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Fire pit explosion

For this project we were to take the skills we learned in the previous project to create an explosion of our own. I picked to do a fire pit explosion. We had to add all the SFX effects that we added last week, which were smoke, fire, the explosion, dust, smoke, and debris. First, I picked all the elements I wanted to put in my explosion. Then, I resized them so they would fit into the fire pit. I set key frames, so after the fire exploded the debris would follow later. I did this because during an explosion it doesn't all happen at once. You have the explosion, the fire, the debris, then the smoke. I learned how to use matte to make the edges not look so harsh and how to set key frames accordingly. I would keep the order in which everything exploded. Next time I would try and add more "glow" in the background to make it look more realistic. In general I liked how this project turned and I also liked the process of putting this project together.

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My Personal Logo

A few weeks ago in e9 we had to design a personal logo that described us. We learned about what different colors and shapes mean in a logo and how it can affect the look of the design. I choose to type my initials. I made my type smaller on the "m's" because I wanted the "H" to stick out, thats also why I made it pink. Pink represents friendliness, inner peace, and harmony. I choose to enclose it all in a circle because it is known as the perfect shape. It is like pure perfection.

Portfolio Reflection-Animation

Hammer Project In this project I learned how use the polygonal transformation manipulator tool, how to extrude, and how to subdivide polygon faces. I was able to learn this project by watching our teacher do a quick explanation/ tutorial and by reading the directions typed on google classroom. I picked this project because I spent a lot of time on the hammer's head and this project turned out better than I thought it would, especially the shadows. My greatest strength during this project was patience because when I was extruding, my hammer was not doing what I wanted it to do. My weakness during this project was would be not making the green take up more of the picture, because there is too much black. I have improved because I have the right shadows. I will take my learning of the manipulator tool and extrude tool to my next projects. I would change the background so there would not be so much black. This project helped me prepare for other projects by practicing the manipula...

What is Graphic Design to me? To me graphic design is visual communication to the world. It is also a way to communicate to people without having to talk to them. I think graphic design is unique because you can make it anyway you want. It can be bold or quite, loud and annoying, pink, green, circle shaped or triangle shaped. There are no rules in graphic design so you can make it your own and let your imagination do the work. You get to make it your own, however you want it. http://www.aiga.org/what-is-design/

Haley McCormick

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