Still Life Project

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Still Life

Well for my Still Life I have somethings to consider.
What I love.

I've been a Godzilla fan for the longest time, and at this point I've seen most of the films(I did a count and I've seen 17 out of the 28 films, 18/29 if you count the American).  There is a problem with this image is that the tip of his head is cut off, but I may be able to handle that by having him stretch from top to bottom of the image, or I may use the pen tool to try fill in what's blocked out.

I've picked a game-cube controller for a few reasons, the first (and simplest of them) is that it's a more interesting design then an Xbox controller or a mouse/keyboard.  The second is that I play a lot of video games, and I really started off with Nintendo, especially with the game-cube.

To be honest I'm more of a dog person, and there's been a family dog around for most of my life.  I picked a beagle because my last dog was one, and my current dog is part beagle.  She at least has a beagle's appetite.










I listen to a decent amount of music, but I listen to Classic Rock in particular.  102.9MGK is a station that solely plays classic rock, and I do listen to it quite a bit.  I didn't put down a drum-set or anything like that because I don't actually play any instruments.

I grew up watching old Cartoon Network shows and I can still watch some, but I haven't seen a lot of the newer shows.  Of all these, Courage the Cowardly Dog(even though it scared me ****-less) is my favorite of those shows, even after Edd-Ed-and-Eddy.  Return the slaaaaaaaab or suffffeeerrrrr my cuuuurrrrrssssse.
What I don't Love.  I honestly think I'm not gonna end this with enough to use, but I may as well start listing them.

























Did you think you would see a turn-stile?  The better question is why would I put one.  Well when I was about 8 I got my finger caught in one, and was actually hospitalized.  The finger turned out fine, but the fingernail was destroyed and I was stuck with a cast.  So yes, I actually have a bad memory with a turnstile.

I actually have double vision, but it's mostly correct by my glasses at this point.  However, double vision didn't become a problem until about a year and a half ago which is when I started my driver's training.  When my dad found out about it he put a complete pause to my training, which is why I don't have a car or license currently.

Animated GIF

     To those who don't remember, Microsoft tried to introduce of number of policies for the Xbox One, which resulted in them being brutally crushed at the last E3.  This gave me the inspiration for my animated gif.  I decided to use screen shots of a DragonBall Z clip, because the logos of the companies mentioned definitely worked so well with the screenshots and what actually happened.  Let me try to summarize this to anyone who happens to be un-familiar with DragonBall Z(I know Mrs. Santa at least was).  The green one is named Cell(after part of his origin story).  I used him as Xbox because earlier Microsoft tried to implement some policies that badly violated user rights.  The protagonists who fought Cell, that appear in the .GIF, are Gohan(the younger one, I think he's about 13 at that point of the story), and Goku the ghost of his dead father(who was killed in the fight, but reappeared to support his son).   Since the fight would primarily become Gohan Vs Cell, and the main fighting of E3 would be Playstation vs Microsoft.  Sony and Playstation didn't NEED Nintendo, but considering Playstations origins(it wouldn't have existed without Nintendo), and I thought it would be more fun, I made Goku Nintendo.

Poster- All Quiet on the Western Front

I didn't expect to do something so serious, but I decided to make a poster of the 1930 movie version of the novel 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.  Specifically, the poster is about the scene where Paul reaches for a butterfly( it was established earlier the Paul used to collect butterflies).  Paul (who's hand is reaching out) is a young German Boy who, along with his friends, are convinced to enlist to fight in WW1.  During the novel( and film) him and his friends slowly die, either mentally or physically.  At the end, a psychologically damaged Paul reaches out to a butterfly almost as if he was reaching out to his innocence that he lost to the war.  I chose the coloring of the poster to match this symbolism.  All around the image is dark, and devoid of life symbolized by the dark browns, and grays.  Even the hand lacks color, in reference to how destroyed Paul was.  The butterfly represents the innocence and humanity that Paul was reaching out too, so if is full of bright and vibrant colors that completely contrast the dark surroundings.
85% of the image was made in illustrator, with the hand being the exception.  The sky is a dark grey, over the ground which is made from a picture of dark brown dirt.  Those gray lines at the top are supposed to be trenches, but their real purpose to invoke a sense of forced perception to create a background.  The butterfly was created by tracing over a picture of a butter with the pen tool.  I tried to trace over a hand( specifically Paul's hand from a screenshot of the movie) but it proved too awkward and didn't look good at all.  Instead I got a scan of my own hand, and applied a gray-scale filter over it in photo shop(the hand was the last thing to add).  The idea for a poster like this was inspired by abstract movie posters like the few I posted below.

New Logo

Need a new logo?  For the new logo I chose to redo Wikipedia's simply because I had an idea for it. Books are a source of knowledge (except for Twilight) so I chose one to represent the site.  To create the book I looked up a picture of a book at an angle I liked.  Then I traced over it with a pen tool, and occasionally used the line tool to give it the appearance of a 3D object.  I chose a quill because I could it's less boring then a pen, and I could use fresh ink dripping off to show that it's still being edited.  I created the quill in the same exact way as the book.  I wanted to create a 'W' that replicated Wikipedia's, but making one with a pen or the shaped tool proved too awkward so I used the text tool and free distort.  After making this one, taking advice with Mrs. Santa, I decided to make an alternate version attempting to make the 'W' look better, and moving the quill up.

Here are two samples of current logos:

 


Fun fact: I was originally going to do something making fun of Call of Duty, but I thought it would be a little to simple and easy for it to get a good grade.  I was going to take a logo of a children's daycare with several letter blocks, and replace the 'A-B-C' with 'C-O-D' and type 'Call of Duty' in rainbow colors, in reference to how many underage children play.

Fantasy image

"War... war never changes..."

The edited is above, while the original is below.  I felt like the spaces between tree branches and leaves could get annoying to deal with, so I edited out the one on the left entirely, and used the stamp tool to turn the right into one solid mass.

Realist image

Me in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.  The edited is above, the original is below.  All I did was adjust the brightness.

Intro

 Name:Joshua Bonto

 Email:jrbonto1002@aim.com

 Major:Video Game Design

What is your computer experience:2 Years Computer Graphics Arts, 1 Year Java Eclipse

Do you have experience with Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator? (None, beginner, intermediate, advanced...etc.) Please be specific: Two years of Computer graphic arts (Adobe Illsustrater, Photoshop, Flash) from sophomore and junior year- intermediate skill level (memory's foggy)

What do you hope to learn from taking this class?
Relearn the Adobe programs

 I have read and understand the course policies outlined in the syllabus for this class. (sign by typing your name and the date below):

Joshua Bonto 9/4/13