Here are some pieces I did during the first 2 months of my time at VFS. Photoshop was brand new to me, so there was definitely a scramble to learn this powerful tool quickly.
"Product of the Philippines" © 2011 Movie Poster
My latest photoshop endeavor. After a term of photoshop and tutelage under the fantastic and master of PS, Vancouver's 2011 Artist of the Year, Myron Campbell.
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| Product of the Philippines documentary poster © 2011 |
Gary Sylvester Profile
A communication design project where we had to create a visual profile of one of our classmates. I did one of Gary Sylvester - a talented artist and designer with a love of the great outdoors.
I did this with about 2 weeks of Photoshop experience - Trying to learn quickly!
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| Gary Sylvester Profile by Jullian Ablaza © 2011 |
Buffalo Bill Poster (faux movie poster)
Our final projects for Photoshop 1 - create a movie poster using 10-15 assets provided by our instructor, Myron Campbell. A great exercise in learning to work non-destructively, organized and compositing different images into one cohesive collage.
Theme was western film a la Coen Brothers True Grit.
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| Buffalo Bill Final Project for Photoshop 1 © Jullian A. 2011 |
Faux Shark Website - Interface Design 1
We had to redesign a failing website that informs people about the dangers of shark hunting and create an interface that would attract more viewers...
I was very new to photoshop at this point and went through a myriad of changes. Looking back, I see where this interface is lacking in terms of calls to action and hierarchy.
This was for Interface Design... a touch class run by the very knowledgeable Miles Nurse (the dude's a genius).
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| Interface Design 1 - Shark Website Landing Page © Jullian Ablaza 2011 |
Planet Profile - Saturn
One of our early assignments in Photoshop 1 - we had to create our interpretation of any of the planets. I chose to do Saturn, which is Cronus (Kronos) the Greek Titan overlord who fathered Zeus. His story is interesting as he commits infanticide by gobbling up his children, except for Zeus. He was tricked by his wife (and sister) Rhea (I guess that makes him incestuous as well) into eating a stone instead of little baby Zeus.
It's probably the first full piece I've ever done in Photoshop. Not a bad start, but still got loads to learn!
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| Saturn Project © Jullian A. 2011 |
