Assignment 5 ( Font Part 2)

For this assignment  we had to finish up our font set by adding lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. I was enjoying this at first, but after a while it just felt tedious. Getting the perfect strokes, sizing, etc. was tiring for me. While making a font was something that I'm glad I experienced--I'm not sure if I would want to do it again. I don't know if I have the patience for it. Also, for some reason, I could not get my quotation marks to show up. :(

Here are my lowercase letters, numbers,and symbols.

Assignment 4 (Font Part 1)

The assignment was to create a font set of capital letters. It took me forever to find a brush that I liked, but once I did it was kind of fun making my letters. I wanted to create a sort of grungy font, but that didn't exactly work out. When I made my letters in AI (at 100% mind you) they looked A LOT thicker. Once I used the font creator program and had a chance to use my font--my strokes became so thin, so instead of grungy--I feel like my font looks like it's from a kid with bad handwriting. But hey, there is a time and place for every font, right? Nevertheless, I tried my best. : -/

Here is the set of capital letters.

Assignment 2 (Vinyl Sticker)

I love snakes and I choose to make a Ball Python. I had fun with this one. For me this assignment was very exciting. Peeling the vinyl for this assignment was not as easy as it may sound. On my first attempt the vinyl just did NOT want to tear, so I had some jagged edges. On my second attempt I ended up using tweasers, and my edges were much nicer.

I think the most difficult part was cutting out the letters. It was hell trying to get them to tear properly, and mine did not turn out that great (the edges are really jagged). I originally wanted to place the words "Ball Python" on my snake--but I only ended up with "Ball" because my letters were so small and hard to peel. Even so, I did my best and I am happy with the result. Altogether I think my snake looks nice, and I feel like my design was quite ambitious.

Here it is stuck to a lunchbox.

Assignment 1 (Animated Photoshop Brush)

The first assignment was to create an animated Photoshop Brush using Adobe Flash and After Effects.

To complete this assignment I made two of my own brushes in Photoshop (the "Purr" and "thought bubble" brushes). I also downloaded one free brush from the web (the fish brush). To add more substance to my video I added royalty free music and purring sounds.The most difficult part was thinking of a scenario to animate. After looking at the picture of my cat, I was inspired and I thought it might be interesting to show what he may be thinking about as he purrs. Overall, I feel like I did a good job on the assignment.

Using Adobe Flash was required for this one--and I'm DEFINITELY not the only one who does not care for this program. However, I have to say that my skills using flash are improving, because I did not have any trouble using it (for once!) in fact it almost seemed to come naturally. And for that I'm kinda proud of myself.

My cat is ALWAYS purring. I love it <3 =^.^=

About Me

"Pharaoh" -- Photoshop Typography Assignment

Hi, I'm Courtney. I'm a digital design major at Pierce College, & this summer I will be graduating. I enjoy creating digital art especially mixed media. In my spare time I enjoy writing, reading, and drawing.


Tools of the Trade:

My specialties are: Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop, but I also have skills using these programs :

• Dreamweaver
• In Design
• Edge Animate
• After Effects
• Premiere Pro

Once I graduate from Pierce I plan on transferring to Evergreen to further my education, after that I will pursue a career in digital art/graphic design.