VC day 10

We have been doing research and sketches for our upcoming CA,
which is to do a corporate brochure.
Now that we are more familiar with InDesign, it's easier for us to do it and lesser mistakes were made as we were doing it.

Here are some examples of what we did today:

I felt that my brochure wasn't good enough because it doesn't looks good but turns out the lecturer was fine with it!
I had to touch up on some of the things though!

Some covers that we were told to do.

Oh and we got back our previous CA today.
Just passed but I actually expected it because I know I didn't put in much effort to complete the work.
But no one told me that there were things I wasn't supposed to do so I felt kind of upset about it.
But it's ok!
I told myself I'll work hard for the brochure CA and get an A to pull my grade up (:

VC day 9

We started off last week with learning more things from photoshop and here are some visuals.

It was pretty tough as more things were introduced and some of the steps were quite complicated and I think a lot of us weren't really able to catch up.

But still we managed to pull through the lesson and here are some of the end products!

Cropping and pasting the animals on the background.

We were taught to use to feather and shadow tool to make the animals look "real" and one cool thing was the cutting of the polar bear's leg to make it look like it's submerged in the water.

 Changing the colour of the water and adding more fish and water plants.

Mine looks a bit fake though :P

This is so cool because we can create our own poloraid and make it look real.

However, I spent quite some time on this because I wasn't able to crop it well as the picture just becomes blur whenever it is minimised.

But thanks to my friend, I was able to achieve this end product!

With the 'Multiply' tool, we are able to make it as though the car's wallpaper is Hello Kitty and crumpled as shown above.

Now I know the trick and if people were to post this online, it might be 80% fake!

We can even make all the old and yellow photos become new!

Now we don't even have to think of throwing all the old photographs away and feeling regretful!

Just photoshop them and they're good as new!

Below are some of the things we learnt today!

Creating a pattern as the background.

  Cropping the woman and placing her picture onto the beach.

The homework that we were supposed to do.(placing 3 things onto 1 background)

Introduction to InDesign, which is needed for our next CA as we are supposed to come up with a corporate brochure.

This will help get us ready for the CA, but I think it's too much for us to handle in 1 day because most of us are still stuck at Photoshop.

Also the words are unclear and I'm not sure how to make them look nicer.

However, I'll try my best and listen attentively the next lesson!(:

VC day 8

we started on photoshop this week and i was quite excited to learn it because i know that i can edit all my photos to make them look nicer! :P
i was really attentive and listened to what the lecturer said so that i won't have to miss anything .
some parts were quite confusing as usual because it's our first time learning it,
but i managed to overcome the problems and edited the photos that we were told to edit.
we learnt about the brightness and saturation to make the photos look brighter and nicer.
then, we were taught to use the tools to make pimples and flaws disappear!
that was the fun part and i believe everyone were amazed by how it works!
here are some pictures of what we did!

 by using the lasso tool, i was able to change the colour of my hair and eye!
also, i used the clone stamp tool to edit away the picture on the top right hand corner!

 placing the mascot on the road and making it looks real by creating shadow below his feet.

 cutting and placing the hair on him.

changing the colour of the shirt and placing the mask on it.

i hope to learn more during the upcoming lessons and i'm sure i'll have fun doing it because it's so cool and amazing!

VC day 7

we were taught the use of the duplication tool and how to type words on the circle .

also ,we needed to use trial and error to make the sides of the star straight .

it was really difficult at first and i wanted to give up so badly ,but i thought that since others can do it ,i can do it too !^^

and i'm pretty proud that my star is so straight and even straighter than the original !(:

image of my name .

using the illustrator tool ,

we learnt how to change the patterns of the fonts as shown in the 2nd picture .

we were also taught how to use make use of colours and use the gradient function to create the colours as seen in the 3rd picture .

we also learnt how to use the slicing tool to cut the pictures/fonts .

one thing i found cool was the combination of shapes that were shown by our lecturer .

it can create a whole new image and it was not difficult to learn !(:

VC day 6

we were taught more things using the illustrator tool and we had to break the different parts up by using "layers".

it was quite difficult at first because i was not really sure about how to use the tool and how to create and "lock" the layers ,

but with the help of my friends and lecturer ,

i managed to do it although it wasn't that good .

i only drew the outline of the lion because i wasn't sure if i should use the same colours or not .

i'm pretty proud of this because it looks identical and i finally get the hang of how to use the tool .

i finally manage to trace my favourite Hello Kitty with the help of my friend and it was done tries after tries .

 during class ,
we also had consultation for our CA and some of the things i did was not enough and i'll definitely do more and work harder !(:

VC day 5 !

today we were taught the different kinds of logos and mascots and a little bit on the use of the illustrator tool .

we learnt that logo is not a brand and there're 3 kinds of logos :

-logotype (in which it allows ease of recognition)

-symbols (iconic shapes and easily recognisable)

-combination marks (which consists of symbols and name and can be integrated or stand alone)

5 principles of effective logo :
-simple
-memorable
-timeless
-versatile(made to big/small)
-appropriate

also ,

we learnt that mascot is a representative figure and a communication tool for something like fashion or sports .

qualities of good mascot:
-connection to company profession and values .
background story
-appeal
-style for target audience
-props and accessories .

above are some things that we traced out using the illustrator tool .

i think it was really quite confusing and difficult to handle at first because i wasn't really familiar with it and i took quite some time to get used to it but luckily i'm able to adapt to it now and it's actually quite fun and easy to use !(:

VC day 4 !

we learnt about the history of posters and how they changed overtime .

we also learnt about storyboards and moodboards .

the picture above is an example of a mood board .

the difference between a storyboard is that storyboards shows pictures which are in sequence and tells us a story while moodboards are collage of different pictures and texts to show an overview of something a person wants to show to their target audience .

we also learnt how to use the illustrator tool to create lines and shapes .

it's was quite difficult to understand at first ,

but we slowly managed to get used to it and it was pretty fun using the tool !