Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Week 15



Assignment
Finish working on our website and publish it.

Craft
iWeb and Xythos were used in the process of making final changes and publishing the website. The process of publishing the site on Xythos was rather simple.

Composition
I wanted my site to be calming. The layout that I used accomplished just this. The colors were very cool colors (an array of blues, greens, and tans) and the fonts were classy cursive and classic standard fonts that were easy to read. The combination of the colors and fonts on my site made it very simple.

Concept
The concept was to display all of my artwork done in Visual Communication as well as tell the visitors to my site a little bit about myself.

For a more in depth explanation of my site, click here!

Monday, April 27, 2009

Week 14 - NEW WEBSITE!!!

I have a website so if you want to see it, you had better CLICK HERE!!!

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Weel 13

Assignment!
Create a webpage

Craft!
Gather a couple of pictures as well as digital copies of our projects for the webpage. Use iWeb to create the webpage.

Composition!
"All That I Am..." - An explanation and introduction of myself to the world (not to mention anyone else who wants to meet me), complete with 2 photographs of myself and some personal information.



"Visually Communicating..." - An explanation and introduction to the world of Visual Communication (better known as Art 100), complete with the explanations and digital copies of the 3 completed projects I've done thus far in the course.



"My Artwork" - A more detailed look into my completed artwork, complete with before and after pictures/drawings.

Concept!
I wanted to tell a little bit about myself and a lot of bit about the course, explaining the concept of Visual Communication through the use of my artwork (and maybe a little bit of wording as well).

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Week 12

Assignment
Finalize Comic Book and make any needed changes

Concept
I wanted to tell a comical story in a way that everyone would understand

Composition
After the critique, I received a lot of comments about how the order and layout of my first few frames didn't make sense. I got a few suggestions to switch some of them around. I put my original first frame a few frames later and my original second frame first. My story still managed to make sense. It actually made more sense than my first layout. I also received comments about how my last few frames needed more color. So I threw in some oranges and reds to brighten it up.

Craft
Of course for the coloring part, I used Photoshop. To reorder my frames, I used Comic Life and shifted around my frames, as well as added a few pages. I found a nice pink color for the background. I also found some cool frame shapes and layouts for the pages. My comic totaled out to 5 pages. Kinda long, don't you think? It's still pretty gosh darn hot, if you ask me...

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Week 10


Assignment
Add color to the pictures for the comic. I used a series of reds, grays, blues, and yellows for mine. Unfortunately, it owuld not upload on here, no matter how many times I tried. But the show must go on!!!

Craft
PHOTOSHOP!!! What else??? Start with the main layer, which is the picture. Make sure it is multiplied so that the lines will come through. Then, simply add a new layer for each new color you choose to use. The paint bucket, paintbrush, and eraser come in handy for this.

Composition/Concept
I chose bright colors to make my picture pop more and give it a more "cartoonish" feel. It's a comic! It's supposed to be fun!!!