For project 4, we had to make stamps based on a location of our choosing. Since fictional locations were on the table, I chose the Citadel from Mass Effect, one of my favorite video game series. For food, I chose Blast-Ohs, one of the only explicitly referenced foods in the Mass Effect universe. Blast-Ohs are …
Monthly Archives: June 2019
Lab 3: Colors
For this lab, we had to learn about contrasting colors on the color wheel. I’ve always been interested in color theory and knew a few little thing like how blue and orange contrast, and cyan and magenta, so it was cool to get a more in depth explanation on some of the finer points.
Lab 2: Gridlock
This lab was all about grids! It was deceptively simple compared to the others, to the point where I had to check in with the professor to make sure I wasn’t misunderstanding. I think my experience as a photographer makes it easy for me to understand the purpose of a grid in composing something, whether …
Project 1: Hey Everybody
For Project 1, we had to represent the lyrics of a rhyme or lyric with both abstract and explicitly representative iconography. I chose the opening lyrics to the old track “Butcher Pete (Part 1)” by Roy Brown, which has been stuck in my head for years since I first heard it in Fallout 3. They …