{"id":526,"date":"2020-11-25T18:19:25","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T18:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~NickS\/?page_id=526"},"modified":"2021-05-18T04:04:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T04:04:18","slug":"narrative-2-dm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~NickS\/narrative-2-dm\/","title":{"rendered":"Narrative 2 – Digital Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Mandala: A Self-Portrait<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The Mandala was meant to show our creative side: what would we do with a blank slate, and how would that reflect ourselves? Instead of creating a simple mandala (due to a misunderstanding of directions), I worked to great lengths to include imagery that I considered represented me. The end result was a unique mandala that I could say with confidence was mine. I ended up printing it on wood, as there was some difficulty with line creation on the plastic I was originally going to print on. Nonetheless, it looks pretty good to me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photoshop Pastel: Apricots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The pastel project came at an interesting time: my dad had just bought a new copper jam pan, jam jars, a copper pot to heat up the jars and their special airtight rubber lids, metal strainers and cheesecloth\u2014the whole shebang. For his birthday, I decided to make a bunch of labels for each of his jams: Apricots, Raspberries, and Vanilla; Nectarines, Apricots, and Ginger; Persimmon, Mandarinquat, Cinnamon, and Ginger; and Plum, Orange, and Cardamom. For the labels, I chose to add images of the various ingredients, using old 1800s botanical prints (which have a Very Cool Aesthetic). For the pastel project, I decided to make a pastel version of one of the botanical prints I used, and settled on apricots. I think it looks quite nice!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photoshop Watercolor: Iketani’s S13<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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One project we had in Digital Media was learning how to use Photoshop brushes to create a watercolor painting (as opposed to layering effects to make a photo look like a watercolor painting). I chose to paint a vehicle from a favorite anime of mine, Initial D. The vehicle is a 1988 Lime Green Two-Tone Nissan Silvia K’s S13, and belongs to someone by the name of Koichiro Iketani (hence the title). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photoshop Painting Artist’s Statement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When I heard we were making watercolor paintings, my head immediately jumped to painting this vehicle. I have painted various vehicles from the same car-based manga, Initial D, made famous in the 90s by its anime (It saw a resurgence in the past 5 or so years\u2014in fact, certain car prices have jumped as a result!) The first vehicle I painted was this one (admittedly not so well), so I decided that I might as well use it for my first digital watercolor painting. Unlike many other watercolor paintings, mine uses hard outlines\u2014as a result, it’s less “soft” or “warm” and might not quite match the traditional idea of watercolor, but I felt it matched the art style and subject better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photoshop Surreal Composition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The surreal composition was one of my less favorite projects in Digital Media. While the methods were fun to learn and use, I couldn’t muster a composition I truly liked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photoshop VR 360\u00b0 Gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The VR 360\u00b0 gallery was a project that introduced a portion of Adobe Photoshop I did not know existed: the ability to create a 3-dimensional space, and to create a project that one can interact with. It wasn’t easy: you actually have to edit your images to look bulged and incorrectly-proportioned in a 2-dimensional space, so that they will look correct in a 3-dimensional space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before and After Comparison<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Before and After Comparison project was exactly what it sounded like. Now that we had learned a bunch more in Photoshop, what could we do with some images? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Multi-Layered Art Project<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Part 1: Planning and Physical Creation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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The Multi-Layered Art Project, or MLAP, is a physical product that, as its name suggests, features multiple layers. I chose to make stacked wood art, in which I designed layers which were then laser cut onto wood and glued together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rough Sketches<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Here are my rough sketches of my layers! See if you can find the changes made between this and the final, cut wood pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Physical Cutouts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Part 2: Video Creation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Time-Lapse Video<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Here is my time lapse video! I recorded myself with a Freestyle camera actually building the product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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