Posts

The Beginning

      Hi, my name is Cassie and I am a Computer Science major at The University of Tampa. I am a Florida native and I have a dog named Callie (she is my baby girl). I love my college and all the friends I have made so far in my studies. A fun fact about me is that I've climbed a mountain in Utah on vacation with my boyfriend and his family, while up there we even found some petrified wood.       My expectations for this class are that I will learn how to create digital art and be able to make it look professional. I hope that as a Computer Science major that I will be able to use the skills I learn in here to help me when I help major companies with new logos or even a logo for my own company.

Final Portfolio

Image
      This is my final portfolio. In this portfolio is all my projects for this class, and my artist statements throughout the journey of  blogging my way through.

InDesign: Business Cards

Image
      For my business cards I used my favorite color for the background color, and then added my logo and contact information into it.

Intro to InDesign

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eqhUFRlvgI     One thing I did like about this video is that they did helped with using tools. The tools I think I may use often are the Pen tool, Line tool, Zoom tool, and the Rectangular tool. I thought that the pen tool would come in handy because it seems to be a very basic tool to know. You can use it to create smooth lines with the anchor. I liked this video because I knew that I would need to know about how to use the different tools in the program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXRT3dHu6_o      To start I would like to say that I enjoyed that you didn't need to know any background knowledge on the other programs. He went over all the different ways that you can use to create a new file. But he also went over how to change the size of the document and the number of pages and column numbers. He also went into some detail with the layers, links, & properties tabs.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVW8AF2TMnw     This video was very help

Photoshop: Autoscopy

Image
  This is my final project for the Autoscopy, and the photos I used to create it. This is my flowery theme that I created. I feel that this is something filled with things that can represent things I love. I was inspired by my love for sweet things. I am a sweet girl who just wants to have fun with my friends.

Photoshop: Somewhere

Image
      I was inspired by one of my favorite tv shows Lucifer from  Netflix. It is a really good show, and throughout the show many people are in the background taking pictures so I wanted to simulate that in this scene from the show as well. I used the polylasso tool grab the picture of me from the original picture, then used the stamp tool to blend me into the photo better.

Photoshop HW 2

Image
      This photo seemed hard to photoshop because of the warping on the outer edges of the mirror.     I feel this is a good inspiration photo because of the filter over it. I may need to be able to ad a filter over the picture of me to make me blend in better to the picture.     This photo made me laugh because of the fact that not only did he make it that the ginger wasn't the only one in shorts. But also, He gave the one man on the right some SHORT SHORTS. It is an amazing job done well.     I really want to be able to achieve an effect like this one. The portrait look from a view like this is something that I wish I could achieve. I love the way that it looks like she is in a flower field.

Photoshop BW to Color

Image
  This first one is the Triad choice This one is the Compound version This is the Analogous choice Out of these three choices I think my favorite is the Analogous version, I like how those colors blend together with the photo. I feel that those color compliment each other better than the other ones.

Tag Brush

Image
      This is my tag brush, it was inspired by our sketches that we made for our logo to represent us. I went through this using this piece on my work to show that it was I who made it. I feel that this face represents me because I am a very silly person and this was supposed to be a recreation of the crazy emoji on our phones.

Intro to Photoshop

Photoshop Tutorial #1      A few things in Photoshop that are going to make it easy to use are where the tools are located, they are all located on the left side of the screen. But also, its easy to access the layers and lock them as needed. The selection tool allows you to select a smaller portion of the original photo. Next, the lasso tool can allow you to select a small portion of the photo, but it can be any shape or size, curve lines, etc... Photoshop Tutorial #2     With the layers panel there is a few commands that can be helpful: CTRL J = Duplicates a layer, CTRL A = Merges the layer with the layer beneath, CTRL G = Makes a group. You can also drag and drop a photo into photoshop as well. If you hold ALT while scaling it will scale from the middle outwards. And if you use SHIFT it will uniformly scale it from the center outwards. Holding CTRL can help you change the way the picture looks or turns(perspective).  Photoshop Tutorial #3     When using blend mode, white and black do

Vectors: Propoganda Poster

Image
       When I was creating this I was thinking about empowering young girls. By saying "You can do it" it is supposed to allow other girls of any age to think better of themselves and know that they can be whatever they want or even do whatever they want. A lot of girls struggle with their self awareness. So I do hope that this can reach girls and help them know that they do have worth and can make it through any obstacles in their way.

Illustrator Logo

Image
       I felt that all of the sketches were a representation of me as a Floridian, and a lover of making music. All of these spoke out to me and in the end I decided to choose the Emoji representation is what showcased me the best. I created this final one to symbolize me because I have a very crazy and weird personality. I felt that recreating the emoji would represent me very well. I am outgoing and love to be myself, I never like to hide who I am around anyone, if someone doesn't like me then it is what it is. I love my crazy self and that is what matters.

Calligram Project

Image
  This project was inspired by a starry night. I decided that I loved the way the stars spoke to me the night before doing this project. But also, it really hit home when writing this post. I got to talk about my life now and ask questions to myself in the future to see how my life has changed since I was 19.

Adobe Illustrator Introduction Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AinkCNooh2A     You can choose many different presets to start your files, and you can even choose what size you want by typing it in manually. When using a text box you can use the selection tool to be able to highlight selections, and that will also allow you to be able to change the font, color of text, etc...  Some of the tools that I feel will be harder to use are the input and output of color management and profiling. But also, the full color of sign making. Also, the appearance panel can be a little difficult to understand, but practicing can help you get more familiar with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib8UBwu3yGA      The process of using Illustrator isn't super hard its more time consuming than anything else. Fill is the inside of a shape, and a stroke is the color of the line being drawn. You should remember that when using shapes to use the box with the red line for no fill in the shape. You can only select the center of a shape if

Canvas Final Project

Image
This Project took me 6 hours           My project is of something that I truly enjoy playing. Lately I started to get back into it with my boyfriend. We both love the game Pokémon. I felt that doing this project would be best if I was to do something that I enjoy. I chose the Pokéball because it's a symbol that I feel represents the game the best. When someone sees this they immediately know what game people are referring to.          The way that I put this  Pokéball together was by using some arcs to make the outside shape of it. But then I also used some circles in the middle to create the button shape in the middle of it. And finally I did add some shading to it by using another circle shape to make it appear that it is real. The Code:   <!doctype html> <html> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title> -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- </title> <!-- import external .js scripts here --> <!-- <script type="text/javascript&

The Information Behind the World Wide Web & the Internet

 The Internet- The internet is a huge network of computers that are linked all over the world. Through the internet you can share information and be able to communicate to people all over the globe with an internet connection. The internet was created by two people, Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf. The first research was done by military funded operations, and the network connected 4 computers on the internet. Now a days people use the internet to share funny posts (memes) with their fellow classmates. The World Wide Web- The world wide web is an information system in which the internet plays a part in. The internet allows documents to be connected to other documents by links, in which enabling the user to search for information by moving from one document to another. The world wide web was created by Tim Berners-Lee & Robert Cailliau. The world wide web was used originally for communication between workers. Now a days people to use the world wide web to find information and talk to fellow