Class September 26th 2013

Today was a discussion class. We reviewed everyones' projects. We also had a discussion of portfolios and presentation, and what would be good for us to do.

Portfolios:
-have one on hand now so that way its prepared and ready to go when you need it, same for resumes
-get nice quality portfolios, either order one or make one. also think about having physical books made instead of just collections of papers
-have animations on a cd that is present with the book, aka make a sleeve in the book for the dvd
-keep images under 12
-think about the leave behinds - post cards, books, business cards, cd - need these to leave an impression
-print on demand
    -blurb
    -adorma.com
    -dick blick.com
    -gotprint.com
    -modern postcard
-get a book/portfolio that is 8.5x11 or smaller, although big looks nice small is easy to transport, easy to look at and easy to store
    -put a resume in the back of the portfolio!
-branding/logos - put it on EVERYTHING! - resume, postcards, websites, business cards, dvd, invoices, magnets, temporary tattoos, stickers, maybe think about a stamp pad or usb drives
-it is better to have stuff ready and on hand now so can go at any time than to have nothing and wait, get all the stuff and swap it out as work gets better.
-as far as our websites, make a main page for the portfolio for our animations, then make an archive page for all the animations we like but wouldn't necessarily use for a portfolio - makes them there to look at but wont hurt you by having too many.



Critique of my work:
Think about making the trees grow up at different rates - mix it up to make it more visually interesting. With this they like the fact that they grow, it makes it more nature like.

Also think about mixing up the pallets more, warm vs cold, for legibility purposes so one image doesn't get lost in the last one.

Vary transitions between scenes. Maybe for this next transition make it disappear from the trail

Next time start from scratch don't use a white page, maybe tint it.

For forest scene make it get darker as each image is painted, like the effect of morning to night. This would help with legibility. So play with different times of day, since the night time can also be just as beautiful.

Transitions from one cluttered page to a clean one: cross fade; fade from image to black to image; rip image apart from center to reveal a clean piece of paper.