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flash! typography!

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

i created this typographic animation for prof. christie shin’s digital design i class at pratt.

the assignment was to create an animation in flash primarily using typography, representing a neighborhood in new york city. we also had to create a brand identity for the neighborhood. i chose stuyvesant heights - my neighborhood! my intention with this animation was to brand stuyvesant heights historic district as a destination for anyone who appreciates brooklyn history and is interested in the culture, community and architecture of this extremely well preserved, turn of the century neighborhood.

our next assignment is to create an image-based animation using after effects.

i’m excited about the second assignment, as i’ve never used after effects before. this assignment wasn’t necessarily easy (although i do have ample experience creating websites in flash) but it’ll be interesting to see if i’m savvy enough to be able to translate the images in my head to the screen.

ps - grad school rocks.

it’s begun…

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

the above is a snapshot taken on an iMac in room 515 of Pratt Institute’s Manhattan building using an awesome free photobooth clone netapp called cameroid (don’t worry, she asked us to do it!).

professor Christie Shin is asking us to keep tabs on our development over the course of the semester, in her Digital Design class, on a blog, so hooray! you’re in on it too.

you may also notice that there links (to the left of this post, on the sidebar) to other student’s blogs from the class (labeled “des. blog links,” should you be so inclined to compare and contrast our educational experiences.

awes.

found : from tv / recap

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

so. i haven’t posted anything in forever and i had a great reason to. i was working on an awesome show called FAMILY, written and directed by Tina Satter, artistic director of Half Straddle - a new awesome theater company that i have the pleasure of being a part of. click here for more info and to read our awesome reviews!

i start grad school at Pratt next week for Communications Design and i’m kind of getting my life together in order to make the transition back into student-hood as smooth as possible. (i got a freakin’ student i.d.! awes!!!) part of that includes rearranging my apartment to make a better work space, and in the process throw out a ton of shit. in my riffling through papers today, i found the following notes i took from watching the home shopping network at my parents house last year. whenever i’m back in NJ, i will only watch the home shopping network (i don’t own a tv myself). the people on that channel are the best bullshitters in the world. here are my notes :

CLASSIC WAIST
CROSS STRETCH
DENIM BOOT CUT PANTS

“and you do have side slits…”

“oh! no shock there, the velvet shirt is sold out.”

“it will be a go-to pant…”

amazing.