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Remove a Shiny Face Tutorial!

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I used this tutorial recently in the independent class to remove shine from a persons forehead in a photograph.  Worked pretty well actually! I thought it could work pretty well when removing really… Continue reading

Tutorial Eleven Allenson & Shannon

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1. The group blog was a helpful way to interact with class members and gain an insight into their creative inspirations and output.   2. It would have been great to dedicate more… Continue reading

Surrealist Nightmare!

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In collating the eight images given out in class, I wanted to create a kind of creepy, surrealist atmosphere. While making this, I was imagining being trapped on a small island in space,… Continue reading

Week Eight: Jean Michel Basquiat Inspiration

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This week, the inspiration for my tutorial work was Jean Michel Basquiat. During his short career, “Basquiat combined African, Aztec, Hispanic, and ancient Roman and Greek imagery” (art net) with original typographic elements… Continue reading

Week Five: Signs and Symbols Exercise

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For week five’s exercise we were asked to create a poster using signs to create meaning.  I’m not sure if I interpreted this correctly, but I ended up using simplified silhouettes to advertise… Continue reading

Week Four: ‘Challenging Society Values’ Poster

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For the persuasive poster I decided to focus on the upcoming RU OK? Day event.  RU OK? is a not for profit organisation that focuses on suicide prevention. I decided to use the… Continue reading

Week Three – Exercise Two

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Yayoi Kusama

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In the beginning Yayoi Kusama’s ‘The Obliteration Room’ featured several pristine white domestic rooms.  Participants were given sheets of coloured dot stickers upon entry to the interactive installation.  They were encouraged to put… Continue reading

Cell Phone Symphony

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For this exercise, I tried to convey the sounds heard when dialling numbers.  When I was a kid, I would remember the sounds each number would make when pressed even more than the… Continue reading

The Complete Guide to Digital Graphic Design

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The Complete Guide to Digital Graphic Design introduces the foundations of graphic design.  The books uses the principles and elements of design to explain the process of creating successful designs for print, packaging,… Continue reading