Menu of my flash assignment - 20th post

Good holiday, all

This is the draft of the menu which appears in my A2C. Have a look at it by clicking on the URL below. I still dont know how to put the swf file here. So sorry.

http://unix.rmit.edu.vn/%7Es3160857/Flash/A2C_menu.swf

As you see, the buttons include a small image. This is the image of the famous painting drew in Renaissance.

Images of my flash assignment - 19th post

Hi all, these are some images of my A2c :





The reason why I choose the yellow background is that it reminds me about the past. My selected font was created in the renaissances period.

Tower text animation - 18 post

Hi everyone

http://unix.rmit.edu.vn/~s3160857/Flash/tower.swf

This is the link connecting to the text animation I did in Flash. The scenario is about the tower. I imagined that the tower looked like this after being set.

I really want to hear any remark from you. Bye.

Flying text animation - 17 post

Good day all

This is the text animation that I did as practice for Maddy lesson.

Because I dont know how to put the swf file here so I place in on RMIT server.

Please connect to this link and have a look at it:

http://unix.rmit.edu.vn/~s3160857/Flash/flying.swf

As you see, the "flying" text is really flying. The blue color is chosen with the intention to make the word has a light feeling.

Good bye.

Anchorage for safe sex - 16th post

Good day, all.

As you know, we will submit the A2B to Maddy next week. This assignment is about safe sex poster. In semester 1, when studying Dim1, I also tried some draft of safe sex anchorage.

Here is my draft in Sem1:
I took the image which is loyalty free from the site below:
http://www.bigfoto.com/miscellaneous/photos-01/apple-nails.jpg

As you see, it is a special and amazing image. The apple can represent for sex. It can be considered as a form of metaphor. Then the nails which are put through the nails can represent for Aids , the disease that has killed lots of people.

At that time, I didnt really know about elements of Design as well as other principles. What I did was just adding some text to the image.

Now, i decide to use this image again for the A2B assignment. I will change something and make it more attractive, though. Hopefully I can do the good job for this time. Good bye.

Star Wars DVD Menu - 15th entry

Hi all, this is the link connecting to the swf file of the DVD menu for Star Wars (I put the swf file on RMIT server because I dont know how to put the file here) :

http://unix.rmit.edu.vn/~s3160857/Flash/Star Wars.swf

And here is the image showing you what happens with my DVD menu when you click the mouse on the buttons:


At first, I had a look at the official website of Star Wars movie. Then, I downloaded the image from the site:

http://simonz.web.elte.hu/wallp/promo-vader.jpg

Next, I looked for the font appropriate with this movie from:

http://www.galaxyfaraway.com/gfa/1998/12/star-wars-fonts/

And I used Flash8 to make the menu.

I wrote the words for each button in the special Star Wars font. Then I had the idea that I would make the buttons look like the laser sword in this film.

As you see, as normal, the Play button is just the word. However, when I clicked on it, it became the rectangle button with the light color like the weapon in the character's hand.

Please go to the link at RMIT server to try this. Have fun.

Anchorage - 14th post

Hi all,

This is the anchorage which I created at the time I 'v begun to use Illustrator and Photoshop:

The original image is royalty free from: http://www.bigfoto.com/miscellaneous/photos-01/heart-buttons-2gt5.jpg

I added more text to the photo to make it have a specific meaning. As you see the heart shape is made up from lots of buttons in different sizes and colors. Hence, the text I gave to the photo means that: "For love, souls are the most important thing, not appearance, race, etc"

I used the sanserif font to makes the phrase look clean and clear. Therefore, the message can be easily read by the viewers. Hopefully you like it.

Photomontage - 13th post

Good day, all

This week we must turn in the A2A which is the collage or photomontage assignment. I have also tried some drafts during the process.

I selected these 3 photos from the sites below to deal with the draft:

http://criss.site.voila.fr/terragen/oneweekforexploration.jpg

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-eW8Oa5Mhc6dsmmhZRe7XwJ0U?p=196

http://www.tropicalisland.de/JKT%20Yogjakarta%20Borobudur%20stone%20Buddha%20in%20meditation%20position_b.jpg

And here is the result after I worked with them in Photoshop:

I took the idea about meditation. And I placed the image of The Buddha near the sunlight because The Buddha is considered as enlightenment. I also placed the image of a monk who is practicing meditation near the sunlight. The reason is that meditation is also involved in enlightenment.

Stealing metaphor - 12th post

Hi all, this time I would like to introduce my work for the stealing metaphor exercise.

Since metaphor must not be clear and obvious, I took the idea using the image of a broken window. This image is from the site: http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=008SMp

I chose the black and white image because it gives us more abstracts. Furthermore, black and white are sometimes considered as not real color, ex: extremely red is black, extremely blue is also black...


I also decided to type white phrases on the black center area to make it more contrast. It is also about dominance principle. I choose the Hobo Std Medium font for the big two word: door and security. This is a sans serif type and it looks so clean. For the small words, I choose Myriad font - another san serif one.

Photomontage practice - 11th post

Hi all, these are what I did to practice photoshop tutorials in Maddy' class.

I took these two images which are royalty free from the sites below:



http://www.bigfoto.com/themes/nature/landscapes/mountain-snow-u28a.jpg


http://www.bigfoto.com/themes/traffic/ships/sailing-boat-cgx3.jpg

When mixing them together in Photoshop, I had some interesting results:

1) Darken:
As you can see, this photo is really impressive. A boat is in on the sea and in front of the ice mountain. So cool!

2)Lighten:
It seems that there is a white ghost boat floating on the snow land. I really like this image. I makes me feel that the scene is in wonder land.

3)Difference:

This photo gives a the feeling that we live in a strange world. The mountain is behind the boat and the sea. Everything looks dark and not lively. We can use this photo for something involved in a dead world.