Client Research – VICE

07/05/2021 TinaCulture Brief Research

To best understand what is expected in terms of the quality, characteristics and content of my culture project, I have done some research on the client: Vice Media Group LLC Who are Vice? Vice is an American-Canadian digital media and broadcasting company, originally founded in 1994 as an alternative magazine. Their main focuses were lifestyle, arts, culture, news and politics, and when the founders later launched the youth media company, those topics carried across and built the basis of Vice’s modern-day success. With offices in 35 cities around the world and 1700 pieces of contents produced daily, Vice […]

Culture Research

05/05/202128/05/2021 TinaCulture Brief Research

What is Culture? Culture is the inclusion of recognisable aspects and/or predicaments relating to one, or multiple ways in which diverse groups can live their lives. These include characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. To me, culture is the differences in people’s ways of living and it can be quite personal, as everyone has individual rituals and traditions they follow, which can be from a mix from different countries and groups. I will be looking at different categories such as the ones above, but on a broader […]

Generating Ideas

03/05/202104/05/2021 TinaCulture Brief Pre-production

For this brief, I want to choose an idea that will resonate with young adults who have a deep passion for similar things as me. I feel that in order to translate the idea of being a part of a culture or just understanding one well, I have to do something that speaks to my soul and links to the cultures I am part of so that a community can be represented and we as a group of that specific culture can feel a bit more understood by others. I want this project to glimpse into something meaningful and beautiful […]

Adobe Animate

03/05/2021 TinaTerm 2

Recently, we were introduced to another Adobe program called Animate, which is designed for the creation of fbf animation and motion graphics. I have already worked a little with Animate, so I wasn’t entirely new to it and could operate with some of the main features and tools. Whilst it was great to recap some of my baseline skills and learn some new things, I have plans to look at this program more in-depth and broaden my understanding of the more technical side, since that is where I feel most work is needed. The first animation we created using the […]

Confetti Ident

20/04/2021 TinaTerm 2

A mini project that we did recently was creating an ident for Confetti. This task was to be completed in teams and since we only had about a week, it was a group effort for sure. Once we were assigned to a team (groups of four), we dove in and started brainstorming right away. I made sure to write everything down and we started discussing roles and planning how we were going to present everything and keep ourselves organised. The whole process was really fun for me and really gave me a chance to work on my teamwork skills. I […]

Culture Hunt

17/04/2021 TinaTerm 2

My Culture Moodboard To make a start to the brief and begin gathering inspiration and ideas, we went on a ‘culture hunt’ which involved looking into our own lives and the things we surround ourselves with. Namely, I had a chance to think about my culture, what that meant and how it could help with the brief. The first task was to spend 1o minutes drawing something, and this was done four times so that we had a few images to look back on and try and establish a personal aesthetic. Here are all of my drawings, which I […]

Skinball

10/04/202117/04/2021 TinaTerm 2

We recently learned about a technique used a lot in the VFX and animation industry involving making a ‘skinball’ as a colour reference to use when applying skin tones. Firstly, we did a quick exercise on drawing hands, something which is known to be notoriously difficult in the artistic world and which a lot of people, myself included, struggle with. This is why I was so excited to learn a new technique that could possibly make the whole process a lot easier. We started in a rather strange way, being asked to draw a gravestone and add three […]