Pooeyy’s Blog

i really enjoyed this project!! not only did i get to look at pretty handbags, i searched up each bag to see what the handbag is made of and why is a branded handbag so “darn” expensive!!! before i decided to do my booklet on handbags i had lots of other ideas. SHOES, BRAS, PANTIES, SUNGLASSES, UMBRELLAS, CLOTHES, ETC. aha but then i found a list on Wikipedia on handbags, so i decided to do my book on handbags.

process:

1. look up random accessories
2. HANDBAGS
3. research on the 10 handbags that i decided on
4. i used illustrator to trace on the images because i was unable to get actual photos.
5. i thought, I LIKED THE TRACED HANDBAGS BETTER!!
6. my goal was to create a sketchy, cartoony, simple style of the outline shape of the bag and some minor details.
7. i love my images, the style and way i pictured them to be!!
8. saved each image as tiff files
9. placed them in my indesign document
10. added the researched information and the logo/brand names of each bag!
11. to the doc!!!
12. my book that i am very proud of <3
13. below is a page of my brainstorming page and some pages of my research.

an illustrator assignment.

again, i have used this program before in other classes.  through this class i was able to learn more about the program, like finding a way to line and clone the same image along the circumference of a circle with my boyfriend and polly! though in the end i chose a grid format because my circle idea was too similar to one of suzi’s previous student’s work.  overall i am very pleased with my final image!! though i think i can improve the logo!! i received lots of compliments on the gradient lining, and i love the gradient too!!!

process:

1. i decided to choose a simple, common issue.
2. i found an image of lungs and cigarettes and i used the PEN TOOL in illustrator to trace them.
3. i copied the lungs and lined them up using a grid on illustrator and repeated the image through out.
4. i also copied the cigarettes and pasted them on a single lung.
5. to the doc!
6. FINISHED!

a photoshop project.

my images are posted on the blog below. through this project i have learnt a bit more about this program. i had basic knowledge of photoshop from previous assignments, so i was able to explore more functions that are available on photoshop!! i was very pleased with my final image, but i wished i did a proof before printing the picture. the image did not turn out too well, and i received a lot of negative comments on the image. at that point i regretted not picking the image with my friend floating on the clouds. too bad.

process:

1. i chose images  from my computer.
2. at first i wanted to do a friendship photo with a “cool” background of either the clouds or the beach
3. i used the LASSO TOOL and the ERASER to crop out my friends & i also used a pen (much easier than a mouse once i got the hang of the pen)
4. explored the filters and transparency options!!
5. to the doc!!
6. BAM! MY FINAL IMAGE!!!!! (=

this idea of blogging for a class is a very interesting idea. i never thought that i would ever have to blog for a class to update my teacher and my classmates on my work in progress. like pansy said in class, “i want to keep my ideas to myself!” i think thats very true. but then again, i think we had the option of posting the progress after presenting our final product, so sharing my ideas isn’t that bad!! but one thing that worries me about blogging is that i’m scared that strangers will steal my images and use them for their own purposes!! i don’t really like the idea of other people copying my work in progress images. but its hard to prevent because with a simple right click, strangers have the option of saving my image! too bad! but over all, i think this blogging idea is very unique. the experience of showing my teacher work in progress was on a facebook group!! i thought the idea of the “facebook group” my class came up together was very humorous. usually people send files through email, but i guess there are other ways of communicating through blogs, facebook, and other internet pages!!

if i remembered right the minimum number of posts i have to have by the end of today at 3pm are 14!! yet im only on my 1oth one!! would i get marks deducted because i haven’t met the criteria? i think so! hmmmmm…. what should i do?

DESIRED HANDBAGS

book cover ->cover_end

inside pages ->book12

references
Purse Page Blog
The Purse Blog
List of “IT” Bags

in approximately  1hr, this summer course will end & i hope that the skills that i’ve learnt through these intensive 6 weeks will have an help me exceed in the future.  i feel like i just started this class not too long ago, and within a blink of eye, the course is over.  i have had lots of fun in this class, yet my eyes are a bit tired from all the computer staring.  photoshop, illustrator, and indesign. after today’s class, i hope to have a good nights rest and sleep.

uh oh, suzi’s calling!! class time!!

an ideal place for my poster would be in school information boards for young teens to acknowledge the fact that smoking is not healthy. i hope my poster is effective enough to influence young teens to think before they smoke.

My Final Image

i see more and more young teens smoking these days.  a few of my best buddies smoke and a few of my relatives smoke. i have had uncles die from lung cancer too.  back in the olden times, smoking was considered “cool & classy”.  nowadays people should know better that smoking can cause cancer and is severely harmful to one’s body.

so for this poster project, i am hoping to create a more effective sign to prevent young teen from smoking and to encourage smokers to stop.  to me, smoking is like using your lungs as an ashtray inside one’s body.  so for the poster and logo i have expanded on the idea of lungs as an ashtray.  i have cigarettes “jabbing” into the lung.

research:
10 tips for quitting
harmful smoking effects
Lung Cancer