Peer Blog Review Task

For the Peer Blog Review Task I chose to review "Jake's Blog", http://jakeclaven.blogspot.com/

Jake's Blog is a collection of highly original works, and the work posted in this blog has drawn good inspiration from previous work but all of the work is very original. Works such as "The Ugly Duckling" remake and the Environmental Social Conscience task have been well edited, using PhotoShop as the main editing program. The creator uses a very simplistic style, whilst bold writing, 3-or-4 colour schemes and bright colours are very characteristic of their design style, all of which help to convey a strong message to its targeted audiences.

The "Lasers" CD Cover was, in my opinion, the best piece of work created as it recreated an album cover that had already been released but took a different take on what the creator believed it really meant. The CD Cover is visually appealing and uses a vast combination of PhotoShop editing techniques to achieve a laser-type effect.

"The Ugly Bionicle" Storyboard - Intro and Story

I have created a title sequence and storyboard for a CGI film called "The Ugly Bionicle", inspired by "The Ugly Duckling" from Hans Christian Andersen. I aimed to keep a consistent design in the opening title images, using LEGO blocks for the writing font and a classical ribbon-style look so that the images are inclusive of Andersen's style. I used PhotoShop to edit the images of the LEGO Bionicle toys in a simple way but to add a feeling of a progressive story and to outline the overall plotline of the story.

“Sports Weekly” Sports Magazine Design Brief

The sports magazine publishers, designers, editing team, and owners of “Sports Weekly” wish to revamp the look and design of their magazine, stemming from the front cover to the general layout, style, and colour scheme of the magazine. The Sports Weekly team has been running the magazine for two years in Australia and has had great success in selling copies in metropolitan areas of Australia.

The Sports Weekly team is now looking to increase the number of consumers and subscribers, and also to change the face of the magazine in order to make their product more marketable. The stakeholders of Sports Weekly wish to increase their revenue in order to release Sports Weekly around the globe in countries such as the USA and the UK, as well as to sell translated versions in other parts of the world such as Europe.

 “Sports Weekly” stands well in the Australian market and is one of the best-selling magazines, standing up to competitors such as “Alpha Magazine” and “Men’s Fitness Magazine” as it offers in-depth previews and reviews of major sporting events around the world such as the UEFA Champions League, the NBA, the FIFA World Cup, the Olympic Games, and the four Grand Slams of Tennis, as well as exclusive weekly interviews with the world’s greatest sports-people, and reports on improvement of sports participation and sporting programs around the world.

The magazine targets sports fans of all ages, but is suited mostly for people who play sport themselves as there are many articles that discuss the correct dieting methods, fitness programs and techniques required to play sport, as well as regular updates on professional sporting events.

The message that the owners of Sports Weekly want to send across to consumers of the magazine is that all people can play sport and can be empowered through sport, and the new design should help to send across this informative message to engage readers and promote the magazine on a world-wide scale.

The owners of “Sports Weekly” want a simplistic but modern look for their magazine, following the pictographic style for their illustrations, which will be used on the front cover and throughout the magazine in articles. Their preferred colour-scheme would have no more than three colours, all of which complement each other and gives the magazine a solid look but does not draw the reader’s attention away from the magazine’s content.

Illustrator - "Tough Love"

I created this photo using Adobe Illustrator. I recreated an image that I found the internet, named "Tough Love".

Design With a Social Conscience

For this assignment I made a series of posters tackling racism around the world, named "Say No To Racism". The posters target people of all races from around the world and promote Football as a medium against racism and a way of uniting the world through sport. For the first poster Didier Drogba and Cristiano Ronaldo run the campaign and are a real-life example that people of all races can live together and that we can rid the world of racism. The second poster was created to contrast the similarities and differences between different races.

"A Line Is A Dot That Went For A Walk" Assignment

My interpretation of the quote "A line is a dot that went for a walk" is that of a dot that takes small steps to reach it's destination. Using PhotoShop I traced the outline of a Futsal player kicking a ball by using the paintbrush tool and progressively making dots along the outline. As the dot takes steps towards the end of the outline it becomes tired and thins out, but reaches it's destination in the end.

Merging Photoshop PDS Files Into Video

Editing Videos in "Motion" - Primatte RT + Oscillate Tools

I made this video using the program "Motion" to edit a video filmed behind a green screen and make the background a different colour while keeping the objects (in this case the two dancing men) in tact by using the Primatte RT function. 

I then added a rectangular shape as a background and put three circles in front of the background. I made them move by Oscillating them and then exported my edited video to a QuickTime format.

CD Cover Assignment

 For this assignment I decided to create the cover for a new dance genre compilation music CD. I was inspired by the packaging of the So Fresh and Ministry of Sounds CDs. My intended audience for the CD is young party music lovers.



Front Cover



Back Cover

Song List:

Hello - Martin Solvieg feat. Dragonette

Who's That Girl - Guy Sebastian

On The Floor - Pitbull feat. Jennifer Lopez

We No Speak Americano - D-Cup feat. Yolanda Be Cool

Tonight - Enrique Iglesias

Take Over Control - Afrojack feat. Eva Simons

Barbara Streisand - Duck Sauce

Only Girl - Rihanna

Memories - David Guetta feat. Kid Cudi

Take It Off - Kesha

DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love - Usher

Commander - David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland

Midas Touch - Starskee

Beautiful Monster - Ne-Yo

Raise Your Glass - P!nk

Adelante - Sash!

Like a G6 - Far East Movement

Last Night - Ian Carey feat. Snoop Dogg

Photoshop CS5 Video Effects - Editing Videos in Photoshop

Photoshop CS5 Animation

3D Lettering in Photoshop CS5

Using the 3D Repousse function in Photoshop CS5 I created a 3D font and then edited to give it a rounder, more inflated shape and chose a texture resembling that of Weet-Bix. After that I duplicated the text layer, inersed it and added a gradient effect to it to make it seem like a reflection of the original text. Then I created a grey border which I blurred to add a vignette effect.

Vignette Task

 I found a photo of flowers on the internet and created a vignette effect, bringing attention to the flowers by making them lighter in colour.

Original Image

Edited Image

First IT Assignment: Rubbish Fonts

Denis Zilic - 3886914

Here is my Rubbish Font Assignment :)

My definition of "rubbish" is something that is a hinderance and that is a negative thing. I chose to make a font comprised of cigarettes because I believe smoking to be "rubbish" in the sense that it is harmful to the body and produces wastes in the body.

My intended audience is all font-users and creators in general who are looking for an unusual font.



First I found a photo of cigarettes on the internet.



I then deleted one of the cigarettes using the Magic Wand and Quick Selection tools.



This photo was then the basis for creating the letters.



Through the use of overlapping layers I created the letters of the alphabet.





I tried to maintain consistency in the size, shape and spacing of the letters.

 

The end product :)

25 Random Facts About Me !!

1 - My name is Denis
2 - I dislike sleeping (What's the point ? You miss out on everything...)
3 - I am crazy about Futsal (Best sport in the world)
4 - I was born in Germany
5 - My favourite food is Chicken (Of any sort really, I don't care...)
6 - I drink Gatorade like crazy (It keeps me going...)
7 - Ricardinho is my idol (Absolute legend !! Best Futsal player ever !!)
8 - My favourite Football club is FC Barcelona
9 - I like all sorts of music really, I'm not picky
10 - I love the atmosphere of big sporting events
11 - I wear glasses :)
12 - I hate waiting... I just hate waiting...
13 - I can't see myself living outside Australia (For the time being at least...)
14 - I think war is pointless... Make peace :D
15 - I like sleeping in and not having to rush to get anywhere
16 - I love driving (Something I recently found out... Because I only just got my L's, hahaha)
17 - I value those who go out of their way to help others
18 - I am a fitness fanatic... I absolutely love going for jogs and doing sit-ups !!
19 - I'm obsessed with Nike5 Futsal apparel
20 - My dream car would have to be an Audi or BMW of some sort...
21 - I prefer single storey houses over double storey houses (Dunno why, but yeah...)
22 - I love reading... (Fantasy books mostly, Harry Potter, Eragon and that kind of stuff... Manga as well... I love Naruto and Shaman King !!)
23 - I'm a serious person but at the same time I'm very laid back and love to joke around...
24 - My favourite fruit is Mango
25 - I like doing things my way, individualistically and freely

Visual Design for Digital Media

Welcome to my new Visual design Blog !!

My name is Denis, I have a high interest in all things to do with technology but I need to brush up on my Photoshop skills and so on.

Previously I've created videos (just for fun though) but I would like to master the art of Photoshopping and Web Design.

To me Visual Design is a great form of expression although I'm more of a perceiver than a creator when it comes to Digital Media but this will serve as a large motivator for me to finally learn the tricks of Visual Design.