Bringing a part of my father alive again.
Sometimes when Im working really hard on something and then done. I get a wierd feeling Like ok... what next?!
Took 5 days off last week to complete my dreamweaver and Flash classes and exams on sunday. Each day was spent waking up and getting a 3 shot of espresso and working till i sleep. Finished the exams on sunday. Overall i feel good about what I have learned. But I coulda tried harder on the flash assignment.
Its a toss up for me to pursue flash... On one hand Im a creative and would like to make images move on the web. But on the other hand I really dont think alot of flash is beneficial and or adds to the betterment of content on a web page. Something to think about before next semester anyways...
The graphic project that im working on right now... First of all im doing this for free! Basicaly Ive put alot of time into it already! And I feel as if im being taken advantage of or they just dont respect that i Had to take a week off to do my own stuff. You know ohh can we stop in for 15 min to tweak some stuff. I grudginly agree knowing that it will take an hour and a half. Some people have no clue how long things take. I really dont want to be bothered again while they sit there and look over my shoulder and tweak the wording. Do that before I even put it into a PSD people.
Enough of the short rant.
As far as gifts go this year. My Aunt had given us a portfolio that my dad had done when he was in elementary school. I guess my grandmother had given it to her for who knows why? Anyways its full of fun little drawings alot of them super detailed alot better than some of the crap people were doing in our Highschool art classes.
So ive scanned it all in. And what im going to do is a mash-up of all the drawings that he had done. And make a poster/artpiece so that my brother and sister can have copies too. What i hope to do in the new year is get a mac, after effects and final cut and actually start making a short of all the artwork that he had done over the period of his life. Ive got a bunch of tapes that I really have to get digitized of him singing in gaelic that ill mix into it.
All in all even beginning to scan and edit the basic images has been quite an emotional process. Its good like im spending a bit of time with him again and getting to know him. And it makes me proud to know that I am his son.
Ill post some scanned stuff soon!
This is probably going to be a major undertaking on my behalf and a lot of learning. But it may make a good college application if I decide for next fall.
So in the future Ill probably be posting more on this subject possibly dedicate this page to this. as ive made it a mission to make a movie with this content to Bring a part of my father alive again.
Took 5 days off last week to complete my dreamweaver and Flash classes and exams on sunday. Each day was spent waking up and getting a 3 shot of espresso and working till i sleep. Finished the exams on sunday. Overall i feel good about what I have learned. But I coulda tried harder on the flash assignment.
Its a toss up for me to pursue flash... On one hand Im a creative and would like to make images move on the web. But on the other hand I really dont think alot of flash is beneficial and or adds to the betterment of content on a web page. Something to think about before next semester anyways...
The graphic project that im working on right now... First of all im doing this for free! Basicaly Ive put alot of time into it already! And I feel as if im being taken advantage of or they just dont respect that i Had to take a week off to do my own stuff. You know ohh can we stop in for 15 min to tweak some stuff. I grudginly agree knowing that it will take an hour and a half. Some people have no clue how long things take. I really dont want to be bothered again while they sit there and look over my shoulder and tweak the wording. Do that before I even put it into a PSD people.
Enough of the short rant.
As far as gifts go this year. My Aunt had given us a portfolio that my dad had done when he was in elementary school. I guess my grandmother had given it to her for who knows why? Anyways its full of fun little drawings alot of them super detailed alot better than some of the crap people were doing in our Highschool art classes.
So ive scanned it all in. And what im going to do is a mash-up of all the drawings that he had done. And make a poster/artpiece so that my brother and sister can have copies too. What i hope to do in the new year is get a mac, after effects and final cut and actually start making a short of all the artwork that he had done over the period of his life. Ive got a bunch of tapes that I really have to get digitized of him singing in gaelic that ill mix into it.
All in all even beginning to scan and edit the basic images has been quite an emotional process. Its good like im spending a bit of time with him again and getting to know him. And it makes me proud to know that I am his son.
Ill post some scanned stuff soon!
This is probably going to be a major undertaking on my behalf and a lot of learning. But it may make a good college application if I decide for next fall.
So in the future Ill probably be posting more on this subject possibly dedicate this page to this. as ive made it a mission to make a movie with this content to Bring a part of my father alive again.