipod on so I wouldnt have to change the songs so much.
7. In my work, I am trying to make it as different as possible from the original Olive Garden menu.
1)My project I’m working on for film is my “Zombie Party”, which is my Horror project.
ReplyDelete2) I have never used a script and it’s hard to explain to my actors what I need them specifically to do.
3) I’m not trying to get a really scary movie, but a parody.
4) I have seen movies that do this but I’m doing my own twist.
5) I have a vision what I want to look like and try to fallow my vision.
6) My actors don’t question my visions. Need to prove myself with this project.
7) I’m making it a true horror movie and having a twist at the end also the audience figures out it was a prank.
1. Artist Emulation, I have to emulate a mime and a film director
ReplyDelete2. I have never tried to make a silent film before, or work with a "Blind" actress.
3. I'm not trying to make people laugh, and I'm not trying to make a happy film, I'm trying to emote a sad feeling.
4. No body else likes clowns, or has a blind girl in their film.
5. I increase the colors with the saturation to give life to the video, plus the audio matching the movements on the film.
6. Have a camera man who doesn't distract the actors.
7.The fact that she is blind but it's a surprise for the viewers.
1. Halloween Film: I'm making a film for our Halloween Film Festival.
ReplyDelete2. In this project, I'm relying more on visuals and less on dialogue, which is uncommon for me.
3. I am not trying to make a horror film. I'm trying to give the audience the option of whether they perceive it to be a horror or comedy. Most people will say comedy because of the last 20 sec.
4. I have never seen a film where there is only one visible human character, and he is in every scene.
5. I try messing around with the audio I do have in my movie to make the precious little stand out.
6. I could have checked the lighting in my scenes so I wouldn't have to re-film immediately following this blog post.
7. The last 20 seconds when the pumpkin eats the person is moderately surprising.
1.Menu Design
ReplyDelete2. We had to use In design for the layout of the menu
3. I don't want to make the menu look like from a cheap restaurant.
4. It's different because this time we have to do everything on our own, even the description for the dishes.
5. I tried traced different patterns for the watermark in my menu. And I tried to use pictures in my menu but it didn't work.
6. I could try get more inspirations from other kinds of art, such as paintings, collages, etc.
7. I could include my personal logo on the back of the menu.
1. I am working on a Menu, complete with the logo, menu items, etc. I am taking my design from Illustrator and converting it to InDesign.
ReplyDelete2. I am working in InDesign, which I have never worked with or used before. It is quite the experience.
3. I am trying not to put off a tacky or rushed piece. A real restaurant menu usually have spent a solid amount of time designing the menu and putting certain items in certain places. There is a method to all the madness.
4. I have not really seen a modern day look to a crepe cafe. Yes, I have seen modern looking cafes, but not crepe cafes.
5. I try other solutions with my discovery and talk about it with my piers to see if they have any suggestions for my discoveries. I also try to sleep on it.
6. I could make a goal for each day on what I need to work on or at the least think a lot about. Usually, for me, the thinking about the project and what I am going to do with it takes the longest amount of time.
7. I don't really think there needs to be surprises in a menu because when people look at a menu they want to see foods that will satisfy their hunger and see drinks that will satisfy their thirst.
1. A series of perspective sketches; later I will finalize one of them in Photoshop.
ReplyDelete2. I’ve never really done any 3 point perspective drawings.
3. Generic drawings of alleys.
4. I haven’t seen any digital 1 or 3 point perspective pieces in CoSA.
5. It usually takes me a long time to come up with something I really like, so I just sketch ideas until I figure out what I like.
6. Listening to certain songs helps me think of ideas better.
7. I’m always open to changes in my work, and I’m willing to redo things to include something new or make it better.
1. Storyboard animation.
ReplyDelete2. Making animations with storyboards, background music, and sound affects.
3. I don't want to have choppy animation and bad timing with sounds and scenes.
4. This project needs to be longer than my previous animation projects. It needs to be 30 seconds to 1 minute.
5.I really try to have interesting animations but stay true to the story that I made.
6. I use my iPod when I work on projects because, the music inspires me in a way I can't explain. But I do know that, it helps me make the flow of animation smooth.
7. I usually don't add any changes or surprises to my work.
1. Name and briefly describe the project you are talking about.
ReplyDeleteWe are making menus for our made up restaurants, including logos, design, fonts, and using inDesign.
2. What am I doing in this project that I never tried before in another project?
I'm using inDesign, and also using the ruler on top of the screen to get perfect proportions.
3. What is the opposite of the effect that I am trying to get?
I want to make my menu fun and childlike, because it's going to be like a fast-food pasta place. The opposite would be a really fancy, italian restaurant-like menu, with very little design, using all black fonts.
4. How is this work different than anything I have ever seen done by others?
It is my own, personal idea of a restaurant, and my pasta graphics have their own special touch.
5. What things do I try before I am satisfied with my discoveries?
Changing up the colors, moving different pictures/text around, etc.,
6. How could I work with fewer distractions so my ideas would flow better?
Take some graphics off, and just leave the text with the red border.
7. What am I doing to include surprises in my work?
leaving the best for last.... choosing my text :)
1. Breathe Me: emulation music video.
ReplyDelete2. Using a storyboard to shoot, and referring directly to it.
3. I dont want it to look cheesy, or to be boring.
4. My films are typically very happy and surreal. This is dark and moody instead.
5. I brain storm while listening to music.
6. I could work somewhere where i cant talk to other people, because i am very easily distracted.
7. I like using quick cuts and dramatic changes. I also like building up to the most interesting thing.
Simonne said...
ReplyDelete1. We Speak No America, This is a music video and it basically edited to fit the beat of the song.
2. It was my first time basing a whole video to the beat of a song
3. I dont want the cuts to be too overwhelming
4. It has under water shoots and it an explosion in the editing department.
5. I tried this same video to different songs, to see what theme i liked better
6. I actually think the way I work better in getting ideas is by talking to other, mostly maya and we built and combine our ideas and they always end up looking really good.
7. Im trying new things that i haven't seen any of my classmates do.
I'm working on the haunted Halloween house. My job is to make the hallways that flow all the animations/videos together in a single film piece.
ReplyDeleteI'm adding a lot more detail to my hallways and doing a lot less copy/pasting throughout the whole thing.
The opposite of the effect that I'm trying to GIVE would be for them to... do the opposite of laughing/being mildly scared.
I have never seen this kind of 'fusing' of projects in my history at CoSA, and I enjoy working on it.
I try to make it smoothly animated/textured before I am satisfied by my work.
If I wasn't busy doing important blogging, I'd be re-doing my scene that took me a whole period to do only for Maya to crash. But I appreciate the thought.
I am not telling my surprises in my work, because that would ruin the surprise.
1. "The goods" is a story about a deal to get the most coveted pokemon cards.
ReplyDelete2. Filming and editing.
3. I dont want it to be too cheesy.
4. Its a serious story with a twist at the end of the film.
5. I brainstorm with my partner and think of ideas and examples for inspiration for our film.
6. I could work alone at first and then collaborate with someone else
7. I am having the ending of the film be somewhat of a parody
1. Pringles, the story of a little sexually frustrated puppet.
ReplyDelete2. I'm building a set for my character to live in.
3. I want people to love my character and feel comforatble watching my short film. I want them to have no inner connection to the thoughts of the character and feel totally fine with that! I want children to love my piece!
4. Hmmm... well I'm going to make a video with a RED puppet, I'm going buy things at a thrift store that I've never seen before. I'm making Jenilee help me.
5. I think of a lot of different ways about going about the kind of project that i wish I can make when I get to the places that I want to go with my life.
6. I could work in a white room, in white clothes with a typewriter and ambient music playing.
7. By doing things that walk a thin line of school appropriateness.
1. We are working on artist emulations and we have to take two artist’s styles and mix them together in an original piece
ReplyDelete2. I sketched and scanned which I don’t do hardly ever.
3. Well I don’t want cluttered because I’m trying to apply busy with simple and I think I managed that well enough because as you move down the page it gets simpler and cleaner.
4. Since its my own sketching, it obviously unlike anything else.
5. I don’t particularly pay attention to what I do, sometimes it just turns out really nicely
6. I’ve started use my iPod pretty loud to help me focus.
7. Usually my work is simple with not a lot of detail, so I think that the background stroke will be a surprise.
1. i am working on a currently nameless halloween piece that is basically a group of monster children eating a corpse.
ReplyDelete2. i am using gradients on the characters as well as the background
3. the opposite of the effect i am trying to get would be safety, cheerfulness, and light.
4. it's a little disturbing, and puts children in charge
5. experimenting with color and posture
6. stop trying to do multiple projects at one time
7. making children the villains rather than adults
1.Artist Emulation of Alfred Hitchcock, im emulating suspense in my video. an unknown intruder murders a family
ReplyDelete2.I am trying a murder scene that includes scenes of realistic looking blood and lighting
3.dissapoint, boredom, and funny
4.ive never seen major blood scenes that look kind of realistic
5.I try to get many angles as i can of a shot so i have many options when i edit.
6.i didn't have any distractions
7.i'm using suspense and sound
1. I am doing a logo then using that to make business cards.
ReplyDelete2. I am doing things that I have never done in a project like using Adobe Illustrator to create a business card, but I have used Photoshop to do this.
3. The opposite effect I am trying to do get is make the black and white and not colorful.
4. This works differently than anything I have seen because I see simple logos like Apple.
5. I am trying to make it as simple as possible, so that I can see it ad a half an inch.
6. I could work with fewer distractions so that I can focus on improving my work quality.
7. I am including some shapes that are very originally designed on a Mini DV Tape.
1. “World of Color Emulation.” Our second emulation that needs to be made either Animation or film.
ReplyDelete2. What I did was a 2D animation to do a similar concept to someone who I admire. Like the creators of World of Color, Steve Davison and John Lasseter.
3. What I’m trying to do is to make it good as an 80% chance. I’m doing my best to make it look good.
4. What’s different about is using a concept from what other people did to their work. Not just copying the concept but making your own version of their concept.
5. I always export my work over and over again to fix issues, change the odd into the new and double or triple check before it’s ready for its final inspection.
6. I CAN be a little distracted, but I always finish my animations in time and quickly.
7. I want to include for this project is to have a lot of feedback, and people can be impressed about my work. Ms. Hall is always surprised after showing my animations to her.
1. I'm making a windmill as an independent project.
ReplyDelete2. Putting lots of detail and textures and changing of the geometry.
3. Simple and non-detailed
4. Its not different than anything don't outside of school, but its more detailed than most work from students here.
5. I try different approaches to how i can make something look till it looks how i want it to look.
6. Make the objects in my scene more smooth so flow well together.
7. Make it look awesome.