EVE WHELAN

In the workshop we learned how to use Photoshop for none destructive editing and how to edit raw images. Practicing these techniques on a given city scape, where we had to change the colour of the sky on a separate layer, so it could be removed if necessary. Also learning how to use Vector Smart Objects linked from Illustrator to Photoshop. My creations for this task are shown below alongside their resulting layer formations. The final part of the task was to choose a photo of ourselves and none destructively edit it on Photoshop. I chose a photo of my friend and I, I used none destructive editing to change the background to turquoise, leaving only our hair, eyebrows and tops from the original image, the result is the final image below.

Bauhaus-93 from Eve Whelan on Vimeo . The task for the first kinetic typography workshop was to pick a font and create a ten second video about it. The font I chose was Bauhaus 93, based on the original Bauhaus font from the iconic German art school. I thought this would be a good choice of font as it can be paired with the primary colours and shapes that go hand in hand with the Bauhaus. It also goes alongside Kandinsky and his test, to see which primary colours pair with which primary shapes. Kandinsky’s ideal was a yellow triangle, a red square and a blue circle, this is explained in more detail on my Theory as Practice blog.

The third and final typography task was to pick one of our rough three fonts from the previous workshop to take forwards and draw a neat version of. My chosen font is the buildings font, my favourite because I believed it to be the strongest of the three and to be able to kind of tell a story in itself. Below is my refined version of the font; neater than the previous copy and resolving the issue of not all the letters being the same height.

The third InDesign document was based around building a document, spacing out images and text using correct alignment, along with using some of InDesign’s extra features and creating a table of contents. We also learnt further how to correctly use the grid and create a piece of art that is pixel perfect; this was trialled in the recreation of the Pervasive Percussion cover which was used as the document cover. On the fourth page of the document the task required an animation correctly being placed into InDesign and being functional. This was a difficult part of the task as InDesign seemed to struggle with the animation when exporting the document as an interactive PDF.

hippo-animation from Eve Whelan on Vimeo . The task for the third After Effects workshop was to create a character and animate it. I chose to create a hippo, which I animated by moving its tail, legs, face and open mouth. I am quite pleased with it for a first attempt at animation and I like the textured background effect just to add some simple detail with the main focus being on the hippo. If I was to recreate it I would like to do a version of the hippo with its mouth shut so I could animate it open and closing its mouth.

Taking forward the initial font ideas from the letters A, E, G, N and S in the first typography workshop and creating three full rough alphabets in very different styles. One of these designs will then be taken further to create a more refined and neat version of the font. The first one is my least favourite as the curved and swirled lines don’t really have much of an impact on the viewer. It feels like more of a wishy-washy kind of font, rather than a strong exciting one. I much prefer the second font with its harsh striking lines, its very eye catching and more engaging to the viewer. The third font is my favourite and will be the font I continue with into a more refined and polished alphabet. I like the angular building work and the small window and shading detailing; it appears to have more substance to it and the font itself can tell a story rather than just the words it is set to spell out.

In the spread workshop we learnt about editorial spreads and how to creatively use the layout and manipulate type. The task was to recreate two existing spreads, Rat City and Alanis Morissette. My recreations of both spreads are shown below. For the Rat City spread we got type and images to follow a path round the spread. For the Alanis Morissette spread we were shown how InDesign has a lot of features for manipulating and editing type; the typography on the left is my own work, however the image of Alanis on the right is the existing photo. The last part of the task was to then create our own editorial spread using a found image from Pexels, I chose an image of a hand holding   a glowing orb like object, which I edited on Photoshop and then used in my spread alongside some of my own type manipulation.