Ava's Digital Media Journey

Business Card These are the beginnings of this project, and I ended up choosing the first, third, and fifth designs to execute in InDesign.  This project was fun, from the sketches to creating these designs. I chose these three out of the six because I liked how they looked visually. I chose the first because it reminded me of bubbles and was a unique way to display my logo within all the other circles. For the second design, I decided to incorporate a lot of colors so that it would stand out. The last design is my favorite because of the colorway as well as the way the colors blend with my logo. For this project, I used tools like the framing tool, new fonts, and the QR code generator to easily access information.   

This was my first project in InDesign, which was a great experience; we were tasked to create a postcard for an area in the U.S. experiencing complete totality for the solar eclipse. My home state was in the line of totality, so I chose to do a postcard for April 8, 2024, in Fort Kent, Maine. For this project, I was inspired by the sci-fi vibe of a solar eclipse. Therefore, I chose this AI-generated photo. I knew I wanted to do blue and orange because they are complementary colors, so I did the text in blue. I also added my tag brush logo onto the back of the postcard where the postage stamp belongs. Overall, this project came out great, and I am glad I went outside my comfort zone and chose more of a sci-fi theme. I used various tools in InDesign, but I found myself using the rectangle frame tool the most. It made creating text bubbles and a place to put the image easily. 

 Id HW 1 This  video taught me all the basic tools that can be used while using InDesign. InDesign is an Adobe platform therefore I found it really interesting how many of the tools from Illustrator and Photoshop are also on InDesign. I think that this will make it easy to create the page layouts, shapes, etc because I am already comfortable with the tools. Although there is still some tools that are new on this platform such as the smoother tool and a few others I haven't used before. I can foresee myself using all of the tool that I used in the past on this platform as well to create the best possible outcome. While this video was short I feel it was very consise and to the point.  I learned a lot from this video as it went into things that are only on InDesign and not Photoshop or Illustrator. First I learned about page layout and how to properly portortion a page as well as adding guidelines. These will become really helpful to know for inserting images and fitting them into th

Animation   The storyboard sketch that inspired my animation project, it was very simple but I feel I executed it well.  I chose a rather simple design with moving parts because I feel what is most important with animation is the movement rather than how many characters I have. I chose the two hearts because they represent love and as they move closer together they create a trail the trail represents their separate paths. When they finally find their way to each other then they are bonded and fireworks are going off in the background. For this project, I had to use my imagination to find the best way to represent this "love story."   For this project, I began by drawing all aspects of the animation using my Wacom Tablet. We used Adobe Photoshop. Then I used the timeline method and step by step added all the hearts, lines, etc. The tween feature also ended up being quite helpful. In the end, I am really happy with how this project turned out and I am glad I stuck with my initi

  Video 1: This video was a short tutorial on the basics of frame-to-frame animation. The creator animated a circle to move along the designated path. A new tool that will take some getting used to is the "timeline" tool, which will help you figure out how to time it up correctly to look realistic. Something that will be helpful is the way that, even before you start animating, you can duplicate and make multiple layers. Another tool I foresee myself using is the onion skin feature, so you can see what was on the last layer. Video 2: While this video is similar to the last video, this one is more helpful for what I want to do with my animation project. He used two frames simultaneously, so it looked more like a solid line moving into the infinity symbol. This idea is similar to mine for the animated GIF. I found how he explained how to change the brush helpful, as it allowed me to get the animation I was looking for. While this feature is called after effect, it is equally ef

Somewhere Project Final Project: Original Image from Friends Scene: Original Image of Myself:  When this project was first introduced the first thing I thought of was the iconic Central Perk couch and I thought what a better way to incoporate myself somewhere than in the show Friends. I chose to use a photo of myself sitting rather than standing in the back because the spot on the couch was open and I felt it would look more realistic. I did this using Adobe Photoshop, first I started with choosing a background image and then taking my own image to incorporate myself into that background image. After taking the image I edited it on my phone using the Apple settings. I then embedded it on top of the background image and created a mask. The mask was the easiest way possible to get hard edges and details. Throughout this project I used multiple tools but I think what made the biggest difference was the adjustment options I used Hue/Saturation and a few others. Overall I am happy with how