Video Self Portrait

Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbP8QES16mQ

This is my video self-portrait. My plan was to use my casts to show aspects of myself. With my two cats I was able to show different things. I also used my cats because they’re important to me and I love them, so that showed a part of who I was. I wanted to show some interest but my cats wouldn’t cooperate. I used some of that footage to show my disobedience.

I used 2-5 second video clips to keep it interesting and keep moving the video along. I mostly used full shots of my cats to keep the audience at a distance. I chose a quote that showed my love of cats. I chose to show the words on screen because I wanted the audience to read something, because I’m a bookworm. The music was quiet because I wanted the video to be calm and peaceful.

With the black cat I showed the more calm side of me: quiet, reserved, lazy, unproductive and disobedient. With my other cat I showed aggressiveness.

Illustrator Assignment

Original Photo

PNG File

 a. I used a PNG file because my image has many colours and I wanted to make sure all the colours would show. 

b. I used the pen tool for the whole image, I tried to use as less anchor points as possible by re-doing things until I got them the way I wanted them.

c. The main challenge I faced was trying to make everything circular. I overcame it by redoing the lines until it formed an almost perfect circle. Other challenges were the gradients, and the handle on the clock, I overcame these challenges by working on them until I got them right. 

d. I like my final result because it represents the clock in a sort of different way, there are some things I really like, for example I really like the 'numbers' in the cock, I think they represent the image well. 

Pixel Portrait

PNG file

GIF file

                          

                                  

a. I don't see a difference between the images. BI think the PNG file is a little less bright then the GIF file, the PNG file seems less pixelated. I think the GIF looks better because the colours are more vibrant and it is more pixelated. 

b. I was trying to accentuate my hair, my hat and the scar beside my eye because those are things that i most notice stand out. My choice of colour comes from using the eyedropper tool to figure out the colour it should be. For the sweater I chose the colours based off of my favourite shirt, and I just liked how the colour stood out. 

c. I used a photo of myself and worked over it, I didn't copy it i just used it as a template. The final result is very different from the original photo. I made layers for each part of the picture, like the hat, hair, sweater and face (including my eyes, mouth and nose.).