Jade Navan Caitlin

For this project we were to create 3D prototypes which would be useful when designing packaging for a client. The basics where given to us by Jay, i.e the shapes we needed in order to create the objects when using the Lathe tool. The reflectance tab was a key part of todays workshop as when adding a shiny surface, it helps makes the object look more realistic due to the added depth and texture.  I then designed some packaging for the carton. Using the brand Nature valley I design a cereal box which was called 'Healthy Oaty Stuff' 

I first began by drawing the same image of a ninja three times. Due to the terrible quality of the photographs of the images I wanted to animate I decided to use illustrator to image trace each individually to improve the quality. I would usually use a scanner but did not have access to a working one at the time. When using my Mac at home I had an issue exporting jpegs from illustrator which would then work in AfterEffects. Although I could not figure out the reasoning I copied the ninjas over to photoshop and saved them as jpegs, which then worked in AfterEffects.  It was key to import the three jpegs into AfterEffects at the same time, when more than one file was selected the option 'importer JPEG sequence' was given to me. This was mean the images would be imported as a sequence so therefore I ticked it. Once the file has been imported I need to go to the 'File' dropdown menu at the top of the screen and select 'Interpret Footage' 'Main...' ...

This class was one which meant we were doing a lot of physical work. We were asked to pick a piece of paper out of a hat and then create a stencil which would explain to the audience what your word was with explanation. I received the word 'worker' although at first I thought of workers in fields which where physically demanding the stereotype is not something I wanted to settle with. I draw a fist holding a hammer and pencil. We then had to select another piece of paper. This time it was a sentence and we were tasked with creating a typographical stencil to overlay onto our previous image 'Gonna bring you down'  The outcome is below 

Using the resources available we were asked to create posters, with simplicity in mind. Designers such as Anthony Burrill, Experimental Jetset and Hort create striking posters with the use of typography and simple colours. We where tasked to create posters from fortune cookies. A fortune cookie is a small biscuit containing a slip of  piece of  paper , or a "fortune", on which is an aphorism, or a vague prophecy. I opened my to read 'Find the silly in the serious'  After lesson I decided to play around with the piece on Indesign  and Illustration to see what else I could do with it.  We were then asked to create a poster using lyrics from 'This must be the place' given to us in groups: Home is where I want to be Pick me up and turn me round I feel numb - born with a weak heart  I guess I must be having fun The less we say about it the better  Make it up as we go along Feet on the ground Head in the sky  When I got...

Nick gave us photographs from our student ID's and asked as to deconstruct them and create a abstract piece. I then illustrated this art work.

During this class we looked into surfaces, deformers, particles and textures. My outcome is based on twisted geometry: I wasn't completely happy with the outcome of  this workshop as at the end it looks as if the balls have gotten stuck. and don't move in the way I wanted them too. Workshop 2 - geometric from Jade Holmes on Vimeo .

For our first workshop we had to create a Zine from the notes we made during the talk from the start of the lesson. The slide show gave us information on what Self Publishing is, the pros and cons, as well as how it has evolved over time. We were asks to expand in the context and iterate our ideas, the structure of the zine needed to be content specific From here we had to work in teams and take elements from our own work merging it with others to produce another piece.