Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Heroes and Homelands Final Project / Final Words

Hello Class!

Below is the collection of everyone's Heroes and Homelands! I want to say thank you for such a enjoyable semester. I'm really proud of what you all accomplished in my class and hope you continue to work hard at creating awesome work. I hope you all got something out of the class and feel inclined to continue advancing your education, even if you are graduating this term. I wish you all the best of luck and hope that you stay in touch via email or by social networking.

If you click here, at the bottom of my website you'll find every place to connect with me online!

Kelsey Barr, Syphis


Matthew Cartwright, Tusk


Dimas De Leon, Brahma


Greg Bustos, Syphis


Katherine Hale, Brahma


Ivan Brown, Brahma


Tiffany Lam, Midori


Megan Janssen, Brahma


Danny Le, Midori


Tami Lim, Midori


Meng Meng Liu, Syphis


Rory McKay, Tusk


Chris Murrell, Midori


Andy Sam, Midori


Adina Voss de Bettancourt, Syphis


Tiffany Siebuhr, Brahma


Andrea Shulenberger, Midori


Wednesday, October 8, 2014

(EXAMPLE PROJECT POST) Michael Matsumoto- Week 01, Project 01

(File name format: "FullName_Week08_Project01.psd")
(Ex: "MichaelMatsumoto_Week08_Project01.psd")

(File name Ex: "MichaelMatsumoto_Week08_Project01_A.psd")

(Ex: "MichaelMatsumoto_Week08_Project01_B.psd")

 (Ex: "MichaelMatsumoto_Week08_Project01_C.psd")

Monday, September 1, 2014

Welcome to Visual Development and Background Painting!

Welcome to Fall 2014 at CSUF!

This blog was created for you all to submit your homework, classwork, and projects where you may collectively view your classmates' work and my demos in one location as the semester progresses. I will be using this blog to see how each of you is developing over the course as well as making sure you are all doing the necessary work to develop your style and craft.

Monday, August 25, 2014

DROPBOX BRUSHES AND RESOURCES LINK

The link below has plenty resources for you all to try out!

DROPBOX BRUSHES & RESOURCES

The link below is a great resource for fundamental knowledge. Understanding everything covered here should make you competent enough to create strong work:

ANDROID ART TUTORIAL

Blog Post Format Guidelines

When you post to this blog,  below is the format that you need to follow:

1.     Post Title: "Full Name- Week #, Homework/Exercise/Project
        (Example 01: Michael Matsumoto- Week 02, Homework)
        (Example 02: Michael Matsumoto- Week 07, Project)

2.     Post Content: Thumbnails & Sketches
           - Put entire collection on a 300 dpi, JPEG single image
           - Reorganized thumbnails/sketches/ideations in a row/column order
           - Each numbered consecutively in the upper left corner of every thumbnail

           - IMPORTANT Bring to class actual .psd files of ALL thumbnails/homework for paint overs

3.     Tag Posts: Be sure to include the labels for homework, classwork, and projects-
            "First Name Last Name" AND "Week X".  
            (Example: Michael Matsumoto, Week 02)
            IMPORTANT: Be sure to separate all your labels with a "comma".
     

4.     Thumbnail Previews should be no larger than "Medium" in your blog post.
     


Examples:


Silhouettes/Thumbnails-



B/W Thumbnails:



Project

  
(Character Design Illustration by Adi Granov)

IMPORTANTFor homework assignments, not being able to post it up on the blog by the first 10 minutes of class will be counted as "Late"; no exceptions, so please be aware and mindful of your time.

With all this serious talk, know that this class and blog are meant to be inspirational/informative to your learning, so be sure to have fun with this! Now let's make some sweet artwork!