Banner is Up!

With all my hardwork and fun times my UNV banner is up and running on the website. http://www.unv.org.ph/ Some changes with colour and placement by request of the project manager was accomplished. Red and blue were switched and some other minor adjustments were made.

The Main Problem

The main problem was maintaining file size while keeping quality high enough and having many pictures present in the banner to simulate a banner/slideshow.

The Solution

Photoshop's save for web and devices feature was used to bring down the file size along with pre image resizing and ppi adjustments. The banner was carefully thought out. How many pictures would be used to convey their message and the break down of how many kb each image should be at the most to maintain quality and stay within the given limits. After planning, sizing and saving the images were ready to be imported into flash and used as either movie clips or graphics so that they could be used to classic tween. Since my as3 skills are still being developed, I felt much more comfortable using my classical previous knowledge of manually tweening and placement to complete this banner more efficiently. Making the deadline was very important for me to show my dedication and values. The deadlines were made, revisions were made. I have also been asked to make changes once they take more pictures in the future.

I am very happy with this project and I hope to be able to continue my work with this organization.

Love Revision

I don't know if anyone else noticed. However I did notice. David did not look happy in the previous post. He's with me so he HAS to be happy, plus in the actual photo he looks happy. Here is my changes and now I think you'll agree, he definitely looks much happier. :)

Loveeeeeeeeeee

I decided to finally do an illustration of my boyfriend and I. I like the way it turned out. Nice and Simple. Beautiful.

Thanks to Jon!

This is a thank you gift to Jon Finkelstein for allowing me to interview him. It was a great experience and I got a lot of fantastic advice.

Thanks again!

Illustration of Tim!

This is my thank you illustration for Tim Willison for sharing his time with me today. It was really great getting a chance to talk to him and learn about his company Oddly Studios. He is truly inspirational and remarkable! Thanks again. :)

So much fun to do!

UN Volunteer Philippines Flash Banner

This is a flash banner that will be used for the UNV Philippines Website to promote awareness and encourage citizens to become a volunteer to work towards the UN's Millennium Development Goals. The idea was to create something like a slide show. I decided to incorporate icons that listed the 8 MDG's. My biggest challenge was keeping quality looking high and file size low. Using Photoshop save for web and devices helped optimize the photos, also the use of allow smoothing in Flash. This is the second draft. I am pleased with it and enjoyed creating it very much. Thanks again to the UN for this opportunity!

CLICK HERE TO SEE

Brian Gilham Illustration

Here is an illustration of Brian Gilham I did as a thank you for sharing his time with me for my industry interview assignment. Thanks Brian! you're awesome.

Video Green Screen Assignment: WTF 30 Seconds!

This is my awesome door

This door was created for my video class assignment. This assignment had use of green screen. I will post the video within the next day or so, so I do not want to give away the surprise. Lets just say for now that this door was thought out and made to match certain circumstances within my video project. I based it off the door being used in the video and used illustrator for everything but the overlay of woodgrain.. which was photoshop. I am very pleased with it. I would have to say the curtains took the most time but are one of the more important aspects because of the fine attention to detail. :)

Snoctobunny Vector (old)

I came across my "Snoctobunny" vector I did a while back for my skate deck assignment. If you go back a bit you will find the skate deck and pictures of the toy. I feel like it turned out pretty awesome. Very Shiny. Took a long time at the time, but was well worth every node and bevel in the end.

Panthers in 3D

I used the illustrator logo I created in first semester to turn into a 3d object using 3d Studio Max. I learned how to import an illustrator file into mac, set it up, detach splines, fix vertices, and bevel to create a 3d version I will soon animate for the next project!

NHL logo and particle systems- 3Dstudio Max

This was an in class lab on how to construct a 3d version of the NHL logo and use particle systems in 3d Studio Max to simulate pucks deflecting off the logo and the background. Camera and lighting effects were also used. The logo was constructed in 3d max and beveled accordingly.

It was a fun assignment and I enjoyed learning how to use basic functions in 3d studio max!

Devin Vector

Im really in the vectoring mood lately haha. This pic is of Devin, a great friend of mine from school. This took about an hour to complete. :) I am very happy with the results!

Greek Goddess

This is an illustration of my pretty greek friend Elianna. :) shes been asking me since last semester to illustrate her. & here it is. I like it!

Other Option

So I was thinking to myself... "A business card has to make sense.. A business card basically has to be an extension of your website/blog." SOOOOO therefore I changed around some of the colours since my blog is purple and I would rather be working with a purple concept than an orange and blue concept. I am still pondering. :)

Possible Business Card

This is a possible option for my business card that I will be using for Career Prep class and out of class. There is still revisions that need to be made. I am unsure about the use of colour for certain fonts and I will play around with those colours and sizes until I get something I am satisfied with. As for my logo, I am in love with my rubber chicken. <3 This is my second version so far and there will be many more following this version. I really think the double sided option is a good use of space, however I will see on Tuesday if my teacher feels the same way...

Orange Gummy Bear

I made this orange gummy bear with the use of illustrator. I worked on it for a few hours and I am happy with the results. This gummy bear was not for a school project. Just for fun :)

rubber chicken love

This is my lovely rubber chicken vector I made for fun. I'm thinking of using it for my business cards but I am still contemplating. It sure screams out Gabby if you ask me.

Snowman

Here is my snowman I created for 3d class... The assignment was to create a snowman but if we wanted full marks then we had add more to it and make it interesting.. so this is a classic Gabby for those who know me. I love food. Hope you like it too :)

Paiton - Photoshop/Illustrator art

This is a portrait for a friend of mine. This is her son Paiton. :) I used a mix of illustrator for the base and photoshop for the shading, highlights and details. I think it has turned out pretty awesome for someone who does not have a ton of experience digital painting. I love it :) !!

Lake and Mountains by Lawren Harris vectored by ME!!

This is Lake and Mountains by Lawren Harris ( a member of the group of seven ) I vectored this painting in adobe illustrator CS4 for my mother because this is her favourite painting!

Redesigning a website in photoshop!

This is what i was given

And this is what I turned it into :)

I was given a very unusable website to completely change into something more useful and relevant to the company it was designed for. The company deals with all kinds of insurance so I researched different insurance websites and found a way to make the site look better. The first picture is that of the photoshop document we were given to work with and the second picture is my redone version with my own design. I think it works well and the teacher was surprised and pleased with all my efforts.

THINK ABOUT IT NOW, ITS YOUR FUTURE TODAY!!!

Typography Assignment

For this assignment I had to chose a song with meaningful lyrics and use two elements such as (size and width, weight and typeface) etc to convey the song in a nice way. I chose the song Far Away by Nickleback because it is a song that is special to my boyfriend and I.

BlackBerry Banner Boards

These are my BlackBerry banner boards that are going to be used to create swf files in four different sizes.

Skyscraper 160 x 600

Full Banner 468 x 60

Leaderboard 728 x 90

Square 300 x 250

This is my square version of the banner and is in the process of completion. The BlackBerry Branding Guide was used to make all decisions on colour, use of font, use of logo, and placement.

Rubber Chicken Soup

This is my still life picture for photography class. I chose to do a rubber chicken in soup because I feel that rubber chickens are a main icon of the comedy world, and I associate rubber chickens with laughter, and happiness. Also chicken soup is an icon for wellness. I love comedy and I wanted this to bring out a bit of humour in a soft beautiful way.

Skate Deck Spin

Here is the link for my swf file of my skatedeck from the previous semester doing a 360 that will be used for a future banner ad project.

Click here !

Puma Magazine Ad

This is my puma magazine ad for photography class. I used a pair of my puma shoes that I was saving for summer, and i think the ad came out really nicely! The shoe was shot outside in daylight on a sunny day with a sony dsch1

Phone Spin

I had to clean up the phone, remove any blemishes, make the background white, replace screens, some keypads, and back ends.

This is the URL to my phone spin

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/849/neverstopspinnin.swf

It was a lot of work, its done and Im happy!