Newspaper Assignment

The image on the front cover is taken from a photograph which I traced by hand using the pen tool . The lines in the backgroung are made to symbolize that it is a sport and that they are in a ring. The colors of TMT in the logo are meant to tie in to the blue of the ropes. Same with the red clothing on the one girl. The collors of the pillow are both to tie it into the full article colors, but also to bring back the idea of two girls pillowfighting for fun, not for sport. The olympic rings on the clothing are to make people think of them as uniforms instead of underwear.

Newspaper Assignment

The main colors, the light blues, were chosen because of the tendency to think of them as softer colors. This brought the them of females and lingerie in to the project. The bolder reds and blues were meant to bring the sporting aspects of pillow figting (I still find it hard to think of pillow fighting as a sport) and the idea of a boxing ring or something equivalent into the composition. The rules are placed in folders around the border, with images to help people understand the rules. (at least that was the attempt)

Mod Subculture

Originally the term mod meant a fan of modern jazz, as opposed to a trad, a fan of traditional jazz. The mod subculture began as a few groups of teenage boys with family connections to the clothing industry in London in 1958. They were generally middle classed and obsessed with new fashion and music styles. They took to wearing slim cut Italian suits, and listened to modern jazz and rhythm and blues. Were rivals to the rockers, and used scooters for transportation, as opposed to the rocker's motorcycles. After a law was passed requiring at least one mirror be attached to every motorbike, many mods added 4, 10, or even 32 mirrors to their scooters as a mockery of the new law.

Turning Torso

I chose the Turning torso because I saw a Discovery Channel special on it and I liked the way it was built, as well as how it was built in a country with very few skyscrapers. Santiago Calatrava is an amazing architect who uses the human body as influences in many of his buildings. The Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias in Valencia, Spain is influenced by the human eye, and others are influenced by birds in flight or the silhouette of a bull.

I did a very simplififed silhouette of the building in the forefront, using large blocks of solid colors. I then traced the building in black, and put basic measurements and statistics following these paths.
In the background is a picture of the building with someone standing at the base looking up. I ran livetrace on it, played with transparency and then replaced one of the colors with the background color of the image.

Josef Muller-Brockmann

In order to do my design, I sketched out a close up of one of his designs and then went over it in charcoal in an attempt to show the play of light and shadow in the second. I then scanned this image into the computer. I cleaned up the lines using a vector mask, and then cut the drawing into its individual parts. I overlayed a green color in order to add some color to the image, and used the green as a shadow for the black. I then took the entire image into Illustrator and added text. I put some of the text on an angle in an attempt to show another of his designs. I like how the text was overlayed in one of his images, but my image is too dark to use this portion of his design. I then added the black rectangles used in alot of his designs over top of my finished design.

Visual Onomatopoeia

Used this assignment also as a chance to use live trace. Originally I took a picture of a crushed and battered car and used live trace. I then took the text and adjusted it to match the outline of the car. I changed the text to outlines and then used it as a clipping mask over the car. Finally, I took a photo of a car crusher, used live trace, and placed it above and below the text.

Elven Script

A poster we had to do to advertise a chosen font. My font is called Elvish Ring NFI and is made by Norfok Incredible Font Design. It is based on one of the fonts used in the Lord of The Rings. I wanted to keep the design simple, but also base it on the One Ring used in the book. I took the main passage about the ring and used it here. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.

True Colors

A series of color schemes based on supplied themes. It was used in order to show different takes on the same color schemes.

True Colors

Hierarchy in Print_SingleFont_NoChange

A formatting and hierarchy assignment in which
we had to format the same text multiple times while adhering to specific instuctions and guidelines.

Hierarchy in Print_SingleFont_VariablePoint

Hierarchy in Print_SingleFont_VariableWeight

Hierarchy in Print_SingleFont_VariableStyle

Hierarchy in Print_SingleFont_Freestyle

Geometry Framed

For each of the low contrast, I made a pattern in Photoshop, and then brought into Illustrator. Each of the others was made directly in Illustrator, and while I made the square compositions more active, I kept to more simplicity when doing the triangle and circle composition.

All I See Are Shades Of Grey

Golden Thirds

data ass

Bio
I'm from Taber, Alberta.

I am in my fourth year new media, but it has take me five to get here.

I'm 22yrs old.

Outside of school I work, play videogames, watch movies and read.

Hopefully in my future
I chose this program because it mixes art and computers, and also because it is only 45min from my house.

My career goals are to get a job using my degree, hopefully in the videogame industry, but definitely in 3d modeling or animation.

In this course, I wish to pass, in order to get my degree.

Technical Skills
Adobe Photoshop- very high
Macromedia Dreamweaver- high
Adobe Premiere- high
Autodesk 3d Studio Max- intermediate
Pixologic Zbrush- Beginnner

I own my own computer, a laptop, and have access to a digital camera.

Photo and Self-Portrait
















Favorite Mp3s
Finger Eleven- Paralyzer
Gary Jules- Mad World
Nonpoint- In the Air Tonight
Buckcherry- Lit Up
O.K. Go- Here it Goes Again
Kazzer- Fueled By Adrenaline
Lustra- Scottie Doesn't Know
Coheed and Cambria- The Suffering
Static X- Push It

Frequented Websites
A collection and archive of 3d art
www.3dtotal.com
A forum with an emphasis on computer based art
www.cgtalk.com
another forum
www.threedy.com
A collection of cheats and walkthroughs from most consoles and platforms
http://www.gamefaqs.com
An archive of video trailers, previews and reviews
www.gametrailers.com

Favorite Films
Eurotrip
Full Metal Jacket
Equilibrium

Favorite Books
Seven Deadly Wonders- Matthew Reilly
The Wheel of Time Series- Robert Jordan
The Hunters' Blades Trilogy- R.A. Salvatore