Love Lines

I stumbled across this video and found it so well thought out, incredibly organized and neat, and so well orchestrated that I immediately decided I couldn't withhold it from my blog. The video comes from the self-named Youtube account Aisha Zamm. There really are not a lot of words to describe this video other than simply outstanding, even the execution of the song along with the video and how at certain parts it seemed to me like they synced perfectly. I love the song playing during this video and I find it amplifies the meaning/message. On the visual side, her illustrations are impeccable and the way she can transform a whole image by merely flipping and bending the page is wonderfully creative. I can't find a lot of anything I don't like about this video the only thing I can point out is that, in my opinion, I don't particularly like photographic animation, however, I'd be a liar if I said it didn't work well for this video. This is an excellent example of creative genius and spare time combined to make something incredibly fascinating, enjoy.

Life is Still Life

 This is my still life project entitled "Life is Still Life", it features a stuffed rabbit and the skull of a coyote. The conceptual design for this was to place the objects close to the bottom and right portions of the paper, leaving the fabric to draw your eye inwards on the top left portion. I tried to use a mixture of shades to create depth in my image. By making certain parts darker and certain parts lighter a feeling of realism is achieved, I feel, and by creating purposely darker shadows outside of the objects it makes them pop and come out more. Seeing this finished product I would have decided to focus more on the shading rather than trying to create the objects I saw, as I now realize shading is a very important tool for creating both depth and realism, especially in pencil. I could have done improved shading by being more patient with my fabric instead of trying to fill it in faster, this would have made it look less scratchy and more like actual fabric. I am pleased with the result and I feel it was a good effort on my part because I learned more than I knew before starting. I enjoy doing projects where I don't entirely understand certain parts because then in producing the error it gives me an opportunity to effectively learn from what I did "wrong". Most importantly though, I enjoyed doing this project and I look forward to creating more works which I can look back on when my skills have further increased.

Help With Drawing

This is a website I found that has helped me improve my drawing skills. The videos are easy to follow although they are not step-by-step, there is also a wide variety of different things to choose from. If you are looking for something fast and easy to help you understand a few parts of a drawing you might be missing then this is a good link for you. However, if you are looking for a more detailed tutorial you might want to look elsewhere. The website is called draw23.com and I hope it helps you as much as it helped me.

A Little Nostalgia Here and There

I stumbled upon this retro game player and found it extremely interesting. It plays any 8bit console and non console game, such as Donkey Kong, Dr. Mario, Pokemon, and many many more. It's really cool that someone took the time not only to convert all these games into computer playable versions but also that they jammed them all into one easily accessible place. The gameplay, as expected, doesn't quite match up to the original games but it is nonetheless still a joy to play. Whether you enjoyed, or even played these games, should give you incentive to check this out!

Okay Button

have you ever felt like life is getting you down? Do you feel like your very best efforts result in nothing more than a mere clap of the hands?  Well then consider this your chance to rejuvenate your mind and soul! The make-everything-okay button will relinquish those terrible thoughts from your skull and replace them with the tranquil idea of happiness. If you need a boost in self esteem try this free diagnostic here.

The Art in Everything

I thought this was really great creativity, not only the way it represents two pixelated characters from two of the most epic video games ever. It also has a certain minimalist feel which I love in art. I hope you thought this was as creative as I did. 

Fading Text in Flash CS4

This was another helpful tutorial that assisted me in learning how to effectively fade text in and out for my kinetic typography assignment. Again, it may be useful to anyone else desiring this or a similar effect in their work. Its pretty simple to understand and he goes over it slowly enough for it to be helpful. 

Music in Flash CS4

This was a helpful tutorial that taught me in a few easy minutes how to add music into my kinetic typography flash project for Tech. I thought it may be useful to anyone else who was struggling with this problem as well.