Creative Panorama

I'm Alive!!!

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:14:51 +0800

Well, not entirely :))

I’ll be changing the blog’s look for my WEBDEV2 class, since our topic is about Tumblr customization :3

There will be no posts for now, but I’ll be back by Summer. I promise :)

Unplanned Longerrr Hiatus :|

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:58:27 +0800

Sorry for the lack of update, I had too much fun during Christmas break after the finals week in school, that I totally forgot about updating this blog :c

I’m not sure if I can post for a couple of weeks in this blog since school has already started and I’m pretty sure work will pile up soon. I will never abandon this blog completely, I’ll try to find some time to redo the blog’s layout, design and posts soon.

But if you’re bored to death and impatient, you are free to unfollow. :c T.T

For my awesome followers who continuously support me. THANK YOU :3

I hope to see you soon!

Short Hiatus

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:51:12 +0800

Hi awesome followers :)

I’ll be on hiatus until the third week of December. I’ll be too busy finishing my projects for school, but I’ll be back (with a better blog design and awesome entries)! :) I hope you stay tuned! :3

Diane

We started almost immediately with the exercises in 3DANIM2. I...

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:56:16 +0800

We started almost immediately with the exercises in 3DANIM2. I really enjoy 3D, even though I suck at it at times. Our professor gave us a model of a car. We were asked to properly put a texture in it using unfold tool in the UV map. It was really hard since I barely know what was happening when I started pressing the unfold button. I finally got the trick after a while, and started to use the so-called ‘blue print’ of our car and customized it using Adobe Photoshop. I know my design is too pansy, I just can’t help but not use my favorite complimentary colors (Violet and Yellow) in almost all of my projects and homeworks (especially purple, too obvious not to notice). Anyway, after customizing our car, we proceeded to render it in a way that would make it look ‘real’ It’s far from the perfect ‘real’ but I’m still happy that I was able to make it!

Some photos during my walk cycle line test in 2DANIM2. Click...

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:54:40 +0800

Some photos during my walk cycle line test in 2DANIM2. Click here for the video post.

Our first homework after the midterms in 2DANIM2 was to...

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:17:13 +0800

Our first homework after the midterms in 2DANIM2 was to create a walk cycle for a faceless dude and one of our own characters. I was really unsure about my work since I really don’t like to think about anticipating body movements or positions (especially in animation) I seriously suck at it, so it was really a bit of a surprise for me that my walk cycle under the line test (the machine that plays all your drawing, it’s like a computerized flipbook) was decent enough. Yey for me I guess :P I’ll post photos about the line test in a different entry.

Background Music from the song ‘Clockwork’ by Up Dharma Down

For our midterm requirements in WEBDEV1, we were asked to fill...

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:41:04 +0800

For our midterm requirements in WEBDEV1, we were asked to fill up some sort of concept paper about our final project. Our professor provided the so-called “project sheet” and we were just asked to fill it up, and also include 3 design studies for our final project. Here are some details about it:

Title of Website
The Walled City

Slogan
“Explore Intramuros, Experience Heritage”

Objectives of the Website
The website aims to showcase selected, wonderful sites found in Intramuros, Manila. It seeks to entice local and foreign tourists to visit the ‘Walled City’. The website will be a great place for tourists to plan their tour in Intramuros by being able to view the hot spots of the said place.

Visualization Concept
The website will have a modern, clean, minimalistic tone to exude some sort of respect (due to its history) from its visitors. However, there will be a touch of antiquity within its modern tone to have a reminiscent feel of the past.

Layout Style
Hybrid layouts of ‘Clean’ and ‘Visual Impact’ have been chosen for this project to fully encapsulate the concept of ‘Modernity with a touch of Antiquity’. A ‘Clean’ layout was chosen to make navigation (for an ‘Average’ or ‘Below Average’ computer user) easier and to make the entire layout free of clutter since this the website –after all– is a historical location that demands respect from its visitors. ‘Visual Impact’ has been chosen to showcase beautiful imagery of Intramuros.

The designs are still not final, but my professor already liked my second layout. I have to revise it for my own personal preference.

We had another on-the-spot midterms test, but now it’s for...

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:31:06 +0800

We had another on-the-spot midterms test, but now it’s for 3DANIM2. Since 3DANIM2 is all about how to make your 3D model look all real, pretty and sparkly, our professor provided the 3D model for our exam. It was a billiards room. We were tasked (in 3 hours) to finish ‘painting’ the 3D to make it look real. Since I find it boring to follow the traditional way of making a billiards room into its typical wooden theme, I chose a weird theme of Pop Art. Meh! Actually, I’m not sure what theme I had in mind, I was more worried about if I can actually make it on time. I chose vibrant colors in my model and selected Andy Warhol’s famous artwork of Marilyn Monroe and made it into a retro looking billiards room. Well anyway, I’m pretty satisfied on how it looked like in the end.

CarlaCanon EOS 450DMake-up, Styling, Photography and...

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:28:40 +0800

_{Carla
Canon EOS 450D

Make-up, Styling, Photography and Post-Processing by Diane Rosales
Modelling by Carla Ellet

Photoshoot for my CNCTPHO (Concept Photography) class.}

One of our midterm requirements in CNCTPHO is to submit all our...

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:01:05 +0800

One of our midterm requirements in CNCTPHO is to submit all our plates in hard copy. I had a hard time layouting this since I was making my other projects for midterm, anyway, here it is.

Our midterm project for CADVIS2 was for us to animate our...

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:31:06 +0800

Our midterm project for CADVIS2 was for us to animate our own logo (that we might probably use for an opening sequence, etc). Remember the opening sequence of Pixar’s lamp before the actual film? Or the Cinderella castle in Disney? That’s our project, but not that complicated. Anyway, I opted to make my own production company and called it ‘Lolita Production’. And yes: I love the complimentary colors of Yellow and Purple (which is pretty obvious in all of my designs LOL, especially the color purple). I’m quite disappointed with my work since the desired effect of the spotlight did not render properly when the AVI version came out. Oh well. I’ll make a better version in the finals. The music is by Up Dharma Down’s Return Saturn Return.

I really want to show you guys my finished layouts, but...

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:31:06 +0800

I really want to show you guys my finished layouts, but it’s tad too many to post, so I didn’t. After working on the layouts, my 2DANIM2 professor began lecturing about animation basics. Aside from the 12 animation principles, he lectured about the walk cycle. I guess it’s preliminary to learn this to understand how animating a character works. I understand the principle, but I have yet to put it in paper. Wish me luck guys :)

My professor finally arrived from Europe. During class, he...

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:01:05 +0800

My professor finally arrived from Europe. During class, he checked all our works. One of the works I presented (which I haven’t posted here yet) is my homepage (which should contain a compilation of all the activities done for the subject). The images presented above are a preview of my site. It’s not yet fully functional (not all of my works are uploaded there yet) and the design still lacks some flair, but I’m kinda okay with it. It’s not beta version since it’s working already, maybe a prototype version I guess? Anyway, if you want to visit the actual site, go to: http://dianerosales.net/ I’ll be working on the first version this Christmas (hopefully).

We didn’t have a photoshoot for CNCTPHO, instead my...

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:31:05 +0800

We didn’t have a photoshoot for CNCTPHO, instead my professor opted for a lecture class. She taught us the best lighting for white-on-white and black-on-black stuff. It was pretty informative. Anyway, that’s my professor in the first image (with the camera).

Hi, I was really glad that you've posted your design lab at school. It somewhat gave me an idea on what would be the layout. 'Cause I'm currently designing an animation school for my thesis. If I may ask, what are the other rooms that you're using for animation? Hope you could help me. Thank you :)

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:45:47 +0800

_{**I posted this publicly so that other people who have the same query can read about it :)}

Hi! I’m not sure if I’m the right person to help you in your thesis since I’m not really an Animation major, but I’ll try. If I’m wrong with some wording, I’m really sorry about that :|

2D ANIMATION
We have traditional rooms for animation, such as the room that requires an animation disk (the one you saw in my blog), and another room that looks like a workshop (long tables and such). I haven’t been in the latter, but since the room’s label seems to be related with animation, I attribute it to that. LOL. We also have rooms that have line-testing equipment (inside some rooms that uses animation disks). There are also computer labs that have these big monitors that are like tablets wherein you can draw in the monitor. I think this is primarily for rendering your drawings in a computerized way. We also have rooms equipped with Flash where 2DANIM3 is done. After the traditional way of animating, students are required to convert it in a computerized way and finally animate/compile it in Flash.

3D ANIMATION
Since 3D animation in our school (on how I perceive it as a Multimedia arts major), we don’t necessarily have to draw. We model, render and animate our animation in a specialized software. For 3D animation classes, we have computer labs that have AutoDesk Maya and 3DS MAX. Those are the softwares we use in most of our 3D animation classes.

If you are living around Metro Manila, I think it would be best to contact Center for External Linkages, Alumni, and Development (CELAD) of De La Salle College of Saint Benilde. They are in charge of accommodating tours for prospective students, external stake holders, and previous alumni. I’m not sure if they can give you a tour, but try to give them a call. Having an actual optical inspection of an art school (I think) would help you greatly in your thesis.

Here are the contact details of the said office:

Address: 9th flr, CELAD, SDA (School of Design and Arts) Campus, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, 950 P. Ocampo St. (Formerly Vito Cruz), 1004

Office Schedule: 9-12 pm, 1:30-5:00pm

Phone: 536-6752 (loc. 120)

If you need help from an actual Animation major in my school, I’d recommend my friend here in Tumblr. His name is Chris De Lima. Here are the links of his blog:

http://artshnazz.tumblr.com/
http://delimac.tumblr.com/

I hope I was able to help and goodluck ^_^

Still finishing some layouts for 2DANIM2 :) Here’s...

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:31:05 +0800

Still finishing some layouts for 2DANIM2 :) Here’s another set of photos to give you a glimpse of our animation classroom and some of my progress. I’m using a portable lightbox by the way, since I ran out of animation disks for the table light box.

We were asked to design a homepage again for WEBDEV1. This time...

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:01:06 +0800

We were asked to design a homepage again for WEBDEV1. This time we need to design a homepage and a product page for a fictitious product. The requirements for this project can be viewed here: [link] Since we can use any images from the internet, I’ve decided to use as base image Avril Lavigne’s Forbidden Rose perfume. Her product looks deviously pretty so I simply changed the name to Freya Fragrances. Freya by the way, is my laptop’s name. XD I wanted a simple but beautiful design for a perfume product, that’s why I ended up designing it with a fancy bokeh background.

Disclaimer: I do not own any resources (images, textures) in the design. They belong to their respective owners. Images were only used for educational purposes.

The images above are the finalized version of my...

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 18:31:06 +0800

The images above are the finalized version of my 3DANIM2 room exercise :D We were asked for different views of the room. My theme is a modern Japanese purple bedroom. I’m pretty proud about it. I can’t even believe that I was able to create something like that. So Yey! :)

One of our midterm requirements in CNCTPHO was to submit a photo...

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 21:32:05 +0800

One of our midterm requirements in CNCTPHO was to submit a photo with the theme ‘Conversation Starter’. Basically, we were asked to capture a moment or a scene that will make people talk about it. Concept in the photograph was an essential requirement. Since I’m a fan of fashion photography, I’ve decided to do that. Below is my creative brief:

Overview: Modern Snow White

Message: The photo seeks to encapsulate another version of Snow White. Wittier and more cunning. Compared to the trustful counterpart in the fairytale, this Snow White represents a woman who thinks, a woman who makes decisions in her life. She is guided on her own. A woman of the modern era. She is no longer the woman who is traditional and uneducated. This Snow White will not bite an apple just because an old woman says so.

Look and Feel: I wanted a dark interpretation of Snow White with some minimalistic/modern streaks of how I interpret Snow White in real life. She wears a red ribbon but has strays on her body to indicate her femininity and her rebellious streak. She wears dark make-up to signify a villainous type of Snow White. I portrayed her to become villainous with the simple reason that most villains (that are portrayed as a woman) are cunning, deceptive and smart. I want a Snow White that thinks, and is not naïve.

My light set-up for this project:

p.s.

The photo included in this post is the one I submitted in class, but in the finalized photo set, it has a different post-processing. Visit this [link] to check it out.

Outtakes during the ‘Snow White’ shoot with Annie...

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:04:06 +0800

Outtakes during the ‘Snow White’ shoot with Annie Lopez. This shoot is for my CNCTPHO class, the theme was ‘Conversation Starter’. More outtakes here.