Panorama

The view from my balcony

Self-portrait change for New Media Tools class

Me as Nefertiti

Skate Deck of 1970-1980`s "Skate up to the starry sky"

Final project

 Step 1. My sketch.

Step 2. Whale I traced in Illustrator CS4.

Step 3. A girl (body only) I traced based on Yuehui Tang picture.

Step 4. Stars  I found here http://illustratorvector.net/vector/stars-vector/

Step 5. Font and wrap exploration. I used Keep on Trucking` FW font,which was very popular in `70-80s

Step 6. So I used 6 basic images for my skate deck: whale, girl, city, sky, stars and text

Step 7. Placing my final images on a Deck template. I used horizontal position for my deck.

Step 8 . After printing I adjusted the sticker to the deck

Overall it took me about a week to get this project done (2 days for printing) and 60$ ( 25$ deck with a discount + 35$ for printing in http://www.marcormedia.com/

Concept idea:
The years of 1970-1980`s were the era of the advocacy of world peace, so the whale on the deck symbolizes peace, harmony and rebirth. The growth of feminism found its expression in the image of a girl, the skyline reflects the growing number of skyscrapers. At last, the final collage is not only the symbolization of the fantasy world caused by using LSD and other drugs and interest in the increasing popularity of non-fiction genre, but also it represents freedom of ideas, choice and self - expression, break of the stereotypes, psychological self-knowledge exploration and the popularity of dream meanings.

Damaged Photo restoration

Black Swan Poster. Using Fonts.

Here is my Black Swan poster#1 recreated in Ai. 

Below are some brief major techniques I used:

1. After tracing I copied hands (alt and drag) and then adjusted them properly.

   2. For the font I installed San Serif  to my Ai first and then with the help of Create Outline command I reshaped the letters. 

And there is  another recreated by me Black Swan poster. For this image I used both San Serif and Mostra two fonts.

Paper Zoo

For this project we had to create 6 bio-areas(Polar, Rainforest, Ocean, Desert, North Plains and Savannah) and 12 animals.

Megalodon tooth assignment for DMA179 class

For this project we had to sculpt a replica of the Megalodon tooth and design a style guide.

Megalodon is an enormous shark (~52 ft in length) which lived 1.5 million years ago. The size of one tooth can be as large as 7 inches in length and 5 inches wide. Our model was scaled to the actual size. 

For the first step in this project, I sketched an illustration of a tooth with the following dimensions: 6.6 x 4.4 inches .

Next, I gathered all the necessary tools I would need for my project.

Using a hanger, I created a wire foundation for the model tooth. 

Then, I used paper to stuff the wire skeleton giving it substance followed by an outer shell of aluminum foil. 

 I secured the model onto a wooden block using a screw with a washer as seen above.

The next step was to mold the wire, paper and foil foundation using Super Sculpey clay.

I then etched in the appropriate markings using various instruments providing depth and the fine details.

After pre-heating a conventional oven, I baked the tooth for approximately 35 minutes at 275 Fahrenheit.

The model tooth solidified and it was finally time to paint it using oil paintings.

I added a few more last touches to provide realistic details and here is my final product. The whole project, including research, clay modeling, and the study guide, took approximately 12 hours to complete. Who knew it would take 1/2 a day? 

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