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Project 3 – Metaphor

leatm — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 21:36:02 +0000

What did you learn?
I learned how to more effectively color my projects, and work towards telling a story in a picture without saying a single word.
What was easy?
Designing the backdrop and color schemes.
What was challenging?
Figuring out how to properly light the scene, to really make the colors pop in a realistic way.
How could your submission be improved?
Maybe with more featured items? The other planets, the entire solar system in the distance, etc.
How could I improve the assignment for the next class?
Maybe allow other sources besides photographic images, creativity is best when not limited to 1 outlet.
How might you apply your knowledge in future assignments or work scenarios?
Creating enticing environments that tell their own story or have something to say for themselves. Working on this project gave me insight on how to move forward with an idea of using images to portray a metaphor like this.
How did a specific reading or video inspire or help you?
Didn’t really find videos or readings helpful. I pondered a few ideas, including my “The Knight in White” idea where a doctor resembles a Knight in shining armor with his white cloak, a shield mask, and a needle sword, fighting off the pandemic. But the idea was too complex and offered me very little room to work around it without messing up the original vision. So i decided to go with the basics, and start small, and simple.

Lab 3: Color

leatm — Thu, 01 Oct 2020 14:57:16 +0000

What did I learn? – Not much, have been working with color schemes and color patterns for quite some time.
What was easy? – This entire lab.
What was challenging? – Deciding what to do with the Playground.
How could my submission be improved? – maybe more defining colors.
How could the assignment be improved for the next class? – Maybe more of a challenge?
How might I apply my knowledge in future assignments or work scenarios? – I have a batter understanding of how to use color schemes more effectively.
How did a specific reading or video inspire/help me? – The reading for this assignment helped me understand each of the types of color coordination such as Analogous and Triadic.

Project 1: Layout

leatm — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:19:31 +0000

Reflection:

What did I learn? – I got more familiar with how Figma itself works and learned how to use each tool properly to create different designs.

What was easy? – The entire project. When it came to the second set of six however I was unsure of some details, so I simply made it a more clear depiction of the abstract.

What was challenging? – Figuring out how I wanted to tell the story of Humpty Dumpty in abstract.

How could my submission be improved? – Probably more complex/in depth work on the normal telling of the tale.

How could I improve the assignment for the next class? – Maybe make it a little more clear on what is to be expected, and not limit the tales to 6 line poem style typed things.

How might you apply your knowledge in future assignments or work scenarios? – I know how to use Figma to a greater detail.

How did a specific reading or video inspire or help you? – Looking at the older presentations of students and reviewing Gestalt themes helped me make the abstract look more natural than a forced abstract.

Lab 0

leatm — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 17:59:35 +0000

Here are my submissions for Lab 0 (I currently don’t have a full subscription to Photoshop, so I have attached an old Photoshop work to this gallery!)

Lab 5: Pen Tool Exercise

leatm — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 23:50:51 +0000

I personally found this lab to be extremely easy overall, simple geometry put in a 2D space where everything just clicks together like a puzzle. My feedback would be the creation of harder content, as I wish to test myself more and push my limits. While I had a fun time working on this lab, it was 100% refresher content…

Lab 4

leatm — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 01:23:35 +0000

This lab was a rather easy lab, as it focused on repeating imagery which has been offset and edited to appear looping continuously. The texture creation was fun for both parts, and i have some more knowledge of texture creation now.

Project 1

leatm — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 00:14:29 +0000

The process of editing and making these images appear more visually appealing was quite the process. Adding filters, removing blemishes, and other things from the quality of these images proved challenging for the most part, however I fell these images came out decent for the most part. All these photos are my own, and I feel they speak towards my adventurous side, they are all pictures of places I’ve been and some of the things I’ve seen when traveling the world. The assignment seemed frustrating for some time, as things didn’t work out as I had hoped or planned, but I feel I have finally figured it all out (hopefully).