Music Video Short Edit

We were challenged to make a 90 second edit of our music videos. This was a bit challenging because we had to fit in our whole video into a small time frame. Its difficult to show all the smaller clips and things that make the message of your video powerful and still have it fit. For the most part I knew which shots were essential to the story and which ones it could do without. I think the video is an improvement from the last edit because the timing is a bit better and it has a better flow. Also it is more to the point and is slightly less drawn out. 

We had to edit to the beat, which my video already was on a few shots but I used the markers to make all transitions smooth. I think the video being synced with music makes it look a lot more professional.

Creative Spheres

We were assigned to put our own creative touch on a few spheres. My red globe symbolizes an apocalyptic world because of its red shadows and the feel if gives the viewer. I started off with the sketch of spheres. Then tried to find some good tutorials which was a bit of a challenge. Its a bit easier to apply effects and manage your art in illustrator which made the photoshop sphere slightly more difficult. I learned how to spherize things from the globe tutorial. In the others I learned how to give the spheres a reflective quality. In the future i would like to improve on my shadows. They could use a bit of sharpening to make my spheres more professional.

http://www.tutorialwiz.com/globe2

http://phong.com/tutorials/sphere/

Music Video

Producing the music video was a completely different experience than our previous projects. There was a lot more responsibility and planning that had to go into it. It was a lot different having a long period of time to work in our groups and able to work at whatever pace we choose.

I think I improved my editing a lot during this project. Our shots weren't always ideal and we had to be a little bit more creative while editing. In a few places I made the shots synced to the song, which I think turned out pretty well. Next time I would like to take more shots so we have a lot of extra footage to work with. Also I would take more time on the prep work in order to be more prepared and productive during the filming process.

Our groups collaboration was solid for the most part. There were a few times were we didn't agree and things became a bit stressful, but we worked through it and made a pretty good film.

Red Spheres

It was difficult to transition to Photoshop after illustrator and it might have slightly reflected in the fine details of my Photoshop sphere. Its slightly less gradual of a gradient and the shadow isn’t quite as good. My illustrator sphere has a pretty good highlight and shadow and I think it looks pretty professional. My Sketch could be better I think my drawing skills were a little of that day.

Logo Tutorial

http://www.lynda.com/Illustrator-tutorials/346-Hand-drawing-custom-made-letters-Illustrator/76067/191219-4.html

This is my custom logo designed in illustrator from a tutorial. I learned how to draw a font and trace it into illustrator from my tutorial. I think its really helpful information for the future in design because i would like to hand draw more. I think i did a good job making the font uniform which was a bit of a challenge because the font was sketched by hand. Next time i would spend more time on the other parts of the logo instead of just the text. I want to learn how to manipulate shapes more and put effects on my images.

Logo Process

Logo

This is my logo i designed after my tutorial. I have a few different variations of font and color but they relate to me because they are different and unique. It includes loosely drawn letters that i hand sketched. I was inspired by some graphiti fonts and letters and modern art. My tutorial helped me turn my sketch into an actual font. The curves, straights, and arrows are mostly uniform and the font size is consistent.

I learned how to trace things more accurately with the pen tool. Also i learned how to create a stroke on the outside of letters and shapes using an offset path. I want to learn how to use more complicated effects and specific effects in my next logo. I think I did a good job with making my own font because it looks consistent and refined. In the future i would change the stroke effects and maybe try to implement a 3-D element. I need to work on gathering more ideas and information instead of using just a few different elements.


http://www.lynda.com/Illustrator-tutorials/346-Hand-drawing-custom-made-letters-Illustrator/76067/191219-4.html