Visual Onomatopoeia Nmed 2005

Voila, my two attempts.

This was my second attempt at the assignment. I was much more pleased with it than the first attempt. I felt like it looks better without the feet on top but I added them anyways because I thought maybe it was too empty otherwise although maybe the white space is a good thing?? Let me know if anyone happens to read this.

I don't really like this one. It's not very legible but it definitely looks crammed which is what I was going for although a crammed design is not a very aesthetically pleasing one so it is no wonder why I dont like it.

Assignment 3 Book Life NMED 1000

I had fun doing this project. After doing the collage tutorial in class today, I wish I could have blended my images better in this project and made the design a little more compelling, but one can only do as much as they know how to, right? Overall, I was pleased with the way it printed out although the black ink started to fade quite noticably for some of the pages but it cost me 9 bucks to print so I wasn't about to take it somewhere else and get it done again. Despite the fading, I prefer the overall product of the printed version better than the screen version, mainly because it is bound together and it is just more satisyfing to look at it on paper as opposed to screen. I felt the story was kind-of cheesy, but I got positive feedback regarding it, so I decided to go with it and not be my own worst critic.

The Character of Type - Assmt 6 Nmed 2005

I chose the Futura font after about two hours of looking through fonts on the internet and then realizing that I could not install any at school. I wasn't too disapointed, though, because I had chosen a futuristic sans serif font on the internet aswell so I could still proceed with my original concept. I did a bit of research and found out that Futura was created in the 1920's, during the the boom of post-modern movements in Europe. Futura was used a lot in Bauhaus design so that is why I included those three colored images. The text is an excerpt taken from Marinetti's futurist manifesto. It was interesting because I had no idea that the orginal idea of futurism was so fascist and glorified war. The excerpt I chose speaks of the idolatry of the machine and the desire for an automated human, hence the hand image. Although the manifesto was originally written in Italian, I chose to translate all the text to german since Futura as a font was originally very popular in Germany. I chose to make the layout and most of the elements of the poster quite simple to fit in with this futuristic concept of simple geometric shapes and cold, impersonal, machine-related colors.

Body/Morph Project NMED 1000

This was my first attempt at the 25 Years+ Image. I didn't feel like going crazy with the plastic surgery so basically I just whitened my teeth and the whites of my eyes, used the healing brush, clone stamp and blur tool to omit my zits, freckles and scars, colored my hair a slight modern tint of pink, plucked my eyebrows with the clone stamp and added a futuristic background. I did not age myself because I figured that with the cosmetic surgery available in 2035, aging can be prevented even more effectively than it is now.


Because I did not make any drastic alterations to the 25+ years image, I decided to go the aging route, making this image 45 years in the future. It was the last image that I worked on so it is slightly different than the rest of the group but I attempted to tie it in by having a blue background and using an image in which I am wearing the same outfit and have the same hairstyle. I greyed the hair by desaturating it, and I used another woman's skin with the clone stamp and a low opacity. I used the burn tool around the eyes and to create more veins in the hands as well as accenting the wrinkles of the poncho that I pasted in. I wanted to find a rocking chair or a wheelchair image that I could put behind the figure but could not find one at the right angle within the time I had.


I probably spent the most time on this image. It took me a long time to find the images for the gills and the fins and then blend them with the picture. It also took a longtime to shave the head bald. I could not really find any other underwater images that worked better with the figure so I kept the bubbles but I did center the text and stamped the fish fin pattern on to the pants.

And finally, the Cyborg. As you can see, I kept it quite simplistic. I found a motherboard image to show through the face and I changed the color of the iris' as well as making the pupils red lights. I lengthened the hair and fixed up the facial imperfections. I attached some cords and an eyepiece to the head but felt as if the image was more effective without these added accessories so I cut them. I wanted to include a power button and I found an image of the Buy Now button and so I thought it would add a new element to the image so I stamped it right on the forehead.

Feb 12: Long Time Coming

Well, I haven't written any posts for a while in my blog so I figured I better get on that. This semester has been pretty laid back so far but I think that is because most of my courses get more intense in the second half of the semester but, regardless, it has been kind-of nice. I really like what I am learning in New Media, my only beef with these classes is that I find this area of Uhall (that the computer labs are in) kind-of depressing, it needs some natural light. After a five hour stint in the lab, I feel like busting a move in the parking lot or cartwheeling through the snow after being cooped up for so long. Back to the material though, my cyborg project is pretty much done, I was prepared to hand in what I had last class although I am glad to have the extra time because I am going to redo my Cosmetic Surgery one from scratch because I am not adequately pleased with it and my cyborg one is fairly simplistic but I kind-of like it that way. It was really helpful to have the critique in class and to see other people's projects. There were some really impressive projects and I think I had better buy the optional texts in the bookstore because I want to learn how to use every tool. I wish I could afford to get this software for my computer at home but I'm sure I will one day. I'm excited to design our own websites. I do not find the typography assignments as fun as the color palettes and graphics that we are working on in Nmed 2005 but it is definitely useful and probably the most practical skill that can be applied to the 'real world'. Aside from school, things are decent. I need to move out of my parents house, though, I feel like I've taken a step backward by moving back home at 21 but I guess I'll live it out until the end of the school year and then make the next move. I'm going to Vancouver Island for reading week to visit my sister and some friends so that should be a lot of fun although I don't know how much reading I will be getting in. Well, I think that's enough blogging for today. This picture is kind-of random but I love Halloween so I thought I'd show off my paper mache toad head. I'm going to photoshop a bunch of my pictures and change the background when I get a chance.

TOAD BEATING UP A FAIRY

Typographical Hierarchies

My True Colors - NMED 2005