Tuesday (May 14, 2013)

I think i figured out what  I want to do…. I just used an old sketch from my drawing book and used my iphone and dropbox to get it to the computer. I’ve just been messing around in photoshop but I like the eyes so far (especially the multicolored aspect!) c(:

 

Monday (May 13, 2013)

I didn’t post this yesterday (Monday) because it wouldn’t let me… but I’m hoping it works today! On Monday I spent most of my class time brainstorming ideas for my poster /framed design. I also presented my guest blog, sent my goal, etc.

I can think of color schemes but I just can’t think of concepts and drawing ideas. D:

Wish me luck!

Guest Blog

After any class, you’re bound to pick up a few tips and tricks. As a third year student I probably have more than I’ll be able to remember, x)

A few shortcuts I couldn’t live without are:

• #1. Command + Z (Undo)

• #2. Command + C (Copy)

• #3. Command + V (Paste)

• #4. Shift + Command + 4 (Screenshot/Save to Desktop)

• #5. Shift + Control + Command + 4 (Screenshot/Save to Clipboard)

Another thing I love (Especially for drawing) is the ‘Opacity Lock’ option and ‘Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask’

Both options allow you to draw and then color over your lines/previous drawing without messing anything up.(:  It’s super handy and quick when you’re coloring and it made my Macbeth project much more manageable. I was able to throw one color on top of another and blend it together without worrying about getting out of the lines.

It’s a time saver for sure. Other programs (like Paint Tool Sai [which I often use at home] also have the option.

Here’s one more example of that.

You can find some other photoshop tips from my blog here.

Thanks for Reading!(:

Tuesday (May 07, 2013)

My computer ” froze ” before I could log out today. The problem was actually a lot sillier and not a big deal in the end… anyway. On Tuesday I worked on my InDesign project and when all the pen-tooling was starting to get to me, I put it in photoshop and did some coloring. I have to say… Photoshop is definitely more my thing than the other Adobe programs. :’)

Tuesday (April 30, 2013)

Today I started working on an Illustrator project… This project was mentioned in a class announcement post and I thought it sounded pretty cool. : ) Anyway! I figured since the first step is to have a pre-drawn sketch, it’d be easier to pull an old one than start something compeletely new. I found a picture I drew at an AHS baseball game the other day and expanded on it.

so anyway… my main focus today was getting a solid sketch. 🙂

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wiill add more later / Monday (April 15, 2o13)

i’ll update this later when i get a chance… I worked on putting together the macbeth video today. it’s the last day to work on it! we’re coming by to work more after school.

 

Tuesday (April 9, 2013)

Today in class I worked on sketches for the remaining scenes – I need to figure out what to do with those. After a while, I started feeling really crazy and sort of bummed out about the whole thing, I decided I should work on something else for a bit and clear my head. I pulled out this old drawing and it helped, I think. : )

Friday (April 05, 2013)

Today Mrs. Frascht showed me how to use iMovie and in two words? It’s awesome. I experimented with sound and transitions (and other similar things) for the first half of class and for the second, I searched out some textures and decided to fix part of my picture from yesterday. I ended up finding a really great texture blog (with a weird name… ignore that part…) it’s here x)
Have a great weekend!

Wednesday (April 03, 2013)

Well today is Wednesday and this week is just giving me a hard time, I swear.(‘: I said I’d like to work on my Macbeth project here in class but I feel like I don’t know quite what I’m doing yet. I’d like to draw out scenes from it and play it like a movie. Obviously, I won’t be able to animate it all cause’ animating in photoshop is a pain in the butt and there’s eleven pages to do…  My biggest problem right now is that I don’t even know what program to put it together on. I have Movie Maker at home (or at least I’m pretty sure I do) and could try that. I think there’s also a program in class I could use but I don’t know anything about it yet. My last problem is with sound – we’d like to add narration, voices and possibly sound effects if we could… I just don’t know how. If anybody out there has any ideas….y’know. help meeee. x)

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Okay. So today I decided to work on the painful task that is drawing backgrounds… I have a whole bunch of scenes to do and after this painful attempt , I’m thinking I may be in over my head. I could make it look nice if I had enough time… but this isn’t just one picture I’m needing to do… it’s ten or more.

After I realized that, I became a little hopeless… but then I remembered the Mixer Brush and while I’m still not 100% on using it (it feels like cheating :/) It’s SO much quicker and looks about 50,000 times better.

I’m not sure what I’ll decide to do in the end but for now it’s nice to have options…