M5: CP Animation Part1 Stage1

I decided to change speeds for this project.  I have been doing a lot of work already with creating websites in other classes and at work so I wanted to try something new.  I have fallen very behind in my work because I couldn't wrap my head around a topic that felt compelling enough yet not too complex to tackle.

I took a trip with our Youth Committee a few weeks ago to the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge and Rehabilitation Center in Wilmington, NY.  We were there to get a nice glimpse of the wolves, and seeing the wolves triggered a memory of reading the importance of the wolf in our ecosystem.  I found this topic to be the best fit after so many other ideas I mapped out.

Preliminary Sketches and Concept Development

Wolf Preservation

Design Brief

Wildlife Artist of the Year 2019

 I like simple, clean lines, but I wanted to exhibit the beauty of the sea with the ocean surface visible.  Having the sea turtle as the focus and the manta ray to draw your eye to the surface I added the starfish to express the sense of floating.  The coral grounds the ocean bottom, and the silhouette of the fish to the left show the depth of the sea. 

I do like how it came together, but I had to stop working on it because the more I added, the more I took away.  I was making it worse then it was before.  I guess there is a point when you must stop and just be finished with it. 

Suggestions from family members:  

• My husband told me that having the fish that I worked on so hard was unnecessary, and I did remove them.  

• My son told me to remove the drop shadow from my turtle because it made it look like it was hovering over my picture.

• My daughter told me the lighting was off with the surface of the ocean being bright and the coral being lit up but the turtle not being shown in the same light.  I changed the light source by using a filter to enhance the light and direct it correctly.  

M4: Part 1 Preliminary Sketches

Inspiration:  Picture my husband took

Concept:  Illustrate a Sea Turtle that is signaling people to stop.  Keep the feeling of the ocean calm, yet busy with a lot of wildlife.  Coral, fish, sunlight rays shining through the top of the water. 

Adobe applications:  Photoshop and Illustrator for this project while learning more about digital painting on Lynda.com.

Target Audience:  Wildlife Preservationists, Environmentalist, Artists from around the world.

Sketches and Info.

Wildlife Artist of the Year 2019 

Illustrator Starting Point

Color Palette

M3 Concept Album Art

My Album is entitled In My Head.  I worked many hours on this in the past week trying many different things and getting lost in the joy of painting using Photoshop.  I received notice that Adobe updated their programs, so I started using the new Photoshop, Illustrator, and Indesign.  I struggled because my computer kept opening either the old or new programs and the differences in each made for a complicated process in working.

I worked mostly with Photoshop painting out my pictures, creating brushes and testing different blends.  I made 4 hair brushes to create the effect of real hair, I used eyelashes which I had to warp to fit my character's eyes, and I added texture to the rock on the back cover by using a texture stamp and adjusting brush settings.  I customized my desktop to fit my workflow and organized my growing supply of brushes.

I used this cover photo in Illustrator and gained experience with the pen tool and the black and white arrows to adjust lines.  In the end, though I didn't use anything in Illustrator in my final project.  I traced the edges of my dress and tried to use the pen tool to outline the shadowing of the arm of her outfit, and my layers shifted all over the place.  When I did line up everything correctly, I found that it looked too unnatural and I didn't like it after all.

With Indesign, I was able to wireframe out my layout for the CD booklet.  I used an Adobe font called Trojan Concept to make my letters seem embossed and gold.  I added all of my pictures to the boxes by using the "Place" command and lowered their opacity.  I made sure my text frames had no backgrounds so you would still see my artwork in the background.  I connected all of my textboxes by clicking the overflow link and dropping them into the next text box.

Overall, there were many things I struggled with in this project, but after pushing myself to get through the problems, I can now feel more confident in using these programs.  I had fun and some of the work I found that I lost track of time while working on them.

Cover

Pages 2 and 3

Pages 4 and 5





Pages 6 and 7

Back Cover 

Illustrator Attempt

M3 Concept Album

Preliminary Sketches

Sorry for getting this in so late, but I thought we had to put our preliminary work through Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.  I was trying to work through my design.  This is what I have come up with so far...

I ran this through Photoshop.

I ran this through Photoshop and started in Illustrator.

I definitely find that my second picture has more possibilities.  I can carry out the mountain background throughout the layout.  

Album Cover

Pages 2 and 3

Pages 4 and 5

Pages 6 and 7

Back Cover

Album Art

Duets by Tony Bennett

 Album Cover

Booklet Centerfold

This album's cover design is a mosaic of Tony Bennet's face made up of small circle pictures of the artists he sang duets with.  I find this a genius tie-in to the title of the album. 

Chopin and Champagne by Various Artists

Album Cover

Album 

Chopin is timeless but as I was going through our libraries collection of classical music this cover stood out.  Its romantic theme is brought out in the artwork found on the cover, its many uses of color and french impressions give you a sense of Chopin himself living in Paris.

This Side by NickelCreek

Album Cover

Album Back

The beautiful and straightforward cover depicts a young girl covering her mouth with an embarrassed look on her face.  The bright colors and storybook feel gives the feeling of a young band exploring more adult content in their music.

Hudson Valley Inn Final

Logos:

I have created a logo theme using the same font and color scheme to have a consistent feel.  The hotel logo has a scene of the mountains without locking the 3-week leaf peaking time-frame into the business branding.  Jacques carries on the color and font theme keeping the upscale feel without making the logo feel cheapened by too many illustrations.  The bar logo has barware

creating the letter A in its white space.





Business Cards

I again kept the same color theme and carried it into the color blocks in the information sections of the business card.