Judges Choice: Art is Offensive

I'm so excited to say that my partner & I won an award at the Addys :). 

It is funny because just last week I was all down in the dumps from the pressure of internships. Reworking a resume, website and cover letter can all make ya very critical of yourself... or at least it made me feel that way-- noticing the lack of awards & questioning how good your work really is. 

Now this week I scored an interview with Hallmark & won this. It is very reassuring to know someone else besides your Mom likes your work (although I still feel special when my mom puts my art on the fridge-- LOL) and it is comforting to know that things will pay off if you keep trying. 

Here is the video that won this award btw: 

1930s

This is the most recent piece I've created for my animation class.

I am not the happiest with it but I learned ALOT doing. I made the building model once in Maya, After Effects & Cinema 4D. In the end I used the building I created in Cinema 4D and composited it with the good stuff in After Effects. It could have been much better but oh well. 

I think the greatest lesson I learned was how much of a 3D person I am not haha. :) on to the next challenge!! 

SAG Style

To continue the saga of SAG (lol. I love alliteration) here is the development of my logo treatment.
My concept is Champaign:

The Original 

Revised 

 

Explored 

 

Final 

Looking back over these, there is still something I like about the "exploration" frame.... but the final is what it is and there will be title & lower third frames soon! 

SAG Logos

In my design class we were assigned an award show at random to rebrand and I got the SAG awards. 

Lots of people think designing a logo is "easy" and so here is some of the process behind my design to show how much goes into it: 

Initial exploration

Top 6 

More Exploration

Final 2 

Final Logo 

I know there is plenty more that could be done or pushed with it... but for the most part I am satisfied with it. I think the circle background will lend itself well to textures and different treatments so I am excited to move onto style frames :)! 

Wedding Book

 

I made this wedding book for a friend of a friend to give to his wife for Valentine's Day. I don't know them personally, but they look like such a sweet couple and the husband was a great to work with. 

As a first time ever type of project I learned a lot-- about designing a book layout and using Blurb to create the book. I had a lot of fun creating this and hope to make more in the future!!