J's Blog

Final Project – 1st Shot at Indesign

artculturesociety — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:40:09 +0000

For my final project, I decided to collaborate so that all the time an effort could be used for more than just my own portfolio. My friend Lauryn took some great fashion shots for her colour class last semester. She took photos of her friend Suzy Sabla, singer in Junior Major and also style extraordinaire at the vintage store Burcu’s Angels at Main and 16th. For my final project I created a “look book” for the store as all the vintage clothes Suzy was wearing in the photos came from the shop, and Lauryn sees her images in a different context which she can add to her portfolio as well.

The most difficult part of the project was probably just all the little learning curves that pop up unexpected. Mostly in the printing process, and the colour correction was a bit time consuming.. overall I really enjoyed this project. It was also the first one that I have been able to sit for a somewhat long period of time which has been soo exciting! My back is finally getting better

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The Astounding World of the Future

artculturesociety — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:26:17 +0000

Here is a funny mid’20th century parody of predictions of life in 2000. It won the best short film at the New York Comedy Film Festival. Written and Directed by Scott Dikkers

Popular Blog

artculturesociety — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:52:38 +0000

I haven’t spent much time on blogs.. reading, making or exploring them and did not quite realize how popular some are. I do remember about 4 years ago hearing about a fellow Saskatchewanian with a somewhat popular political blog. I just found it again.. and it is more like an enterprise! She has won some awards for her blogging and has some pretty interesting posts.

Cineworks

artculturesociety — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:42:19 +0000

Cineworks is an independent Filmmakers Society and Studio here in Vancouver. My friend and fellow Emily Carr student Vanessa Brown is doing a summer internship at the gallery, and will be putting on a show during SWARM in September.

SHAPES!

artculturesociety — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:07:05 +0000

For my final project booklet, I used a website called dafont.com for free type downloads. I was slightly hesitant to use them as I was scared they might not print right.. but they did! There are some great shapes under “Dingbats”..

… which is one of the most ridiculous words in the English language if you are wondering my opinion…

Free Type Downloads!

artculturesociety — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:55:35 +0000

I found a website of a graphic designer named Rodrigo Fuenzalida from Caracas, Venezuela. To celebrate his site getting 5000 hits, he is making available a couple of his typefaces to download.. for free!

Facebook and Bebo risk ‘infantilising’ the human mind

artculturesociety — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:36:43 +0000

This is an article that was linked into my online course that is about technology and social networking on the internet.

Dazed and Confused

artculturesociety — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:21:33 +0000

A friend of mine, and fellow Emily Carrian recently did a photo shoot for Dazed and Confused magazine of artist Andrew Pommier here in Vancouver. Looks great Justin! Congrats on the assignment!

To see more of Justin’s and Andrew’s work:

Justin Alm

Andrew Pommier

100 Most Creative People in Business

artculturesociety — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:42:59 +0000

Fast company put out a list of their pick of the 100 most creative people in business. It is quite fascinating to read… take a look!

Poster

artculturesociety — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:14:20 +0000

I had originally thought about putting more general information on the poster, but decided against it as I thought it would be too much. I decided I really wanted the spine to pop, so I drew around it and filled it with colour. This was something I haven’t tried or workd with, so learning how to use the pen tool was a lot of fun.

Here is the final result: