Editted Photo

Here is the edited photo. Nostalgic memories....

Final Project Proposal

So it has to utilize the computer in its creation but appear as if it could have been something else? Hm...it seems like we have a lot of free reign with this piece, in that case...

For a while, I've had this weird, crazy idea for my own original murder mystery-fantasy story that might work for this.... For the original story I mentioned above, I would like to create one concept art piece, almost like an illustration you may see in a children's book (the utopian/dystopian project comes to mind), that is at most 11 x 17 inches in size. It'll be a lot like a movie trailer poster illustration/design in terms of composition. I plan to sketch the drawing on paper, scan said drawing into the computer, then paint the thing on Photoshop. I guess that the concept behind this piece would be to, in a sense, illustrate this personal-fantasy series that doesn't even exist...yet. I guess it's like a trailer in illustration form...? There is a term for something like that, but I don't remember. Anyways, this will be like a...demo poster of sorts. Also, it is something I've kinda wanted to do for a while, so it'll be more personal than anything.

Why Twerk When You Can Work?

For a recent EMAC assignment, we had a "client" (who was really another classmate) who requested a product from us and we were to answer to their demands. My client wanted a health pamphlet warning high school students about the dangers of twerking and I was told to make it colorful and cringe-worthy with really bad puns, so this was completely outside of my comfort zone. Furthermore, I could not find any potential dangers for twerking! Every site I looked at was all "the new way to stay fit," "the new way to stay healthy," "the new way to lose weight,"; so I had to make something up!!!!

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Recipe for So-called Success

Here is my Typography Recipe Exercise completed. I actually have a pajama set where on the shirt is a brownie recipe, which is where I got the idea for the arrangement.

Minimalistic Poster

Here is my minimalistic poster of the band, Evanescence.

Utopian/Dystopian Future

So my Utopian Future is in the form of a comic, or more specifically, manga. For some odd reason or another, I almost instantly thought of the anime club and of my ex-boyfriend/really close guy friend at home, Alex. In both cases, whenever I am with either company, most of the time is spent on the Internet watching anime episodes, so for me, technology is something that unifies people. I mean, who doesn't like watching a movie or a television show with their friends? For my friends and I, that bonding time is spend on anime. That is why I chose a mange like style for my cartoon. However, I decided not to draw it on the computer because a lot of professional manga artists draw their stories by hand on paper and send it to editors and such, but the text is generally done on the computer. So in this particular project, the only part Photoshop plays here is text, which is important, since comics do tend to run with dialogue. It was difficult to do, since even though I read a lot of manga, it was the first time I actually tried to make panels and such. Anyways, the reason the final work is not printed is because here, while a lot of manga series can be purchased in prints, many fans tend to read them online, something similar to how people will check the news online rather than purchasing a newspaper. Plus, I think that fact that it remains in the computer adds to the technology factor. To me, no matter how it evolves, the role technology plays will never truly change. Uniting us. .....wow, that sounded so cheesy....

Photoshop Painting Exercise

Here's the Photoshop painting exercise I did. The line drawing (or sketch) is of a part of  Penn Station that I draw once during Intro for Illustration out of boredom (since I got all the sketches I needed). The time of day was definitely not different, I did not originally draw this at night. Anyways, I had a lot of fun with this. It's the first Photoshop painting I did in forever! It was fun trying to recall and remake certain details I missed when I first sketched this! .....I can't help but feel I may have gotten too carried away.....it's just been so long since I did something on Photoshop......

Nana Mizuki and T.M.Revolution's child

Here is my merged picture of Nana Mizuki and T.M.Revolution (dunno his real name). I picked these two, 'cause they recently did a duo called "Preserved Roses" (which is awesome, by the way, and can be found in iTunes, and there were false rumors of them being engaged). I found identical posters of both on Google (naturally, since they both worked on the song). I know there are a few marks on the image that suggest I did alter it, but I wanted to add a bit of Nana Mizuki's hair into this image and T.M.Revolution had his hair styled in a way which I had to make those marks to get my desired results. Anyway, here's what their child would look like.

Kim and Nancy look cooler (You really do!)

Here is the altered picture of Kim and Nancy in a anime convention (dunno which one). I wanted to something simple and you guys look like you're having fun there! Can I join? ;)

My favorite out of 20

Scanning Exercise

Here is my wacky Scanning exercise! The first one is the instant-scanned one, while the second one is the Photoshop-tweeked one. It's honestly been forever since I used Photoshop! So nostalgic....

So Long, Lonesome: Action Trailer

I suppose it would have been more efficient to take some more shots, since this video was originally…well…not geared towards action. However, I wanted to challenge myself and see if I could create something from just the original video. I did some research on the action genre. I knew what it was in general, but wondered if there were some more technical details I should’ve been aware of. Naturally, there were many different types of action sub-genres, but the one characteristic that all action genre film shares, whether it be a martial arts or spy film, is motion. For the most part, action films will have continuous movement, usually something intense like chases and fights, in its scenes. With that in mind, I made sure to not use too many clips where there is no movement or action, which wasn’t too hard, since most of the video had some kind of motion occurring. Furthermore, considering how the scenes where shot, I decided to try to take a more subtle approach; I tried to create an action thriller that is in its earliest stages. Basically, with this trailer, the movie is just being created, so the audience gets a few clips and a few notes letting them know that the film is on its way, but there isn’t enough footage to really give details into the plot. The mystery and uncertainty come from the little information given, as well as the fact that the actors’ faces aren’t shown, but the intense foreboding sensation lingers within the music. Basically, something’s going to happen but no one knows what. 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU2oGq9mo7s 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h0V0wx_kKE 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD5vr4lwmOw 

Trailer created by Sarah Pak

Original video created by MJ DiDonna, Anny Jialu Li, Cameron Hanley, and Bailey Watro

Music:

"Prelude Pusher (Choir)" by Paul Jebanasam

About the No Country for Old Men film.....

Allow me to say that first of all, it was not my favorite film. nor my favorite genre. I know I'm from Texas, but that doesn't immediately indicate that I am into the Western America stuff. No, no offense to those who do like that genre. I mean no disrespect; it is just not my thing.

However, I will admit that I think that the camera work that was done on that film was pretty cool. I'll admit, I am more of an anime girl, but I have seen my fair share of live action films and such, and believe me, I have seen some pretty poor and unimpressive camera work. I thought that whoever was in charge of the cameras did a great job giving the film its intense feeling, especially with the lack of music, that gave you nothing to be distracted with, so the audience's full attention is on the characters and the action. It is definitely something to take note off, especially when trying to establish the perfect mood in films, since different combinations of camera work, transitions and audio can help establish that.

But like I said; not really my type of film. It was.....interesting to watch though.