June 6, 2008
Categories: Artists, Assessment:KEY POINTS, Ideas and Thoughts..., Presentation and Reflection_MADA3, Software_training & workshops . . Author: Sharon Ferris . Comments: Leave a Comment

Making an animatic:
I enrolled on the Flash_Character development & animation 3 week tutorials in order to animate a self
created character.
I used the same theme of self-portrait throughout all the workshops. This was the final piece I presented on completion of the course.
I wanted to convey movement in the experiential experience of singing, and how the breath is a vehicle for my soul to be projected onto the world..
This software offers me an opportunity to create event driven 3D graphics. Eventually I would also like to integrate video as a way to further experiment with this software.
Ardunio boards for connecting external sensors…
The above is a representation of a still in the pure data interface. I used the square for this example as it gave dimension to the visual…the colours morphed and the scale varied in response to user’s voice. The program offers striking and dynamic interaction between the user and the interface and creates a seamless [...]
Using Illustrator I designed and created my bands promotional flyer. It was a perfect opportunity to create a piece of work in which I could use my new knowledge in a commercial piece of work.The objective was create a visual that could make my band ambiguous and to give a bit of mystique to our [...]
I sketched some ideas using the techniques that I learned within the tutorial.
The motion and shape tween were useful and could give my idea a basic animation.
I experimented with both techniques with the context inhaling and exhaling. I used the self-portrait to imbue the process of my participating in this physical [...]
Proposed design for website…
I wanted a combination of asymmetric pattern and dot-matrix contrast. which balances the compostion. Having vibrant cyan, yellow and magenta with the strong frame of black gives it a dynamic border.
sketches and visuals for layout of proposed website…
My first step was to create a hierarchy of page layout.
I wanted to explore new navigation structures and composition of image and text.
I choose to use c.m.y.k as my colour scheme and use images that I had created previously in earlier work.
I have been experimenting with Illlustrator and its drawing tools…
Illustrator is a package I have been wanting to learn for the powerful drawing tools that it has.
My project will require strong visuals and i intend to create them in illustrator . The images are all vector based so will perform well in flash, which i will be using to animate them…
first-lesson.jpg
Dreamweaver is a application I need to create a web presence and as a designer is very benefical in creation of a basic web layout.
We have began by looking at the interface of the application and creating a basic table structure… I am creating a personal website as my project.
I have began learning new key techncal skills in order to achieve the web interaction side of project. I will be setting myself mini projects every week to test various tools within Flash…
My first week I have created a very basic floating lady anmi…