Assignment #8: Rotoscope Animation

In the beginning stages of this assignment, I faced many stylistic challenges and got frustrated, wanting to just give up or put as little effort into it as I could get away with.
But once I just stopped overthinking and just drew, this is what I came up with. My mind kept going on and on, literally making up ideas as I drew them.
This was originally my own short film I made last year, and I was already proud of that. But filming on a college campus with minimal props and settings, I was somewhat limited. Getting to literally draw whatever I wanted to with the same film I already shot was something special; I created an entirely new film with its own new and unique meaning, which is what matters to me in my art.
I enjoyed this project and I enjoyed the end result.

Here's the original short film, FLOAT: https://youtu.be/o-UMHmIsMPk

Assignment #7: Multiplicity

This was 110% my favorite project  so far. I had no idea doing something like this would be so easy to do, especially on Photoshop (aka my worst enemy). It was fun and easy to shoot, fun and easy to edit, and it was definitely my favorite assignment visually.

Assignment #6: Restoration

When I first began this project, I thought I was way in over my head. I barely understood the works of Photoshop, and yet, here I was, choosing one of the most difficult photos to restore. But, it's done, I did it, and it was certainly a satisfying completion. I'm so pleased with how it turned out and really enjoyed this entire project.

Assignment #5: Propaganda

Controversy is held within opinion. I have my specific morals and opinions I've held for a long time, and I always love and encourage others to do the same, even if they don't agree with mine. Just have an opinion with facts and solid evidence to back it up, and I'll listen to your side if you'll listen to mine.
With that said, for my propaganda poster, I came up with this visual. Allow me to explain: Police batons, the Black Lives Matter symbolic fist, Trump's slogan and the American flag; the common factor? Police brutality in America being continued under the Trump administration. It's been an issue for a long time, and not much has been done to stop it. Instead, more has been done to combat the idea of it even being a thing, despite video evidence of police excessively abusing or being aggressive toward minorities, in this case, African Americans. Theres's been countless murders of innocent black men, women, and kids, most whose names never even made headlines or court cases; this should not be happening in 21st century America. These names shouldn't be forgotten or repressed, they should be shouted at officials who are doing nothing until action is taken and history is done repeating itself.
In Trump's own words, "When you guys put somebody in the car and you're protecting their head, you know, the way you put their hand over? Like, don't hit their head, and they just killed somebody-don't hit their head, I said, you can take the hand away, okay?" 
What ever happened to "innocent until proven guilty"?I made this poster with one message: Make America Safe...for everyone, under this administration and the rest of them to come.I really enjoyed this project and the discussion and ideas it sparked. Even if opinions didn't match mine, I loved seeing my classmates holding their own views and morals; its more important to have and hold nowadays than ever before. 

Assignment #4: Logos

This project was definitely a challenge; I'll be the first one to say I'm not the most adobe-art-software friendly. I prefer to draw things on actual paper than on a digital one, but I'm really pleased with how it turned out. Even though in the critique, some said the bakery logo should've been closer together, but I really love it as it is. I came into this project with a negative attitude, and though I faced my fair share of frustrations during the process, I'm posting this with confidence in both logos, Wacom tablets, and the pen tool, definitely the pen tool.