New Media and Design
The previous blog entries have been for the Digital Animation program that I was taking at BCIT from October 2007 to October 2008.
I’ve always been a fan of graphics design and websites. Creating websites and playing around with Adobe Photoshop has been a past hobby of mine ever since I was in grade 8. However, after I graduated from high school I decided to take up digital animation just to try out something new. As much fun as 3D was, I realized my passion was meant for graphics design. I suppose it’d benefit me to have the skills that I have learnt from both programs, the digital animation program as well as the new media program.
It’s our second week into the program. We’ve gone to almost all of our classes for this term. Like the digital animation program, I know that the new media and design program will become more demanding as the program progresses and I have created some goals for myself to ensure that I will stay on track and focused this year. My goals in this program are to be able to create and design websites that are organized and well structured. Also, I would also like to create well constructed advertisements, posters, and etc. by the end of the program. I would also like to create my own business, sometime in the future, creating websites and graphics design for companies. I’m hoping that at the end of all this, we’ll all be able to find jobs in the industry. We had our first Photoshop class today. I enjoyed it. We learned about scanning and resolution. I found it quite useful, because I never knew how to find the appropriate size for my documents (without my work becoming all pixelated when it was enlarged). This information will definitely come in handy for all the future projects that I do! I also learned what the difference was between vector art and rasterized art. I have seen vector art many times, especially in magazines. I think vector art is pretty neat, and I can’t wait to try it for myself (I’ve tried to teach myself before, but the end product didn’t really turn out like what I had pictured in my mind. But that hasn’t stopped me from trying again! Perhaps when I familiarize myself more with Illustrator, or techniques, and whatnot… it will work out the next time I try it!)
Graphics design and web development are jobs that I seem to find postings for all the time on the internet or Craigslist. Luckily, those are my interests! I seem to be able to find more jobs for graphics design and web development than digital animation. I guess it’s just timing. Speaking of digital animation, I tried modeling in 3D today and I still have it in me! I’m quite happy with the fact that I still have the knowledge and skills to model (basic items anyway, nothing too complex!) I asked a friend of mine about this year’s industry night. Apparently, it’s happening next Wednesday at Radical Entertainment! I hope I can make it, I’d really like to see what their portfolios are like. They just keep getting better and better each year!
