Business Cards
In this lesson, I was set the task of creating our own business card on Photoshop.
Thursday, 19 November 2015
Unique Banner- Owain Davies
Text tool - I selected the text tool and dragged the box to the size I wanted, I selected the font I wanted and also colored it red, the font I used was Rosewood Standard.
- Gradient Overlay- I double clicked the layer my rectangle was on and selected the gradient overlay tool and put the angle of the gradient at -90 degrees.
- Rectangle tool- I simply selected the rectangle tool and dragged the box until I liked the size of it.
- Anchor Point tool- I used the anchor point tool to make the arks in the rectangle above, it was quite tricky but I managed to finally get it right.
- Paint Bucket- I filled all the rectangles/ squares so they would be filled with black.
Thursday, 12 November 2015
Tools Within Adobe Photoshop
Tools I have learnt while learning Photoshop.
Text tool - I selected the text tool and dragged the box to the size I wanted, I selected the font I wanted and also colored it red, the font I used was Rosewood Standard.Gradient Overlay- I double clicked the layer my rectangle was on and selected the gradient overlay tool and put the angle of the gradient at -90 degrees.
Rectangle tool- I simply selected the rectangle tool and dragged the box until I liked the size of it.
Anchor Point tool- I used the anchor point tool to make the arks in the rectangle above, it was quite tricky but I managed to finally get it right.
Paint Bucket- I filled all the rectangles/ squares so they would be filled with black.
I found this task quite challenging because i trouble figuring out how to use the anchor point tool and understanding how I use it to my advantage. I am generally happy with my final product because it turned out well and it is original.
Elements of 2D Platformer Games
Initial Research
A platform game (or platformer) is a video game which involves controlling an avatar allowing it to jump between suspended platforms, over obstacles, or both to advance the game. These challenges are known as jumping puzzles or freerunning, as the levels increases, the difficultly increases, making it harder and harder to reach higher platforms or get further in the game, each level has set dangers (or hazards) that are added to a game to make it increasingly harder to get past the level you're on.
The most " unifying element" of 2D games is the the "jump" command.
Jumping in this genre could include swinging from "extendable arms", or other things that my be identifiable as something you'd usually swing to or from, two example games that include this are: Ristar or Bionic Commando and other games may include bouncing off springboards or trampolines to progress to the next level. " These mechanics, even in the context of other genres, are commonly called platforming, a verbification of platform."
In games such as The Legend of Zelda, where jumping is done completely by the game or "automated" aren't included in the genre of Jumping, they fall just outside.
Platform games originate from as early as the 1980's, "The term itself describes games where jumping on platforms is an integral part of the gameplay and came into use after the genre had been established, no later than 1983"
Main Quoted Information Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_game
5 best Platformer Games (apparently in order):
- LITTLE BIG PLANET (2008)
- UNDER WURLDE (1984)
- GHOSTS 'N GOBLINS (1985)
- ROLLING THUNDER (1986)
- IMPOSSIBLE MISSION (1984)
Monday, 2 November 2015
Film Noir Picture
1. I think that this photograph was taken around the 1940s because it is displayed black and white.
2. The message that the photograph could have been conveying is that the actor is lonely.
3. This image is easy to create to because there’s only the man’s chin and him holding a glass on a table (under a spot light and on a table)
Source: http://www.playbuzz.com/lyricstagecompanyofboston10/who-would-you-be-in-a-film-noir
1. I think this image was also created around the 1940s again because of the grey style (black and white) look.
2. The image would be easy to create because there’s only one person, I can easily re-create the expression on the man’s face, I may be able to re-create the background, I don’t know if I can re-create the clothes though.
Source: http://wesclark.com/webnoir/the_set_up.html
1. I think this image was also created around the 1950s because again it is black and white.
2. It is easy to re-create because the man is holding a pen to his mouth and not a cigar, which is lucky for me because I don’t like smoking and I am not old enough to buy one anyway.
https://shannahphillips.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/img_3910.jpg
1. I think that this picture may have been taken around the 2000s because although it looks old, the clothing that the man is wearing look quite modern (in my opinion)
2. However, I think that this image may be good to re-create because there’s only one person, and I could create a filter to place in front of the camera.
Source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/401242648026571504/
1) I think this image was taken around the 1950s because of the old fashioned clock, the look of the lady in the background and the fact it is displayed in black and white.
2) Also it would be easy to create because I can be the person reflected in the clock, I could still get the time of the clock (within the nearest 5 minutes) and I could use the settings on the camera to make the image black and white.
3) I will be taking this shot at home, with the sealing lights (which are soft lights) as lighting, I will be using one of the clocks I have at home and hopefully it will be reflective enough to show my face.
Source: http://widescreenworld.blogspot.co.uk/2015_03_01_archive.html
Source: http://ricknunn.com/strobist-setups/how-i-shoot-a-daylight-strobist-portrait
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