2. Be able to use materials, techniques and processes

Astor Park Photo Shop Poster:

For this poster I took several images from Astor park and pasted them into photo shop, I used the liquify tool on the main image of the park and messed with the bus, the street lamps, the wall and the church. I also placed a random planet in there to give it a strange twisted look. Next I took parts of the graffiti on the wall and warped them too fit at the bottom of the image along with the Astor park sign, this gives the viewers a close up on the graffiti and the name of the park. 

 Photoshop tree pattern:

For this i took an image of a tree from Google and opened it up in Photoshop i changed the hue/saturation and made it purple, I then took the letter S and used the font Harrington. I enlarged the S to fit the whole image, put the opacity down and cropped the parts the S couldn't reach. i then flattened the layers and moved them into a new file. I then duplicated the layer and flipped the copy horizontally, i then flattened the layers again and duplicated it again but this time i flipped the image vertically.

Photoshop Texture rubbing:

For this I took a piece of paper and found a cabinet in college, I placed the paper on the cabinet and used a graphite pencil to get the texture i then took a photo of it and put it on my memory stick, i then opened it up in Photoshop and changed the hue/saturation to make it green, I then made a text layer with the letter A in the old English text font, i rotated it to the right and free transformed it to fit the image, cropping the image in places where the letter couldn't reach, I lowered the opacity on the text layer and flattened the background and text layer together. I then moved the image into a new file and duplicated the layer, flipped the image horizontally and flattened the layers, I then duplicated the layer again and flipped the image vertically.






Photoshop roses pattern:


 I took an image of roses from Google and pasted it into Photoshop,
i then changed the hue/saturation to make it a nice dark blue, next i made a text layer with the letter L and changed the font to Vivaldi, I then free transformed it to fit the image, cropping the image in places where the letter couldn't reach, I lowered the opacity on the text layer and flattened the background and text layer together. I then moved the image into a new file and duplicated the layer, flipped the image horizontally and flattened the layers, I then duplicated the layer again and flipped the image vertically







Mind Map research for final piece:

Graffiti Tags:


The tags on the right are just the rough sketches i drew up, my final design is the one on the left. As you can see the base design for my final piece is the tag on the lower right i just changed the A and added some colour.

Typography Experimentation:

 For this i took a picture of myself to use as a base, i then used the filter Chalk and Charcoal to make it black and white.

 I then used the pen tool to make an outline of my face, then i used the text tool to type L337 and copy and pasted it until it filled the area i had selected with the pen tool, i then used the pen tool again but made an outline of my hair, i changed the font and typed Hair then copy and pasted it until it fit the area.                         

 I then used the text tool to type EYEBROW, then using the free transform tool i moved and rotated it into position and used the warp tool to fit it to the shape of my eyebrow. I also used a comma that i rotated and warped to use as an eye.

I then used a semi-colon to use as nostrils, i moved it into position and warped it to fit, i also warped the letter L to look like lips.

This is the finished image with just the text on a red background.

Texture Rubbings:

Kaboom magazine storyboard:

Blue Tack Stop motion:

This is the stop motion animation we did as a group using blue tack, we all made a blue tack character and took pictures, but only one person in our group really did any editing to it in photoshop.

 Materials, Techniques and Processes - Evaluation.

For my final piece I used photoshop, I drew a stickman and made him run across the screen to light some dynamite that was attached to some C4, the C4 would then explode and the word Kaboom would appear along with some examples of other pieces of my work, The explosion would then disappear along with the word Kaboom and the examples of my work, then the words Innovation and Tradition in Art and Design appear and stay for a while until they dissipate.

Learning Outcome 1:

I think my final project could have been better if I had had more time to develop my idea and to create it, for example I wasn’t very pleased with the way the explosion turned out with more time I may have been able to find a way to blend it better, also I was going to have the words innovation and tradition and art and design be blown away as if they were made of ash but I lacked the time to even find out how to do something like that let alone actually do it.

Learning Outcome 2:

I decided to draw a stickman for my final piece because I think it shows tradition in art and design, though it may be simple the first kind of drawings made were on the same level as a stickman drawing and I thought it would bring an interesting contrast to the rest of my final piece animation which is solely photoshop, I also decided to use Clouds difference in photoshop to create an explosion rather than take an image from the internet to show that I have some knowledge of photoshop.

Learning Outcome 3:

As I pointed out before I feel that I didn’t have enough time to properly develop my idea, I also felt quite pressured to get at least one idea so when I thought of it I didn’t consider thinking up any other ideas I just wanted to get my work done and out of the way with the time I had left. The only problem that I encountered whilst I was creating my animation was that when I created the C4 with the dynamite sticking out of it, any changes I made to that layer, for example having the fuse on the dynamite get shorter as it burns, would change in the all of the other layers, so when the stickman first runs in the fuse would be on fire and getting shorter, I fixed this by duplicating the layer with the C4 on it and changing them individually.

Materials, Techniques and Processes – Evaluation (Will Roberts) http://unit2willroberts.blogspot.com/

Learning Outcome 1:

I think Will should have used photoshop for this rather than flash because I have seen him use photoshop and he’s very good at it, he would have been able to showcase a lot of his skills on photoshop, possibly affecting his grade. Although he did his animation on flash it’s still good, it’s only six seconds long and very simple, but I think it adequately depicts our criteria, he also added sound directly into flash which is in time with the animation. Other than what I said about him doing it in photoshop I don’t think he could have made it any better, unless he made it longer or did something with the text at the end.

Learning Outcome 2:

Will has used a motion tween for the bomb at the start of the animation, he then onion skins the explosion and the text Kaboom is just placed in the frame, and lastly he tweens the text Innovation and Tradition in Art and Design.

Learning Outcome 3:

I assume Will only had this idea, because he didn’t blog any others. I don’t think he developed the idea very much because his animation is short and simple, and because it’s so simple I don’t think he would have encountered any problems or issues that would take very long to fix.

1. Be able to explore materials, techniques and processess safely.

Photo Shop Mask Demo:

We took an image of a girl and used the quick mask tool to edit it. I had some problems with the contrast at first but soon sorted them out. the problem was that instead of the background  being black it turned gray and if you were to accidentally use the tool on her face it would carry some of the colour onto the black background.

 

Typography Demo:

in this demo i learned that you can use words to create a face, I found the demo hard as I couldn't seem to get the words to fit quite right. we used the pen tool to outline the face then used the text tool to right whatever we wanted and the outline would fit it into the shape we made with the pen tool, we erased the eyebrow completely and replaced it with a word then warped the word to make it into the shape of an eyebrow. the same can be done for the eyes the nose and pretty much everything. 

Kaboom Motion Tween in Photoshop:

For this demo we wanted to create a background that looked like it had exploded, then add a text layer called KABOOM. To do this we used a cloud filter and

changed the colour, we then used distort, twirl to make it look more like flames, i also experimented with motion blur but i didn't quite get the look i wanted so in the end i gave up on it. For the text we embossed it and added outer glow (and for myself i also added inner glow) this made the text stand out more and seem like part of the explosion itself. And finally we used motion tweens on the text and had KABOOM coming from the left of the screen and INNOVATION & TRADITION IN ART & DESIGN coming from the right.

Photoshop cabbage and patterns demo:

For this demo we took an image of a piece of cabbage and pasted it into Photoshop, we then cropped the image and changed the hue and saturation to get the desired colour. we then chose a letter and used the french script font, i chose the letter G, we then enlarged the letter to fill the page as best as possible and lowered the opacity so you could just see the cabbage texture through the letter. We then duplicated the layer and flipped it horizontally, lined them both up next to each other and then merged the layers, we then duplicated the layer again but this time flipped it vertically.

  This is the same image as before except i rotated the canvas 90 degrees and added the text (Visual Freestyle). I selected the pixels of the text then copied the background and pasted it on the text layer, i then bevel and embossed the text and gave it an outer glow.

3. Understand the suitability of materials, techniques and processes.

 Learning outcome:
3 Understand the Suitability of Materials, Techniques and Processes


 Line Art
You can tell this is line art by the simplicity of it, there's no real detail.
I like this image because its creepy, the way the black lines coming out of its back look like tentacles until you get to the end where they drip like slime, the fact that it has no face obviously makes it creepier, and for some reason it has a child's teddy bear. there isn't much use of shading, which takes away most elements of light giving it a dirty look and making it more rough.










Digital Art

You can tell this is Digital Art by the detail and the colors, especially the colors it would be very hard to do that with pencil/pen.
I like the color, it looks great with the lighting effects and gives it a really futuristic look. I also like the huge robot the shadows and huge purple blades make it look really fierce. I'm not sure how the artist made some aspects of the image glow i can only assume there is some tool in the program he used which did it, or he just made everything around the blades lighter than everything else.




















Own Choice

the colour and lighting really complement each other in this image, the way its arranged makes the dragon become a part of the background but also a dominant figure, I also the like the way the artist has drawn the right arm getting bigger towards the claw, it makes it look as though its coming out of the picture and gives it a 3D feel. Again the colour is really good the artist has kept it simple and only used 3 colours but they really help you distinguish between the soft underbelly of the dragon and the hard scales with the red jewel on its chest.

Banksy research: 

Banksy began as a freehand graffiti artist 1992–1994as one of Bristol's DryBreadZ Crew (DBZ), with Kato and Tes. He was inspired by local artists and his work was part of the larger Bristol underground scene with Nick Walker, Inkie and 3D. From the start he used stencils as elements of his freehand pieces, too.By 2000 he had turned to the art of stenciling after realizing how much less time it took to complete a piece. Banksy's stencils feature striking and humorous images occasionally combined with slogans. The message is usually anti-war, anti-capitalist or anti-establishment. Subjects often include rats, apes, policemen, soldiers, children, and the elderly.

This is a piece of Banksy's work, i chose this image because i though it was quite ironic, i think it was probably rather simple to make this image, he probably just sprayed the lettering on and used a stencil for the rat but what i like th most is the red paw print next to the rat and the red paint on its paw making it look like the rat did it.




 David Carson Research:

David Carson was born on September 8 1954 he is an American graphics designer who is best know for his work in magazines and his experimental use of typography. David Carson's first actual contact with graphic design was made in 1980 at the University of Arizona on a two week graphics course, taught by Jackson Boelts. He attended San Diego State University as well as Oregon College of Commercial Art. He Became Know for his inventive Graphics in the late 1990s. He also art directed various music, skateboarding and surfing magazine through the 1980s/90s

This is a piece of david carsons work, and i think its amazing, the way he's created a face from words, the different font size and colour to create shading and the areas with nothing but black gives it alot of depth it really is incredible. 

 This is another piece of david carson's work, i really love the way he's made it look really meaningful yet kept it so simple. The same message scribbled over and over in smaller writing is used as a background and then the same message is enlarged and thrown over the top, its like obvious sumbliminal messaging its great.









Animation Research:  

Ed Skudder: Ed Skudder is an animator i found on youtube, his most popular animation is called DickFigures, its a series where two friends, Red and Blue get in to all kinds of trouble. There's not much information on him but i did some searching on the internet and found out that someone had been advertising some of his work, and it seems hes gotten offers from at least 3 different animation labels (unfortunately i don't know the name of these labels).

This is a screen rip from one of Ed Skudders animations Zombies and Shotguns, though the art work is really simplistic he has made the the actual animation really smooth, the voice overs and sound samples are accuratley placed, the way the stick men move is really realistic and the actual storyline is really funny and entertaining. He does his animation frame by frame instead of using onion skin which requires alot of knowledge about flash, with the different coding and tweens.



 Patterns and Textures Research (LO3)

This is the first Website i came across that had any kind of pattern, that's pretty much the only reason i chose it, and to be honest i don't think its very good, its just a bunch of dots lined up and a couple of different colours thrown in, its quite basic and could be a lot better. Its only redeeming quality is that it appears to be linked to the logo (same colours) so i can only assume that's why they used it.

Though the actual design for the background is simple, it looks good, the texture looks real and so does the shadowing. Though it appears that the background has no promotion value for anything on the website, its just there for visual effects.