Recently, I had to spent quite a bit of time learning about the Kobo Touch Edition eReader as part of this product review project. Here’s a few interesting things I learned, which you may or may not know, about the Kobo Touch: [Click images to view them full-size: redirects to… Read More »Hardware/Device Review: Kobo Touch Edition [short version]
Simply put, positive space is the space in which your subject resides, while negative space is the space around them. It’s important to have negative space for every positive shape in your composition, to make your subject stand out and to maintain visual balance. Here’s some exercises we recently did… Read More »Multimedia design: Positive/negative studies!
Surprisingly, I had never had of the term ‘mind map’ before. I’ve always seen people use the more broader term ‘brainstorming’. According to Wikipedia: A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea.… Read More »Mind mapping?!?!?! Little Red Riding Hood (LRRH)
Some previous crosshatching stuff I thought I should upload. Hatching and crosshatching examples: [Click on image view full-sized: redirects to Flickr] Practicing basic crosshatching: [Click on image view full-sized: redirects to Flickr] A few more examples of cross hatching. Try to re-create the image on the left side! [Click on… Read More »More Crosshatching Techniques and Examples!
Here’s a Photoshop Layout we created in class. I’ve attached the source files if anyone is interested in trying this out. A mask was used for the main image, the rest was just aligning text layers and adding the logo! Click on the image for the full-sized image (redirected to… Read More »Photoshop Website Layout
Here’s a few watercolor paintings we recently did in our ‘sketching for communications’ class. Some of them are unfinished due to lack of time. Click on any to view the full-sized image (redirects to flickr)
Crosshatching assignment for my multimedia design class. It mainly consists of using intersecting parallel lines to create an illusion of the shading and the volume of an object. [22/01/2012]
Hmm…my first drawing for my ‘Sketching for Communications’ class. Bunny-ception!! Feast your eyes on this beast, probably my first sketch in the past 5-10 years. (Click here for full-size image) [Originally posted Jan 16 on a different blog]