Horse Hyperbole Horror

Horse Hyperbole Horror from Death Wish on Vimeo.

Gradient Practice

Nothing special. This was just practice for the gradient tool in Adobe Illustrator.

More Shapes

Shapes

A diamond and heart made using the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator.

Concentric Circles

My first Adobe Illusutrator project.

I Feel Pretty

This is my second attempt at using displacement maps. This is so better to me because I got to witness the realistic use of displacement maps. I was also pleased to learn about selection subtration, channels, the purpose of grayscale color modes, etc. In a related matter, who wants a hug?

Pattern Man

This is my first attempt on displacement maps. The pattern image is on his skin.

That's all Folks

This is my attempt at using clipping masks. Background inspiration belongs to Warner Bros. That's all, folks.

Adam Sandler the Evil Clown

This is for the Worth 1000 project. Adam Sandler rules!

Solar Spas

Like "Shrink," this is a picture of something taken literally.

Balloon Girl

This is a bonus for the Unbeliveable School project. This is a cartoon version of the idea of turning a human into a balloon. In case you can't see the text in the newspaper, the guy in the hat is wanted for $500 for using a magic pin to deflate people. But, even if you can't see all the details, you can definately tell from the guy's grin he is either liking what is happening or he is responsible for the incident. I think I done very well with this picture. I find it good to look at and it served as a great practice for drawing humans.

Balloon Man

I loved the idea of a human balloon and I especially liked the ocean ripple I used to simulate air coming out of the mouth. Although I thought I did a decent job with this picture, I did not feel like it was enough since I thought it was too simple, which was why I made "Balloon Girl" (above). I thought both pictures together were fantastic and deserve a good grade. I thought "Balloon Girl" was an excellent example of drawing humans. Next time, I will have to either try drawing cartoons more since it has become easier than reconfiguring a picture in abstract ways, find efficient ways to make abstract changes to other pictures, or I can try finding assignments involving other pictures that encourage more realistic changes. The most difficult part for making this picture was figuring out how I can make a human look like a balloon at all. I learned that picture editing with abstract elements can be a difficult thing to accomplish.

Lion Comparison

The left image is the original; the right image is the reverse engineered version I made.

Unbelievable School Ideas

1. A person deflating: A person deflates like a balloon.
2. A person eating itself: A person eats itself from the toes like a snake.
3. Bird drilling through the ground: A bird uses it becks to dig through the ground.
4. Fly eating a frog: A fly performs the physically impossible task of eating a frog.
5. Insect Person: A person turns out to be a swarm of insects taking human form.
6. A literally twisted person: A person is twisted like a Twizzler.
7. Animal wearing human disguise: An animal, big or small, wears a human disguise (a robotic suit is used for small animals). It’s like Men in Black.
8. Darkness coming out of lights: Darkness instead of light appears out of ceiling lights.
9. Sandpit staircase: A giant sandpit has a giant staircase made of sand leading people to their doom.
10. Kick a solid object into a liquid: A solid object is kicked, turning it into a liquid.

3D Theme Wine Bottle on the Floor

The last three pictures are the final part of the theme project. I used the second girl to the left for these three images. I thought I did good with placing the 3D objects in a suitable background, which was the most difficult part for me since it took some time. I also learned how to make 3D objects from this assignment. I felt like I made a success in using 3D images, which is good to me. Next time, though, I will have to study a little more on lighting, since I feel like I could have used better education on where I should brighten and darken an image.

3D Theme Soda Can on a Glacier

3D Theme Hat Blown Away

Theme

For this week, I had to do a theme project. I chose to draw this girl after trying to come up with a theme. I drew multiple versions of her and ended up decided to use the girl as the theme while while using the multiple versions to satisfy the requirements for the project. While I was working on this, I learned about the usefulness of sketch lines, which allow me to draw more efficiently without so much erasing (a real timesaver when drawing humans). Along the way, I deviated a little in the assignment due to my own interests interferring with production. For one thing, I'm turning in four versions of the same theme instead of three, not that's bad. Next time, I will have to come up with a good guess with what is expected before such instructions are told or before I actually follow them. I had to remove and add colors to follow the instructions exactly as told(they told me to use four colors (I used black, white, gray, and turqouise)). Drawing a human may have been the most difficult part, but it became easier after I used the sketch lines. Overall, I had fun with the project and the detail I used to make the girl made it extremely successful. By the way, she is a damaged robot in two of the versions seen here; let's say the other two involve a boy who's turned into a girl.

Desert Frog Tortoise

Thest last three works are brush projects for the class. They are all quite good to me. I felt each of them were very creative and eye-pleasing. The most challenging part was knowing what to do with this game picture. I learned that it is quite difficult to make computer art without the assistance of other images; I will have to be more concious of those images next time if I want to get the work done faster.

Rock n Roll

Milkshake Mountain

Eclipse

Sandstorm

Capuchin Fever

Typographic Waterfall Landscape

I liked making this typographic version of a picture of a waterfall, especially with the words typed being used to indentify what they are supposed to make in a cluster as well as the symbolic colors used to make the words look more like the objects. It was also nice to learn how to use layer masking, which was required to create this piece. Just like with the other assignments, those which I have made previously, I want to be more wary of time next time, not that the assignments I turned in have been turned in late. The main problem I can recall with this assignment is completing the time consuming task of coloring the text, which was not helpful in saving time.

Toxic Smoke Text

Aquatic Text

Fiery Meteor Text

Fairys and Bears

Why is it that, even with fairys, there is something dark about my art. Oh, well. Don't worry; the girls are cool with this. The most difficult part was probably fixing up the image in the back, which had some visible pixels from being enlarged. I learned that taking care of such pixels can be somewhat difficult to do perfectly, even though blurring can help and was what I used. I feel like I could have done better with the dialogue, but fairys do heal people and it makes sense to do so whenever the person in question gets hurt from trying to tame bears. Right? Other than that, I honestly like this piece, since it has the twist of turning someone into a fairy rather than just having a fairy made from the image of a person; the latter felt too trite. To add some light to this piece, I will admit this is an inside joke based on what is often said in Computer Art and Animation class. "Bears!"

Google Contest Entry

The Robot Cowboy

The Robot Cowboy from Death Wish on Vimeo.

Altough I could have done better with the timing, which, for me, is the most difficult part of the assignment since I am a slow worker, this Flash production is a masterpiece. I liked that I put in dialogue and side effects during the movie. During the time spent on the assignment, I learned about how to fix the animation and sound lag (the two did not syncronize for some time during the making of the movie).

Robot Cowboy Facial Features

Computer Character Facial Features

Character Expressions 3

Character Expressions 2

Character Expressions 1

A Nerd's Revenge

This is exactly what you think it is.

Majora's Incarnation

Used for reverse engineering. This character belongs to its creator.

Absolute Zero Beach

I think this piece is very creative and is a worthy eye pleaser. Overall, I had fun editing certain images to make them look frozen, which I learned from an online tutorial. Next time, though, I think I should make a more timely approach, which attempting to do was the hardest part for me. Other than that, I really like this piece of computer art.