Interactive Photobook

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In this assignment we had to use InDesign to create an interactive photobook with fancy page curls. We had to have a minimum of 10 pages of images and had to add metadata to each image in Photoshop. I decided to use some images of last trip to the United States for my photobook.

Word Composition

In this assignment we had to photograph alphabetical shapes that make up a word of our choice. I chose the word "toilet".

Drawing with Type

For this assignment, we had to choose a nursery rhyme or speech and draw then scan an image relating to the story/speech. We then had to open the scanned image and Photoshop and trace it. Then chose the "Type on a Path" tool, select the traced outline of the scanned image, and type the words of the story/speech along the outline. I used the lyrics to the song "The Land Down under" by Men at Work.

Producing a Flyer

For this DL flyer I had insert different images into Adobe Illustrator including a traced map pf Dubbo. To do this I had to open a copy of the map in Illustrator and use different layers to trace the different parts of the map, such as the roads and the fill.

Tracing a map

I traced a map of Tasmania in Adobe Illustrator to achieve the outline of the land and then trace the main roads. I then marked the big cities and coloured in the appropriate areas such as blue for the ocean, green for land, and brown for mountains/terrain.

Textures using Photoshop Filters

I used the most colourful gradient and the plastic wrap filter. I thought that this ties in well with the flashy colourful materialistic items that are the norm in contemporary society.

Bananas

My 50 different ways of drawing bananas.....yes I know I spelt "Bananas"wrong in the image. At least I acknowledge it. lol.

Grids, Layout, and Flow

With grids used

Without grids used

  

 

My attempt at redesigning the advertisement to the left

Fruitshop Identity

A new upmarket fruit shop called Fruitshop requires an identity. They are after a modern
contemporary design that uses colour as the main design element. They don‟t want a logo that uses
typical fruit shapes. Fruitshop plans to stock a wide range of in season fruit sourced from around the
world.

One of the tasks that I had to do was create thumbnails for a new logo, t-shirt designs, business cards and shop signage. 

Positive/Negative

Here I had to draw 2 thumbnail sketches for each subject in the small boxes then select the most effective solution for each and re-draw it in the larger box.

And then I had to find 4 examples where white space was effectively used in advertising.

Black Squares

Magazine advertisements that I have chosen which I think represent order, bold, tension, increase, conjested and playful.

Order

Bold

 

 

Increase

Tension

Conjested

Playful

My name is...

My attempt at typographic portraits...and to think I'm actually a good drawer!!! (or used to????)

My scanner story

I'm not particularly experienced in Photoshop and that probably shows. The title of my scanner story is Techological evolution = Societal devolution?. 

As technological innoventions continue to develop and become increasingly more mainstream in contemporary society, societal norms and values continue to simplify.  My use of previous innovations such as cassette and VHS tapes, floppy disks, and a classic skipping rope; and their modern counterparts such as CDs, iPods, a USB stick, along with an xBox 360 headset, hopefully illustrates the drastic differences in technology over time. And my use of the measuring tape dividing these inventions through the centre not only serves as a focal point, but also symbolises the increasing obesity and weight issues in current society compared to the past as children recieve less exercise due to their time spent watching TV and playing video games compared to previous generation who only had outside games, such as skipping, as forms of entertainment; and symbolises the decreasing amount of face-to-face communication society has.

Things that inspire me

Beautiful sunsets which inspire me to want to draw or paint the scene

Gorgeous scenery which could pass as a painting

Pictures with different contrasting backgrounds and foregrounds

Magazine cover designs

Even just the thought of editing photographs

A quick intro

The purpose of this post is to introduce what this blog is about. This blog is for me to share my work that I will produce over the duration of this course.

Final Words

Mum and Dad with the Sleeping Beauty castle

Now safely back in Australia (and have been for a few weeks now!!), I have dedicated this post to the times I have enjoyed the most during my USA trip. I had a lot of fun at Universal S tudios, and the fact that we had Front of the Line passes only made it better! Disneyland was also a great experience and the fulfilment one of Dad's childhood fanatsies was good, that along with Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon! But my ultimate favourite times in the states would definately have to be Las Vegas. Just the atmosphere there with all the casinos and shows and mini world landmarks (e.g. the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty) is cool in itself. 

Walking the strip was really exciting, but got boring after about the third or fourth time!! People on the streets hounding you to go to nightclubs and shows did get annoying, but one guy said I was cute atleast. Going to Toby Keith's Bar and Grill was fun, and the food there was yummy, and it was another tick on Mum and Dad's list to do ever since they heard his song "I Love This Bar". 

The Stratosphere was a lot of fun, very high though - when I first got up to the viewing area I chickened out of going on the Xtreme and Insanity rides (google them - very scary), however I was brave enough to go on the Big Shot, a free fall drop type ride right on the needle of the tower, it shoots you up straight away with you being weightless at the top 1,080 feet above the ground (!) with 4gs of force you can bet it was terrifying and it was my first experience with that sort of ride!! The picture taken just as we shot up is truly horrifying and embarrassing (for me). 

Shooting guns at the Gun Store was great, even though I sucked at it as I (accidently) shot my hostage in the eye. Riding through the Nevada desert on ATVs was very fun. I was apparently very good at it! Mum wouldn't go very fast though and held up poor Dad and Matthew behind her! It was freezing though, when we took our gloves off our fingers were swollen red and couldn't move!! But still a lot of fun. 

Our windswept selves after our session of indoor skydiving

Indoor skydiving was an experience let me tell you! It was fun, however extremely embarrassing for me as the video depicts my mortifying attempts at it. Mum was surprisingly good at it though! Our instructer/handler was Tony, who was actually REALLY cute! So he made it worth it my opinion. We also saw a show, The Tournament of Kings at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino, which was very good. The food they served us was also yummy, before the show started someone in the audience yelled out "Aussie Aussie Aussie" so we just had to yell back "Oi Oi Oi". So there you go, and that's why I loved Las Vegas.