Thematic Typography Design

The purpose of this assignment is to make a theme that will go along with a word using texture/pattern. I chose MAP for my word. I wanted to mimic a set of miniature buildings, so I used the bird eye view pictures from BING MAP and combined them altogether to make the texture of the word.

I only used Photoshop for this assignment. The main challenge is to make the 2D design seems like a 3D. Spent like 5 hours on this piece.

Pretty satisfied with result :)

Online Photo gallery

The purpose of this assignment is to make an online photo gallery. I used Galleria for the template and edited it a little bit. I put some random pictures from the past inside..and voila! Here it is :) it's a simple way to make an online photo gallery, and it is very useful.

Lakewood Beach Resort Website

The purpose of this assignment is to make a website using CSS template. And...here it is! A Lakewood Beach Resort website! :D obviously a fake one..yes.

Just did some editing using Dreamweaver, not so much, didn't spend a lot of time also. The result is pretty straight-forward. Not the best website ever..but it will provide you enough infos about the resort xD

Dusty Triceratops

 

The purpose of this assignment is to paint on 3D model using 3D Coat. I tried to make a dusty triceratops doll. I used fabric texture and added some fur texture to create some dusty-old feeling.

It turned out quite well..next time I will try on a more complicated model.

Radiowaves - REAL RANDOM WORDS

The purpose of this assignment is to make an animation of a phrase using radiowave effect. I found this tutorial was very hard because of the effect itself. It was hard to make a clear-readable word animation. So finally I came up with the phrase "REAL RANDOM WORDS" and this was the best. The lag using this effect was unbearable..haha so I didn't edit much.

Well, it's not so satisfying for me. Not so bad, but not the one I'm proud of..haha

IMAGE Production

The purpose of this assignment is to do a tutorial. Well, I chose a TRON Title Tutorial from the videocopilot.net and added some fun stuffs :)

Played around with the optical flares, and had fun with the scores. Pretty satisfied with this piece, it looks cool :)

Flashcards

When I got the list for the first time, I laughed myself out. I immediately remember the Fallout 3 '50 American vintage design. And that's where I went. So I tried to bring the retro-grungy look for the design. It kinda fits with the twisted-sanity theme LOL

It was a tough job to mimic the retro design - which uses solid colors and bold outline. At first, I tried using Illustrator and Painter, which wasn't really good enough. So I went away and used Photoshop entirely, using the solid brush and layer style combination. It worked pretty well :)

I want to emphasize the fight and confusion in someone's mind. That's why all of the scenes are placed in front of a plain brick wall with intersection and harsh lighting. It shows the desolation and uncertainty of the person.

Every piece is my favorite. Haha I like the paranoia in "someone will hurt you" and "voice when no one is around" as well as the horror-cliche scene in "hurt someone else" and the comedy in "hurt yourself". 

Well, I'm satisfied with this project :) I hope they would be useful too..hahaha