Book

Here is my eight page book that I made in inDesign. It is pictures taken of some of the things that I love about Ecuador, I hope that someone who looks at these images are curious to learn more and visits Ecuador!!!

Table of Contents

This is my table of contents that I made for our inDesign assignment. It was taken from the choices that we had, the reason I picked it was because Kick Ass was a GREAT movie!

Personal Image #8

For my last personal post I will post a picture of my little sister that I took in front of Ikes Place. Ikes Place was featured in the San Francisco episode of Man v Food, and of course I went. Ikes Place is a tiny little shop but there is constantly a line out the door of people waiting to receive strange sandwiches. My little sister and my friends accompanied me to Ikes Place and we had a BLAST! The food is amazing with sandwiches that are big, and a bit pricy. We met Ike and gave him the nickname Spicy (which, randomly, he was called in high school). If you ever want suggestions of where to eat then you should watch shows like Man v Food, you dont have to do crazy food challenges but the food is often (for me 100% of the time) really good!!!

Visual Research #8

When playing video games one often doesnt realize the hard work and dedication needed to accomplish the finished product. Call of Duty Modern Warfare is one of my favorite video games that I own. The game is full of detail and effects, and I often sit and wonder how long it would take someone to draw all of those items. Someone spent hours making every detail of those helicopters to make them look as realistic as possible. Furthermore they add animation to it so that they move and come to life. We are used to seeing art as a form of still expression, but video games are a form of art that moves. The art acts and moves in response to what the player does, truly this is amazing.

Personal Image #7

This is a picture that I took pre opening of the Latino Student Union's Cinco De Mayo event. This event took a lot of time, planning, dedication, phone calls, and effort to put together. There is a blissful feeling when everything is ready in the hours leading up to an event. Its a time where you can sit and look at the results of your hard work. This moment of pensive thought is normally accomplished before the crowd shows up, since you return to being busy and running around!!! I was so glad I did it when it was all said and done.

Visual Research #7

For my capstone I made a website, and asked my friend to make a banner. This is the banner for Imagination Unlimited Comics. The banner shows a strong eyed figure that is staring off into the distance. The log, from the last post, is in the middle of the forehead. The logo seems to have just landed on the forehead. The eyes have the same color flash coming out from them as the logo does.

Personal Post #6

This picture is one that I took in Guatemala. My family and I where taking a walk through the neighborhood and we noticed this fuzzy little creature hanging out in a hammock. When I approached I said hi to the guy hanging in his patio and asked if we could see his "pet". I noticed that he had a pet raccoon, it was just hanging out there. He told me it would hang out in his patio and he decided to keep it. He feeds it and shelters it, but it mainly enjoys hanging out on the patio. The picture shows the calm cool attitude of this normally wild animal.

Visual Research #6

This is a design my friend Gerald sent me for my capstone. I am a business major and for my capstone I need to do a business plan for a fake business. For my capstone I am doing a comic book shop. I needed a logo for my "store" and this is the one Gerald sent me. The name of my business is Imagination Unlimited Comics. The logo shows a blend of Imagination, Unlimited, and Comics into a sort of statue like logo. The color is gold and, to me, represents heroes. It would be interested to see how this would work in a store front sort of idea, but for now I really like it.

Visual Research #5

This is another picture that I found on my friends Deviant Art!! First my friend Nicole is AMAZING!!! She is a great person and an awesome artist. This photo is taken in Japan and shows beams of light coming down through a cloudy day. The city below looks huge!!! The mountain takes is being illuminated, in some areas, and the clouds are just awesome.

Personal Post #5

This is a picture I took during a cold walk downtown. Since this is my last year here at SOU I wanted to take pictures of downtown at night during the holiday season. I think its awesome how shops downtown come together to make downtown look amazing!

Assignment #5

This one is inspired by an online video I saw where this guy made Ryu and Scorpion fight, it was really well made and I felt it needed a movie poster!



Zombies in Space!!! I though of cheesy movies, and somehow I think it would be funny to try to piece this story together!

Visual Research #4

I can openly and fully admit to the fact that I am a terrible artist. Luckily I have friends who are amazing artist, one of them being my friend Gerald. He is currently attending Expressions in Emeryville, Ca to be a graphic designer specifically for video games. This is his drawing of a famous video game character, Chun Li, from Street Fighter. Gerald drew this in photoshop fro scratch, and I believe its very good. Starting from the character, she looks like Chun-Li from the game. She is in a flamed background, but she doesnt look worried. She looks mad, possibly whatever the source of the flame is came from her. The background also transforms into a starry night sky in the upper left corner. the detail in the night sky is amazing, from the stars to the night cloud. Overall this is a great drawing.

Personal Post #4

This is a pretty cool picture I took myself last year. I remember the day very clearly, it was spring term of last year on my birthday. My ex and I decided to go out and take a day to explore Oregon and take some pictures. We went to Lithia Park and was exploring the river bed. I walked under the bridge and found this little flower laying still on the river, the current just passing by it. The flower, even though it was not on its plant, was full of life and color. I believe I captured its location in the perfect maner.

Assignment #4

Scratch Project:

I found a cool way to make simple backgrounds!!! I think its pretty nifty.




This one was fun, I was gonna make it about the San Diego Chargers, but then I remember I hate that team!



Who you gonna call???

Visual Research #3

This is an image I found that is from my home. I love the bay area and when I think about it I imagine the water, bridge, and city. In this image we see all three. The water is calm and wavy, there is a clear, blue, sunny sky. The bay bridge is running across the image spanning 2 pieces of land. The city looks beautiful in the background. On the back right corner we see that fog coming in, which happens all to often in the bay area. This picture, taken from sea level, perfectly represents what I think of when I think of home.

Personal Post #3

This is a drawing I did last term for a class I was in. I made a collage centered around video game themes and this was one of my best pieces. Its based off of the Mortal Kombat video game, which is a favorite for all gamers. It came out really good and even though the colors are basic, I feel it flows well.

Lab Assignment #3

These are my letters that I found:



This is an X made out of the holder for the dishes.



This is W made out of a candle holder that I found in my friends house.



This is a Q made out of this inflatable cup holder.



This is an O made out of a light fixture.



This is a C made out of a towel rack.

Visual Research #2

Deviant art is a great resource for finding picture and art from others. There are tons of people that post their art for others to appreciate. I found this picture while looking at photographs and I thought it was really cool. This is what the photographer said about this image: "Shot at Le Lac du Salagou, close to my village, Southern France". This image of landscape shows a beautiful calm waters with a hill in the center. The water looks bright, based off of the reflection of the sky, and it looks very calm. The hilltop is very unique as well since some of it looks full of life, while other parts are pretty bare. My favorite part of this image is the sky. On the left side we see brighter contrast, making me think that it is day time. On the right side we see more of a darker contrast. The balance between light and dark both on the ground and in the sky really makes this image stand out.

Personal Image #2

I hope this isnt cheating but I believe that film is a way of motion in art. Popular clips on all over the internet are based off of parodies, this is mine. I work at Best Buy back in the bay area and I often had to close. Closing was very boring when customers where not present since we didnt have anything to do. I made this clip on my camera phone after having the idea of making a parody of the Mac Book air commercial. My store had just received the new Mac Book air and I decided it would be fun to redo the commercial where the laptop arrives in a manila envelope and the person takes it out to show how small the laptop really is. It turned out to be a bit of a comic disaster since we didnt have the right envelope and I didnt know how to open it. I thought it was funny, especially for my first attempt at a parody.

Lab Assignment #2

So for the first photo on this assignment I had to take a self portrait of me. I was in class and for some reason was feeling the color. It was super bright inside since the color of the walls, the lights inside, and the sunlight. I am showing my school spirit, and I just shaved the beard :).



This is a picture of my good friend OG that I took. Its a close up of his face in an attempt to capture his beard. The reason why is because my good friend OG goes through fazes with facial hair where he tries to experiment with new styles and he believes he looks really good. Unfortunately his hair blends with his face, so it doesnt always look that great, at least in my opinion. I took the picture to have him look at himself and so he can see what I saw in that light! I was only clowning on the guy, if he is happy with the results then I am too.




This picture was kind weird to do. It is a bit strange to go up to someone and take a picture of them, but I am a pretty open, outgoing guy so I got over it. I was sitting at a restaurant with some friends and I knew it was potentially a good place to take a picture of someone for this assignment. I noticed this guy and at first glance I thought he was a pretty serious dude. He was just hanging out and talking to his buddies, but there was something closed off about him. He was calm and collective, where I am outgoing and loud. I approached their table and explained to them what I was doing and they asked me to sit. At first he was really quiet but after a while he got a bit more talkative. I learned that he was from Chico and was passing through on his way to Seattle. He was 24 years old and was on vacation heading up to visit his sister, he had friends in Ashland. After talking to the guy for a while I learned that, although I assumed he was different than me, we had a lot of things in common. We where able to share stories about video games and movies and tv shows and what not. We where also cracking jokes back and forth. I took the photo after I got him to laugh a bit to perfectly show the good times we where having.