Composite the World

Hello out there! I haven't post in a while, its been a crazy year. I took my first type class this past semester and while it kicked my ass quite a bit, I learned a lot. One of my favorite projects, which I actually struggled with a lot in the beginning, was the type classification poster set. The idea behind the posters were to be informative about whatever our chosen typeface were. I chose the faces Didot, Chaparral, and Futura. My idea was about classifying the types in the same way animals and plants are scientifically classified (with some artistic license of course). It's meant to be tongue and cheek, playful and hopefully clever.

Of course, as the only VFX student in a class of graphic designers and advertising majors, my posters were probably the least serious and the most illustrative. So I was actually quite shocked that the class and the teacher liked them, so I'm pretty proud of them now. There were quite the horrible critiques in the beginning and I really doubted if I could get through that class, but it all worked out in the end.

In VFX related work, I took matte painting one in which I learned a some new photoshop tricks and I think helped me get a little better rounded as a compositor. I think I'll take matte painting two next semester in order to learn Vue. Anyway, just in time for Christmas, my frosty, cold final painting in action:

Matte Painting 101 Final from Candice Weber on Vimeo.

A little bit of personal work I did was a fan video for the band OK Go. Its a similar feeling to my type posters which seem to be becoming a favorite style for me. I'm striving to get more personal work done in the coming year, but I really need to snap out of my current lazy streak. I've lots of ideas for fun videos, but I keep telling myself: "No, you should stay focused on your thesis." But real life isn't like that, I'm learning that rarely do you ever get to focus on one thing at a time. I just need to stuck it up, work more, and sleep less.

Ok Go Animation from Candice Weber on Vimeo.

And so my semester is all wrapped up and hey the world didn't even end, so all in all I guess I doing alright :)