Midterm Exam

          To my left is the 2 pages, in the normal horizontal magazine layout. I choose to capture my readers' attention with strong black and white contrast and you need to turn the 2 pages to read what is on them. Once you turn the pages, the image below is what you will see.

          I try to put minimum text, and in the same time, telling his story. His shadow also have been painted pitch black to fore-shadow his turning from the hero (his right side is also lighter compared to his left side) to the villain known by many people as the "One-Winged Angel" for his one black wing on his right shoulder. I applied the rule of 3rd with Sephiroth on the right side, and using the text as the 2 horizontal lines.

Assignment 13: Human and Tech Integration

My name... is Ezio Auditore da Firenze. Like my fathers before me, I am... an assassin.

This is my most epic assignment yet. I crossed Ezio Auditore da Firenze from Assassin's Creed game series with robot parts. I turned out very good, I tried to make it realistic by adding massive amount of multi-layering (cutting parts of the image and putting it in above other part to give depth) and precise lighting/ shadow. It was really hard, but it turned out extremely well and I am more than satisfied with it.

Quick logo sharing

Pretty simple logo. I'm using it for my history project which I need to create a Google site on Digital Revolution. The background of the site is black, which explains why there are a lot of black on the edges.

Art Style

          After looking at all my siggies (Forum Signatures), I have realized that... I like working primarily using 2 colors. For example, in my latest signature I focused on white and red. My blog is also focused on black and white. Black and white, for me, would probably be the most often used color scheme... for some reason. That's all for now!

New forum siggy~

Back to my favorite Photoshop hobby: Making forum siggy!

Background = My extremely classic picture for almost every thing - -.
Made for: My clan in Lineage 2 Dream: {SoG} Forum for my main and only useful character right now which bears the name IMyself.

Assignment 12: Thinkin'

          This class have amazed me as I continue to take it. In the beginning of the quarter, I would set a straight path to my final work, and immediately do it. I wouldn't give as much as 10 minutes to think about my theme, nor give my work a break. As I progress, however, I take more breaks from the work, and start thinking, or sometimes, just for the purpose of taking a break. Yesterday, when this assignment was assigned, I couldn't think about what should I create that show thinking at all. I took a break from everything, and enjoy watching The Lord of The Rings that was playing in class. Then, at the end of the class, an idea hit me. The image you see on the left side of me took me only 3-4 minutes to make, but it took me the whole class to think... truly fitting for an assignment that promotes thinking.

          This assignment have been my favorite so far. I watched The Lord of The Rings almost all the way through this assignment. I learned that an idea will come when it does, and I have also learned that many pictures aren't necessary to form a nice image. This image, originally is way less simple than it is, but all I changed it so much using only 2 layers and minimal effects.

          My least favorite assignment was my first. That, however, does not means that I dislike it. It is only my least favorite because it is my worst.

         I have learned the use of many tools and found myself many new techniques. But I will not talk about them. Why? Because I will talk about something I have learned that I consider more important. I have learned to have more patience, I have learned that rushing through with your work isn't the best way. I have learned to take a break and think about what I can do. These qualities will surely come in handy in the future.

          My works have never cease to amaze me. For example, this work (Read why from above - -) and there are a few pieces of works that turned out so much better by accident. It is amazing how much different things can look from one little accident.

Andrew G

I have visited Andrew G's blog. This picture inspire me because it was only his 3rd artwork, yet he managed to improve so much.

Assignment 10: 3D Car... Freehand

          I choose the car I did because... there's actually no particular reason for me to choose this car. At first, I thought I would do a "car" in Star Wars (Note the "car" not spaceships - -), but I couldn't find any on the internet.... I went went on Google and search for the most expensive car, then BOOM, here it is.

          I learned that from different point of views, an object can change by a lot. And lighting also play a big role in perspective drawing especially when you put your image in a background. This is probably the ONLY artwork I have done with absolutely NO special effects because I want to see how well I can do without them.I did the whole thing by just using 5 things; Brush, Eraser, Move tool, Eyedropper, and layers (No layer effects).

          I choose the background I did because... err... well, I did my car's shadow before I choose a background. Then I thought to myself... "what could fit the shadow of my car?", then an idea come to my mind, a sunset would fit perfectly! I went on to Google Image and found this image and saw the shadows and it was perfectly in-line with my car's shadow.

          I felt the final image is very good. I never thought I could made an image this good without the use of effects before. I have also I'm proved my freehand drawing (No tracing at all).

Rant -Squeaky Shoes

Walking back from the town… going back to the dorm… all three of us was wearied from the up-hill walk. Step by step we walk, I was thinking about taking a nap when we get back dorm (Taking a nap is what I usually say I needed but seldom get the chance to). Half-way up the hill, we were, then… JUST WHAT IS THAT SOUND?!? One of my friend’s shoes squeaked… and for people like me (By like me I mean, I’ll let this quote explains “I don’t have pet peeves — I have major psychotic fucking hatreds!”- George Carlin. Or maybe I’m not THAT much, but I still have a pretty long list of dislikes).

The tiring walk up the hill has changed into the most annoying walk ever! Now that my friends know that I hated it, they keep doing it. I wasn’t in the mood to argue or anything, so I just walk slowly, trailing a good distance of 2 meters behind them. When they stop walking, I would also stop, thus making sure that I keep the gap fairly big. Why didn’t I walk in front of them? That is because they could just catch up to me if they so desire to, but if I trail behind them, they can’t get close to me. An advantage that I have is that, that day was fairly hot and I’m from a pretty warm country, if we were to stand in the sun, I would out last them. As time passed, they stopped and we reach our dorm without much trouble (other than me ranting along the way, they were lucky to have their headphones).

I’m sure everyone has a sound they hate, some hate loud noises, some just can’t stand screams, and there are so many other sounds that we hate. It’s normal and pretty much natural… what I don’t understand is… WHY WOULD SOMEONE MAKE THOSE SOUNDS? For fun? Hmm, let me tie you up and play something you hate for a few hours, that’s something fun, eh? Or maybe they do that to irritate the person who hates the sound? Are you THAT depressed in your life that you must use someone else’s dislikes for your entertainment? If then, I suggest you consult a psychologist.

I’m going to end this article now, to my friends mentioned (You know who you are); this is just a fun/sarcastic/POLITE article. I’m not actually mad at you or something, just so you know. Before I go… I think you know what I’ll say… Quotation time! “One thing about me is that I have is to ability not to give a damn on almost all occasions if I so desire to.”- Apiprach Sittipongpittaya + “I have made this longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter.”- Blaise Pascal (Explains why my articles are mostly long - -).

     

Peace off.

-Nox Aeterna