Take a Picture of Something Spinning

Independent Photography Project Inspiration

For this Assignment we were assigned to create our own project that involved photography. my idea was to create these little planets that i found while browsing ideas on the interweb. my concept was to shoot these panoramic shots in 4 or 5 different areas, for example an industrial area, a cityscape, a forested area, to show how each area is like it own little world, and how the differ to each other.

There are many different ways of creating these panoramic planets, but the photo taking process is all relatively similar. for my test planet i just used my phone camera and created a sort of plumb line attached to the bottom of it so that i could insure that every photo was taken from the same spot at the same height. it took about 5 minutes of me rotating around taking pictures so that each one overlapped the previous one by about a third so that it would be easy for them to be lined up later on. to stitch the photos together i used a feature on Photoshop called photomerge, which automatically positioned all the photos together after I selected the ones that I wanted. I had to than change the image size so that it was a square and rotate it 180degress so that it was upside down. and i had to rotate it slightly so that the edges on either side lined up. i then used the polar coordinates filter which distorted it into the planet shape. to finish it off i did some touching up and adjustments to make it look a little cleaner. Below i have the test that i did it is very rough since i didn't want to spend too much time on it. it was just to see what i would have to do in order to get the best results. because i had my camera on auto the exposure changed for every shot and they didn't fit together well.

These are all the images I took

Photoshop was able to use photomerge and put all the images together

The polar coordinates filter made it into a planet shape

Here are some examples of ones that I found online

Animated Gifs

"Yes! It's true, I am Nacho."

Nacho Libre, 2006

I chose to use this portion of the movie for the animated gif that I created because, it is the moment in the movie when the two sides of nacho's identities are show.

"While i was in the wilderness, I wrote a song for Encarnation. In my mind. Shall I sing it for you?

Nacho Libre, 2006

Career Path Infographic- How to Become a graphic Designer

We were assigned to create an infographic that shows the path we would take to get to the career of our choice related to the CyberARTS program. This is the infographic that i created, showing the path to becoming a successful graphic designer.

I wanted to keep it simple, to make it easy to understand, because some infographics I've seen you have to spend 5 minutes trying to decipher them. I tried to make it as professional as I could to make it look as if it was done by a pro. I tried to make it as visually pleasing as possible by using lots of colours that work well with each other. Also adding the curved line, so that it is more interesting than a straight line.

Something I really like about this piece is how I made it balanced, there may be more on the left side but I think that using the black title on the right side really balanced it out well. For the font I used Helvetica because it is a very clear bold professional looking font, that I thought really suited the overall look of the graph.

About Humber college's Advertising and Graphics Design Program

for our first assignment in grade twelve we were asked to research a college or university program that we were interested in applying for, so that we could prepare everything needed for it. here is a program at humber college that I ma interested in 

Type: Diploma

Campus: Lakeshore

Program Code: 04701

Length: Four semesters, beginning in September, plus a four week internship

Admission Requirements

·       Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature student status

·       Grade 12 English (ENG4C or ENG4U). If English is not your first language visit the English Language Proficiency Policy

·       Three Grade 11 or Grade 12 C, U or M courses in addition to those listed above

·       Applicants who do not possess the required courses may complete admission testing to determine equivalencies. Invitation and booking of admission testing is done using the email address provided on the online application

·       A good working knowledge of various computer applications

·       Attendance at an information/interview session, which includes:

·       presenting a portfolio of 12–15 pieces of art design

·       presenting a recent sketchbook showing rough work, drawing and process work

·       composing a letter describing why you chose this field

·       Applicants will be assessed on overall creativity, ability in drawing, sense of design, creative process (roughs and preliminary drawings), craftsmanship, and comfort level with computer technology

Fees

The 2012/2013 fee for two semesters is

- domestic $3,705.48

- international $12,800.

Amounts listed are the total of tuition, lab and material fees, student service and auxiliary fees for the first two semesters of the 2012/2013 academic year.

Fees are subject to change.

For more information visit Fees and Financial Assistance.

Additional Costs

$500 – art supply kit (list available upon acceptance) for first semester; $200 to $500 – textbooks, subscriptions, printing costs (per semester); a home computer is encouraged – instructors can advise on technical needs and sources for affordable Macintosh computers and software.

for other info on the program visit http://www.humber.ca/program/advertising-and-graphic-design#admission-requirements

Breaking Benjamin, I Will not Bow: music video

this is a music video that me and two other students made for the song "I Will Not Bow" by Breaking Benjamin

Inspiration: Iron Man Behind the Scenes

I came across this this behind the scenes video for the movie Iron Man on youtube today. it is just talking about the production of the movie and how it was done and what it was like to do. Something I really enjoyed about it was getting to see how everything is done like the special features, like the flying and the suit, and how they made the suit. and also seeing them practicing the flying scenes with Robert Downy Jr, before he was actually being filmed doing it, also seeing how stressful it was for everyone to have to do all the tasks involved in making the movie. I've put the video below it is about 35 minutes long and in for parts since it is off youtube, i highly recommend watching it if you are into the movie business.

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