mfovie poster

I opened the image of the man and the watermelon in photoshop. I then quick selected the man and the watermelon and refined the edge. I then copied the layer mask and the picture and pasted it onto the movie poster screen. Then I made a new layer and pasted the space background. I then put in the title and the name in. Afterwards I put the credits in. The final stage I made the title 3d text.

Photos

Rule of Thirds

This represents rule of thirds because as you can see Matthew is right along the points.

Fill the Frame

This is a good example because he is close to the camera and fills most of the frame.

Framing

This is a good example of framing because he is in the frame made by the diamond shaped fence.

Intentional Blur:

In this one, he is creating an intentional blur by dabbing.

Zoom Blur:

I couldn't quite capture the effect but this photo was taken while zooming into his face. 

Selective Focus:

As you can see the photo is focused on Matthew and not Yuri.

Panning:

I took this photo while panning while Matthew was running past the camera.

Leading Lines:

I made the photo black and white, and then used the burn tool to make the cracks in the road stand out more. I also made the 23 on his shoes red.

Pattern: 

This shows the pattern inside the shipping containers by the field.

PORTRAITS:

NO REFLECTOR

I like the way he's not looking at the camera, as it makes it seem more natural, like a camera wasn't there. The lighting was nice on this portion of the brick wall behind him, and I managed to expose it just right.

NO REFLECTOR

I like his jacket and the way it contrasts against the red brick background. He resembles the average working man, and once again he's not looking at the camera, so it looks more natural. I wish I could have straightened the background a bit more.

Composition

Rule of Thirds:

I picked this photo because it has a nice composition and demonstrates the rule of thirds nicely. It is spot on with the intersects.

Leading Lines:

I picked this picture for leading lines because it has many different examples on how they lead to the girl walking.

Fill the Frame:

I chose this photo because it shows that a good example and includes a common idea for photos; dogs.

Framing:

I chose this picture because it uses something that wasn't meant to be used as a frame, in this case a fence, and it includes a recognizable monument.

DOF and Shutter Speed

SHUTTER SPEED:

This one has a very fast shutter speed, as it captures a bullet that is going very fast. It is less exposed than the one with low shutter speed.

This one has a very slow shutter speed as you can tell its been very exposed by the lights of the cars. If it were a high shutter speed it would capture each individual car.

DEPTH OF FIELD:

This photo has a very shallow depth of field, as the background is blurry and the cat's head and face are in focus. The cat's head is closer to the camera, making it a shallower distance from the lens. 

This photo has a very deep depth of field as it captures everything in the photo with no blur.

OXCO Logo

Jamie Evans

Rough variations:

Final Variations:

(I'm not sure why that is bright pink, as you can see from everything else its not that intense.)

My Company:

OXCO provides 100% chromoly parts for BMX bikes. We provide frames, headsets, stems, forks, bars, etc. We target our marketing to people from 10 years old to 30 years old. Our style is that we're chill, urban, and "rad" to young people.

The Animal:

I chose the panda because it's know to be a very calm and 'chill' animal. This matches my company because we are supposed to target people that are chill and don't get mad often. My company is supposed to be layed back and easy to deal with. 

Choices:

I chose really rounded lines to form the shape of a panda head, with its tongue out. I chose thick-ish lines because it makes it look more cartoony and less elegant and rich people like. Thick lines are usually associated with cartoons, and cartoons are childish, and as you probably know, rich, elegant people are not usually very childish. They are very snobby and stubborn. I chose pink because pink is known to be tied with caring, and we want the buyer to know that we cared about our products while making them and they can trust that we worked our hardest on them. Hot pink, which is what I used, is known to be more playful and warming, so they know we're not some heartless company who don't care about their buyers. The shape of the animal is just a panda. I like how the ears, nose, and eyes are filled in, making it look very toned down and simple. I tried to add emphasis to only using pink, as I liked the colour psychology and eye-drawing factors of pink shades. I like how you can instantly look at it and know that its a panda. I used contrast in the typographic part of the logo, as it looked boring and half-done without another colour. So I changed one part of the word to hot pink, and the other colour to a lighter pink. It ended up looking nice so that is what I used.

Challenges:

I had a challenge using the pen tool, but after practicing, I ended up very good at using it effectively. 

I also had problems with nodes, but I kept trying different variations until I found what I liked, with a low node count. 

What did I learn?:

In this project I learnt how to use the pen tool in illustrator effectively to make an interesting logo. I also learnt how colours interact with each other and how to present typographic logos and pictographic logos nicely with each other.

Rough Copies

Pictographic Rough:

Typographic Rough:

Combined Rough:

vectors vs. raster

Rasters and Vectors.

Vectors use a mathematical equation to make it seem like you can zoom in infinitely into it and there will be no pixels. It most commonly used in illustrator to make logos for shirts, jackets, sweaters, etc. It is also commonly used for flash animations for videos. Vectors can be resized to any size making it easy to fit on things that are any size without turning into pixels. You can't do this in programs like photoshop, though. There are specialized programs like Illustrator that specialize in vector photos.

            Rasters can be zoomed into, and they will show many pixels that make up the photo. They are most commonly used when taking photos, and there are different numbers of pixels you can have for pictures, for example, 240p, 360p, 480p, 720p, 1080p, etc. It is also easier to tell what is happening if you are zoomed out enough. It defaults to taking rasterized photos when taking pictures. You have to make vectors, meaning you can't take a picture in vector format. Rasters are easy to acquire, you just need a camera. They are good for rich and colourful pictures.

oxco logo

OXCO LOGOS

A few logo ideas I designed myself.

oxco logo ideas

OXCO

Oxco is a company that specializes in BMX parts. We make 100% chromoly frames, headsets, chromoly handlebars, chromoly forks, etc. We price our parts 100$ more than the cost of the parts. We sell complete bikes with our parts and the best custom parts from other providers.  I chose to make BMX parts because BMXing is a passion of mine and I got the name because my online name is usually Oxys, so I mashed company and Oxys together.

OBJECT :  BMX

I chose a BMX because its a passion of mine and what my company is going to be about.

ANIMAL: PANDA

I chose pandas because they are known to be pretty chill.

LINES 101

DYNAMIC

I made rhythm with this one by using lines over and over again, making a wood floor kind of look, then experimenting with squares by adding horizontal lines along with it, I then added triangles in the top ones. It overall looks like a floor with tile and wood. It has rhythm with the repetitive lines and squares. I think this one is better because its a better example of rhythm in general in my opinion because it has more repetitive lines in three different ways.

 STEADY

I made rhythm with this one by adding arches over and over again. It looks kind of like a tunnel if you look at it in a certain way. I think that hypothetically if you zoomed out you would be able to see all the circles around the little one to the right. It has rhythm as it has space between.

Norval Morriseau; Androgyny

Norval Morriseau; Androgyny

This artwork is by Norval Morisseau, and it's name is Androgyny. It was donated to the Canadian people on April 15, 1983.  The title, Androgyny, is supposed to represent  express Norval's personal understanding of life's interconnectedness and explore his notions on gender identity. It is 366 x 610 cm, making it a massive painting.

             In this painting I see a red hill with people climbing to the top to see a great being, in this case the bird. Inside there seem to be people worshipping the great being of sorts. The background is yellow and there is vegetation in the represented sky.

             To me it seems like there are aboriginal folk climbing the hill with animals under the soil, to a greater being in this case being the bird at the top of the hill with an arch over it. I think they are going to worship it, because there are other folk in the arch who seem to be looking at the bird.

             I like this painting, as it has a large pallet of different colours and it is pleasing to look at at see all the different things that are represented in Androgyny. It can be a bit too intense of the eyes, but it overall has a lot of cool things to look at.