video copilot tutorial

i did the glow balls tutorial. i created some circles and some text on a 3d layer and added a cool glow effect. here's the final product.

the balls and the text were created in a separate composition and added to the main comp later. i added a mask sort of thing with a rectangle that the balls and text could hide behind.

here's the rectangle mask. i added keyframes to make the circles and text move through the mask.

in the actual composition, i added the glow effect with an actual glow effect that's in After Effects. at this time, the glow was only on the ground. i also duplicated the balls layer and flipped it to create a reflection.

i added a glow to the circles layer and enhanced it with the curves tool. i added more than one glow to make it really shine.

afterwards, i added a wiggle to the camera so it wouldn't just sit still. it made the animation a little more interesting. 

i thought this tutorial was pretty cool and interesting. i did like my final product, but i think it could still be better. link to the tutorial : http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/light_glow/

eMagine

eMagine is a media festival held at Olathe Northwest! it gives people the opportunity to show off their work. students from around Kansas and Missouri submit their projects to be judged. the categories were in video, web, graphics, and animation. after awards were given, there was a reception with lots of food, and it gave people to opportunity to talk about what they did and what they enjoyed.

kerning

kerning is the process of adjusting the spacing between characters in a proportional font, usually to achieve a visually pleasing result. kerning adjusts the space between individual letters. it is pretty important to have a visual appealing font, especially if you want that font to attract people to your logo or brand. seeing type being un-proportional can be pretty disturbing to some people. make sure your text is pretty and kerned!!! 

Nerman Artists

KAWS & Dylan Mortimer

KAWS- KAWS, or Brian Donnelly, Graduated from the School ofVisual Arts in New York with a bachelors in illustration. in the late 90s, KAWS designed and produced vinyl toys. he also worked for disney. 

Kaws exhibition 2010 in Hong Kong. The large gray sculpture is "Companion."

"KAWS’ acrylic paintings and sculpture have many repeating images, all meant to be universally understood, surpassing languages and cultures"

Dylan Mortimer- Dylan Mortimer Graduated at the Kansas City Art Instituted with a Bachelor of fine arts and he graduated at the School of Visual Arts in New York with a masters in fine arts. he has public art installations in nine states. 

"My work explores how ideas are sold.  I navigate concepts of marketing, soliciting and evangelism… ideas about selling an idea.  The views we hold closest to our hearts- politically, socially, spiritually- the things we feel are too valuable to be kept to ourselves, motivate us to go about the work of convincing others of our view/perspective/belief.  Visually, my work employs methods of communication through signage, advertising, slogans, etc.  My struggle deals with my upbringing in evangelical Christianity, and the navigation of my own beliefs in the context of growing up with a respiratory disease.  My faith was helpful in my struggle in many ways.  The rest of my life has been navigating how that relates to anyone outside of me.  We all have convictions that have helped us privately.  My interest is in how those private convictions function outside the self.  I’m interested in the messy, yet necessary process of how personal beliefs/opinions/convictions collide in the public." -Dylan Mortimer

movie poster

My Rocky Horror movie poster compared to a Saul Bass Schindler's List movie poster

each poster has a simple element and something in the background. the background image isn't too dominant, and the tittle is easily seen. these posters are both very simple, and this simplicity makes up a good movie poster. 

the story behind the google logo

the Google logo was developed by Ruth Kedar. he says "We ended up with the primary colors, but instead of having the pattern go in order, we put a secondary color on the L, which brought back the idea that Google doesn't follow the rules." throughout the years, the google logo has changed in color variation, and the look of the type. the original Google logo's font is Baskerville Bold. this now famous logo could probably be any font, and people would always recognize it. google rocks.