Kismet Arts Tangent
Art Collective
Author: KC
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Note to self: New file naming system in place for the 5th floor– “first name last name_graduation year_abbreviated assignment name” (e.g., katarinacountiss_2013_assign.tiff). Today is the first day of Self-Directed Project Day. It’s not completely self-directed. Marc Salverda, our jokey yet stern leader, is going to be with the class every Wednesday as a resource, an…
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Katsite Project 1 Assignment description: “You will need to to do a website audit and analysis, determine what needs improvement, and come up with a comprehensive design solution for desktop computers and smart phones . Requirements: Needs to work in IE8 and above, all modern browsers, and iPhones and Android phones. File size needs to be…
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School is back in session which means a lot of resetting up shop. Each time I arrive at a new workspace, I should have a “home” day, where I change the preferences on everything so it feels like home. Here’s a quick list of what to trick out your browser with if you’re going to…
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Today is the first day of the school year at Seattle Central Creative Academy. I wanted to take this moment to give a “shout-out” (type-out?) to my classmates that approached me saying how they kept up with my blog over the summer. Awkward, but wonderful moments in a blogger’s life. (Awk-wonderful?) Note to self: Review–…
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Today is the 4th. September 7th is my last day at the Internship. My supervisor asked me to make a list of my tasks I have performed as their intern. I have listed them below. This has been a fruitful experience for me. Other than being in an air conditioned office through the hotter months…
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An internship assignment: Recreate an antique mailbox decal. This was a fun assignment. I had a flashback to first quarter where the assignment was to make a picture using shapes and the pathfinder tool. I pen-tooled a few things in this design, but I was surprised at how effective it was to make the shine…
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Today, I illustrated a boat. I was going for a cartoony look, but my style doesn’t lend itself to exaggerated proportions, varying outline and flat color, so I turned to software for help. 1) I sketched a boat in an angle I thought was dynamic. I used a ball point pen. 2) I sketched the…
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A Mr.Yoks Project. I made this animation without using a story board. I had the inspiration of Photoshop shortcuts and I let them take me as long as I felt I could go. It was really interesting. Because the frame-by-frame animation is so slow, it gave me a lot of time to think of the next thing. I…
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