Computer AR[ T ]AKUMI

[Module 4] Assignment 2: Basic Video Creation

2008-08-12T18:33:00.000-07:00

For this assignment, I couldn't download "AVID free DV" since the software is no longer downloadable.
I used movie editing application "iMovie" in Mac OS X instead.

Since I couldn't export as wmv. file, I simply uploaded to YouTube.

[Module 4] Assignment 1: The Animated GIFs

2008-08-12T16:57:00.000-07:00

Assignment 1-1: Free GIF animation (4 frames total)

Assignment1-3: Screenshot of preferred gif animation

The layer "Clouds" and "Sky" are background image, therefore they are shared across the frames.
Bird is re-drawn for each frames.

[Module 3] Assignment 2: the graphic montage

2008-08-12T12:59:00.000-07:00

Picture of Koala-like character(Doala) had been used from here: http://storage.kanshin.com/free/img_40/400653/k414826433.jpg

Other food pictures are all used from my photo album.

This graphic is created as Montage (not Collage). I tried to make it surreal and incongruous (and fantastic) graphic.

[Module 3] Assignment 1: Colorize or Paint: Creating the Portrait

2008-08-12T11:01:00.000-07:00

Exercise I: Working with Line and Color: The Technique of Coloring

Exercise 2- Coloring the Photo

The purpose of this project is to be able to colorize some black & white pictures/graphics. A brand new layer had been added for colorization not to affect the original graphic.

[Module 3] Assignment 3: Ad Mock up project

2008-08-12T09:54:00.000-07:00

Client job description 1: online real estate identity and brand
This look&feel template had been designed with Fireworks.

* User-Friendly Navigation menu
* Easy Sign in
* RSS feeds, graphics, embed objects like YouTube, or new product information could be inserted in the main window.

Client job description 2: Advertising merchandise design:

* Simple design

[Module 2] Assignment 6: Create a Cartoon Still Using Fireworks

2008-08-12T08:57:00.000-07:00

The purpose of this assignment is to be able to manipulate Fireworks to draw and create cartoon. This cartoon is based on Japanese comic format, called "4コマ漫画(yon-koma-manga)". "yon-koma" means 4 cells in Japanese.

[Module 2] Assignment 5: Fireworks and the Collage

2008-07-30T06:55:00.000-07:00

This collage is made of the following original pictures/graphics:
http://pub.ne.jp/tenmon/image/user/1176843827.jpg http://www.firstshowing.net/img/astroboy-posterart2.jpg
"http://images.apple.com/jp/macbook/images/design_gal04_20080226.jpg

[Module 2] Assignment 4: Use the Fireworks drawing tools and make a Map

2008-07-30T03:52:00.000-07:00

The purpose of this assignment is to get used to the Fireworks Drawing tools.
Major roads is highlighted with orange color.

[Module 2] Assignment 3: Use the Fireworks tool exercise

2008-07-19T01:32:00.000-07:00

sunflower_assign.jpg

The purpose of this assignment is to use some of the Fireworks tools to edit graphics. Some tools such as Selector, typing tool, geometric shape, crop tool and so on...

Files are being compressed from .png file to .jpg file, since .jpg is more suitable extension than .gif for photographs.

File size:
sunflower_assign.jpg 16KB
sunflower_assign.gif 20KB

[Module 2] Assignment 2: Fireworks Layer Manipulation

2008-07-18T22:06:00.000-07:00

The purpose of this assignment is to be able to manipulate multiple layers.

[Module 2] Assignment 1: Fireworks environment

2008-07-17T03:14:00.000-07:00

The purpose of this assignment is to understand and manipulate the layer blending function in Adobe Fireworks. I used two graphics put in a different layer and tried several kinds of blending mode.

Picture used: http://www.jalan.net/jalan/doc/campaign/summer2007/nyalan/wallpaper/index.html

Intro to Comp.Art

2008-07-16T18:52:00.000-07:00

This is Takumi Yamaoka, an international student from Japan majoring computer science in SUNY Geneseo. My Career goal is to become a software engineer.

I often spend some time to publish my blog entry(Click here to jump to my blog). It is mainly about my life in college, for those who do not know anything about the college. It is usually published in Japanese, since most of people who access my blog is from Japan.

More about me:
http://takumification.blog50.fc2.com - My blog (Japanese) since 2006 FALL. http://www.geneseo.edu - College website which I belong. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=16508034 - Facebook Account

My personal website for Comp.Art class:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddj594f5_1gs45xwfc - Google Docs http://artakumi.blogspot.com/ - My Blogger
http://picasaweb.google.co.jp/TakuminE04 - Picasa Web Album

Biography:

Name: 拓海(TAKUMI)
Age : 21

Nationality: Japan

College: SUNY Geneseo
Major: Computer Science