Paper Maquette

Simple Paper Maquette Layout

Portfolio Concept Sketches

I have determined the layout for my portfolio that will be saved in PDF.

Originally I was thinking about a square layout with a dark grey background overlayed with some original ink artwork, but ultimately I have decided to go with a basic back and white landscape layout using a dark grey damask background and black and white foreground areas that will be used to identify and showcase my work respectively.

Think "retro black and white film" theme... ;)

Portfolio Layout - Design #2

Portfolio Layout - Design #1 (Original Design)

Website Prototype Project & Favicon

I have been working on this prototype for a while, very basic and still evolving, but the structure and the design exists.

Web Page Prototype

Favicon

Working With Animation

Exclusively using Photoshop CS3, by converting layers into frames, I created the animations below:

Project: Image Sequencing In Photoshop
Title: "Bubble Gum Bear"

Remember when we used markers to color rainbow designs completely over paper and then colored thick black crayon over the colors so that we could scratch off a design and reveal the colors below...

Of course, nowadays, we can find products such as "Scratch Magic", Crayola's "Color Explosion", and the like, but I am of the opinion that it was much more fun creating my own designs from the start. ;)

So, inspired by memories of creating "scratch" art as a child, here is my Photoshop rendition, animated, of course:

Project: Time Lapse Painting In Photoshop
Title: "Floral Scribble"

Section 2: Mixed Media Image - Part 2

Mixed Media Image - Final
(Shown Matted)

Part 2 of this assignment involved integrating the hand drawn image from Part 1 with photographs of the respective object in order to create a professional quality, multi-layered image in Photoshop. Various techniques in terms of blend modes, filters, etc were to be utilized. Auxiliary pieces, such as texture, brushes or complimentary imagery was also to be incorporated.

My Design Log

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I started with the photo of the ice cream scoop on purple textured cloth. I first applied a black and white sepia toned adjustment layer to the original image and dropped the opacity down to about 90%. I set my foreground to a creamy color and my background to a medium sepia, duplicated the layer and applied the "Difference Clouds" filter. I lowered the layer opacity to 10% just to give it some depth and age to start. Next I applied various opacity and fill settings to 2 different layer of "grunge" brush strokes to further age the piece. I added a layer and rendered clouds at full fill and opacity but blended for saturation only to enhance the depth. Next, I incorporated my 2nd photograph by extracting the ice cream scoop, scaling it to the appropriate size to tile in the composition, rotating it and the duplicating it four times in a row X3, before grouping all the images and applying a screen blend to the group.

The final elements in the image were the hand drawn image, of course, which was duplicated twice and blended to multiply, with various artistic brush filters and blurs applied. Three vertical lines were added at an opacity of about 40% with a gradient that alternates from line to line. Finally text was incorporated, using a grunge script, with a subtle underlay that was enlarged and the overlay that varies in opacity for depth. A top layer of black grunge brush strokes in various shapes, textures and other dynamics was applied at about 60% opacity.

The Final Image

Section 2: Mixed Media Image - Part 1

Part 1 involved a comprehensive exploration of lines and the various forms lines can take as well as the emotions that lines can evoke...

Lines and Emotions



Miscellaneous Lines

Part 1 of this assignment also required a drawing of a kitchen utensil which contained white space.

"The Petite Ice Cream Scoop"

The Museum Project - The Final Design

Delivered. :)

Btw, I chose design 2C because it was the most "tech innovative", in harmony with the exhibit, of all the designs (in my opinion)...I made a few final alterations, which included adding some text regarding the exhibit as requested by my client ;) as well as the museum logo before saving as the final design build.

I have attached copies of the original contract with the cover letter here:

The Contract Cover Letter

The Contact Page 1 of 2

The Contract Page 2 of 2

The Museum Project - Utilizing Tool Presets and Pattern Maker

I saved the two fonts I used for the second prototype in the 'Tool Presets' menu. The obvious advantage being that I can save time with each occurrence of type by having the font family, size, spacing, alignment, etc. predetermined and saved in advance.

I experimented using different elements in the composition by applying Photoshop's random 'Pattern Maker' filter. I have displayed 3 examples of the patterns I created and the effects when applied respectively as a seperate layer to the prototype.

The Museum Project - Variations for Poster Prototype #2

Various iterations of the second composition, beginning with the original comp:

2.A

2.B

2.C

2.D

2.E

2.F

2.G

The Museum Project - Poster Prototype 2

Here is the second prototype composition based on a different sketch. I'm much fonder of this composition so far...It blends more details without overwhelming and seems more balanced although purposely asymmetrical in design.

Prototype Poster #2

The Museum Project - Prototype 1

This is the first prototype for the poster based on some initial ideas:


My thoughts thus far are to rework the design with a few more elements in addition to creating several more entirely different concepts...More than likely I think this is going to go in a different direction ultimately...

The Museum Project - Part One Research

Project: The de Saisset Museum Promo Poster

Title: New Media Exhibition

Dates: April 17, 2009 - June 28, 2009

Purpose: Highlights from Santa Clara County's Rich Living History During the Mission Era