For all those flash gurus in DD check this out:
Adobe® Flex™ Builder 3 Pro for Education.
Adobe Flex Builder 3 Pro is available for free to all education customers. This includes all students, faculty and staff of eligible education institutions.
Makes me wish I was still a student.
“Using random circles to recreate content fed from a video camera, and reacting accordingly to the camera activity levels. Requires an accessible video input (like a webcam) to work.”
I think of Bun whenever I see good looking icon sets, and so I thought I would share these here, instead of emailing him directly–may inspire you on the way to his inbox?!
DD Slam has been a great success last Friday, thanks for everyone who participated in this event. Steel Toes (Team of Andrew Schulz, Ileana Hierro Del Valle, Amy Inkster, Marisa Torres Rodriguez, Kasey Lum and Heather Lee) ended up winning the 8 hours contest…congratulation!!! I would also like to say thank you to Adobe for sponsoring the prize, each member of the winning team will receive Premiere Pro CS4. Please click the image and check out their hard works.
40 inspirational examples of typography in advertising prints.
It’s me again, Bart from DD08 - some of you maybe remember me as a student at VFS that used to blog a lot here. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know what I have been up too, 1 year after VFS. I decided to
extend my work on a educational project that started as a final project at VFS. The projects name is MEPI (which basically is a shortcut in Poland and means “Multimedia Education Via internet”.
My final project I made in VFS was called “amepi video tutorials”. It was a concept for a website broadcasting video tutorials. The idea extended now, and is becoming a Polish platform for e-learning and sharing educational knowledge in a facebook social styled environment. I would like to thank Sebastien De Castell, Eric Torin (that made me believe this project can be pursued) and my project advisor Jacob Tran for helping me develop the concept at VFS.
The website is originaly in Polish: www.mepi.pl. For convincience to english viewers here is a link to google translate http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&u=www.mepi.pl&sl=pl&tl=en
The automated translation isn’t that great, but should give you an idea what the website is about.
I would also like to add that the mepi project has been recognized by the international Seedcamp conference as one of the top 20 most interesting internet startups in the Central-European area.
“The proper selection of typography in a design can set the appropriate theme and mood that the designer is going for. There are a lot of free fonts on the web - created by talented designers and type foundries.”
Read about an article on Web Designer Depot about 13 Characteristics of Outstanding Blog Design. I found it’s pretty interesting and for someone who wants to make the blog successful, please click on the link above and view the full article.
Thirteen Characteristics of Outstanding Blog Design
01. Readability
02. Useful Sidebars
03. Unique
04. Comment Design
05. Integration of Ads
06. Effective, Usable Navigation
07. Images in Posts
08. Footer Design
09. Color Scheme
10. Icons
11. High Content
12. Subscription Areas
13. Social Media Integration
Making of “The Sun Song” Music Video
Ferry Boat Tickets: $36
Snacks & Coffee: $21
Starter Log: $6
Firewood: $10
Donut Holes: $6
Pizza: $20
18 Photoshop Brush Sets for Creating Incredible Lighting Effects
Check it out here!
Hey everyone. Just wanted to share my video submission to the videochallenge.america.gov contest.
Once again, Computer Arts is featuring the work of VFS Digital Design students. Tarot Cards, a motion infographic by Sara Cheung and Tyler Egeto (DD09), is showcased on the disc accompanying the January 2009 issue (#157).
Note the error in the screen grab image (Sara is from Sweden and Tyler is the Canadian).
Motion Comics are gaining popularity as a way to attract new audiences for comic book characters and stories. Visually engaging experiences are brought to life through the use of subtle movements of artwork, voice-overs, and sweeping music scores. Ivan Cruz (DD09), Erica Edwards (DD10), and Eric Wada (DD06), three DD grads working full-time at Sequence, have contributed their motion design skills to a number of “Batman: Black & White” short form digital Motion comics.
from a Time Warner press release:
“The “Batman: Black & White” stories are told from the perspective of Batman and range in theme from the unsettling drama of solving a brutal murder to the light comedy of fighting bad guys with a broken nose. These short episodes also touch on elements of romance, mystery and even the supernatural. And like any exciting Batman story, classic villains such as The Joker, Harley Quinn and Two-Face make heralded appearances. It’s Batman as seen through the prism of some of today’s most eloquent graphic artists and writers.”
The episodes are available exclusively for purchase via the US iTunes store.
Ryan Uhrich and Marcos (Boca) Ceravolo from DD07 have created a film titled “Wacko-Gonzo”. This project represents their first major collaboration since graduation. Working in their spare time, away from motion graphics/3D animation duties at THANK YOU in Copenhagen, they designed, directed and animated the short film as part of PSST! 3.
“The mission of PSST is to produce original short films through the collaboration of different teams of designers, directors, and animators. Each film is comprised of three sections produced by three different teams. This process is the whole idea behind PSST! – a technique derived from the Dadaist game of Exquisite Corpse and the children’s game Telephone and applied to the arts of motion graphics, animation and film-making.”
The complete film will be available shortly, while the trailer can be viewed at the PSST! site:
http://psstpassiton.com/?page_id=347
