DDSGN 220 Assignment #5 (Lowercase)

And here's the lowercase and numbers! 

DDSGN 220 Assignment #4 (Uppercase)

Our third assignment had us creating fonts, so I introduce to you, Ligartho font.

Using the Font Creator program (a freeware font creating tool) and these Adobe Illustrator Brushes, I hand wrote a set of uppercase glyphs for my font. The brush itself had a jagged, eerie kind of look, so I wanted the font to reflect that yet also be readable, so I just wrote in print as neat as possible (sans-serifs of course)

DDSGN 220 Assignment #3

Our second assignment of the quarter was to create a design in Adobe Illustrator and translate     that into a real life vinyl sticker. I already had a list of logos / images that I thought would look cool plastered to my laptop or a binder as a sticker, so using the pen tool in Illustrator, I created vector graphics of some popular icons.

Baymax, Arch Linux, Tri-Force, Platinum Face

The assignment specifically requested a three color design of our choosing, so I decided on an old logo I created for my sister's soccer team.

As a side note, I have not yet cut out these vinyl stickers, and will edit this post with the photos of them as soon they are completed.

DDSGN 220 Assignment #1

For our first assignment of the week, we had to use mask layers in Adobe Flash to reveal different photoshop brushes on an original photo of our own. Using a picture of my brother and some cool gear brushes, I opened up his head and turned him into a robot.

I wanted to use the concept of the top of a head opening like a lid, revealing the brushes inside. At first I wanted to use an edgier theme, like a waterfall of thoughts and notebook scribble ideas. I instead opted for more machinery because it was simpler and more realistic to achieve. I tried to use different gears and I overlapped them to create some depth (although they still remain somewhat flat).I had to take two pictures and cut my brother out of one of them so I could slice his head open. Then in Flash, I created a different mask for each gear layer and animated the head using a classic tween. Post-production I used After Effects and used the pen tool to create two new layers for each eye, then I applied a glow effect and set opacity on a timeline to fade in and out. Finally I rendered the whole thing in Premiere with some choice sound effects.

I feel like although the overall design is simplistic in nature, it meets the requirements of both the assignment and my expectations. It is only the first week after all, and the assignment was light enough to warm me up for the rest of the quarter.

c u l8r allig8rs

Introductions Are in Order

Hi there! My name is Justin Kim, and this is the first post of my blog. Created for my Digital Design 220 class, I will be posting all of my awesome assignments onto this blog for everyone to enjoy (and so they can be graded).

About me:

I am 18 years old and go to school at Pierce College. I am currently enrolled in the Digital Design program and wish to work somewhere in that broad field. Aside from schoolwork, some of my favorite activities include playing video games, reading (whenever I can find a good book), and doodling.

Unfortunately, I am known for being a severe procrastinator, but I will try my hardest this quarter to do my best work. :P

Peace out girlscouts.