Learning After Effects

Although there is so much more to learn about Adobe After Effects and everything you can possibly do on it, I found a series of very useful tutorials on Adobe Tv, showing how to create a title sequence out of the resources they had provided.

http://tv.adobe.com/watch/classroom-after-effects-cs5/episode-1/

Design and Print Importance

1. Storyboards are important to helping the printers understand the print jobs better.
2. If in doubt, point it out. To make sure what you want printing will be printed the way it was intended.
3. Don't rely on the screen for your colours. And calibrate your screen and printer for less disappointment.
4. On Presentation folders, glue doesn't adhere well to inked surfaces.
5. Ask the printers how they produce their solid black.

DT1: My Adobe Illustrator Experience

To be honest, my experience of Adobe Illustrator was that only of joy as I have already used it for working in Julian Opie's style before, so there wasn't much in this subject area that I wasn't sure of. There weren't many challenges at all that I faced and there defiantly where no issues with the program. However, this is only because minimal tools where used and these where easy to grasp, I am sure that if we went on to much more complex and detailed arrangements I would find it challenging yet enjoyable all at the same time. I can’t wait to actually get more to grips with the more intricate details of the software to be able to create more finite pieces of artwork.

Researching double page magazine spreads

http://inspirationhut.net/inspiration/36-stunning-magazine-and-publication-layouts-for-your-inspiration/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeope/sets/72157594248624027/

Quite plain and a lot of long body text, seems boring at the first glance.

Bold and striking background that makes up for the small amount of text. I like how the title decreases in size and some information about the article is placed in line with the stem of the 'b'.

I like how you can clearly see what is the title, subheading and body text. Also the overlay of the image breaks up the line between copy and itself to make the article one.

Me in the style of Julian Opie, created on Adobe Illustrator.

"Whether you like Julian Opie's style of portraits or not, there's no doubt that his work is easy to master no matter what skill set. But there's a difference between recreating and copying his style, and it's all down to weight of line and simplicity. Getting the weight of line right will make the difference between making something that looks like an Opie and one that practically is. All you need to know is that 4pt thickness for your line or more will get you a good replica. Anything below is just a cartoon style. Another detail is not to over complicate the image, if you are drawing over an already existing image, try to use one that doesn't consist of lots of detail across the chest area and try to focus on the face. One last tip: if you want to make your own pictures as Julian Opie like as possible, get a photo where the subject is facing forward; you'll see this a lot in his work."