Only two weeks to go… Do I feel screwed?? just a little
My feelings towards this project have been going up and down with each week that comes.

I get all inspired when I finally figured out my concept,
then I get all worried because the sketches were taking longer than I thought,
then I learned to sketch faster and how to cheat each frame by using photoshop,
then I’m bummed out because I wanted to film at a skytrain station but I’m not allowed,
then when I had meetings with Dougal and Sebastien, They shot my idea down before I finished my presentation, so that gave me a heart attack but then they loved my assets so I was back to be inspired. Dougal introduced me to Banksy who did something similar to the art direction of my project. Check out his stuff its interessting! neway
then my mentor tells my I’m far from being done…
then my mom texts me telling me to do some stretches because I look heavy when I dance -_-

wooow can you let me be just a LITTLE emo??

Oh well whatever I’m doing is fun whether or not it’ll turn out well…. or not hahah

Any way, Just to be random… Here’s where I started from….it’s my discovery project from foundation
so.. I discovered that I can do motion?

don’t hate! It’s my first motion piece

I know I suck at drawing hands… practice I must!!!!!!

Since I’m in the topic of poverty… I just received some news that the learning center for the poor kids in the Philippines that we’ve been fund raising for is going to be built. For years now, we’ve been taking funds from our year end show to give to “GK” which is an organization that re-builds homes in the slums of the Philippines.
The money we’ve raised so far is enough to build the learning/recreational center we’ve always wanted for those not so fortunate kids. It’s going to be called “Praise Team Paraisong Pambata” and it translates as PraiseTEAM’s Paradise for Children. It’s quite exciting and very uplifting for me as I continue to work on my motion final about Poverty.
I wish I could be there in person to help build but for now, will help from afar.

It would’ve been a good idea to start working on my final project a little during my spring break so I have a good head start. Too bad I slept the whole time….

I was also disturbingly uninspired. I knew what I wanted to do in terms of the subject but when I thought about how I would deliver it creatively, I was totally lost.
I’ve been looking at a bunch of other people’s work and looking at pictures to give me an idea of whats possible and I must say that it is helping me a lot. I don’t know why I didn’t do this in the other terms! I would’ve done a better job….
Anyways.. I don’t think my concept and my story is super clear yet but I think I’m doing better than I was two weeks ago.

I’ve developed a mood board for my motion piece…

To experiment with how I’m going to put all the elements together I started sketching. As I was browsing pictures on flickr… I came across an album full of pictures of a little boy named Roney who roamed the streets of Brazil. I was drawn in by his story… from the thoughts in head , the progress he made when people took the time to try and change his rough life, to his brutal murder. It was a really touching story so I was really inspired to draw him. He had beautiful eyes.

Ok its so hard to post sumthing up without explaining
but unfortunately im too lazy…
enjoy =)

Danny Chan (Teriyaki) from Meeswa on Vimeo.

Print Magazine Front Cover Design

I took a poster that I was designing for this event and changed a few elements to fit the theme of the magazine cover.

See I could write out my explanation for this design but when I explained my design to the class, Robin kinda made me feel stupid cuz she was like. “Yes I can see that just by looking at it.” Soooo yes I’ll just say its pretty self explanatory…

Which color do u like?

I HATE MAYA!!!

but i looooove Cinema 4D

Back in foundation we had to learn 3D graphics using Maya and it was the worst experience in the world for me. I failed the class because I gave up on it and from then on I was anti-3D and I did not want to have anything to do with it. I was dreading our 3D graphics class when I came into digital design and I prolly was the most un-enthusiastic person in class. But then I was introduced to

and I fell inlove! And because of that I made my whole title sequence in 3D.

My title sequence “The Passing” is suppose to have a sort of a creepy/ eerie feel to it and I used my choice of music to bring out that atmosphere.
Before we were assigned this title sequence project at the beginning of the term I came from this town in the states called Leavenworth. It was a theme town which was quite interesting and the theme I’m guessing was European? But it did remind me of my trip to Germany in 2005 because of the buildings ,the cobblestone roads and most especially the food which was super delicious!. We came upon a music box shop and on the walls of this shop were clocks with different designs.

That’s where I got inspired by the clocks I saw. They’re called rhythm clocks and I have to admit that I have not seen any clocks do that. I can’t really explain the funky movements they did, you’ll just have to watch my title sequence. I you’re interessed in seeing what they really look like , look up “Rythm clocks” on You Tube.=)

The Passing - Title Sequence from Meeswa on Vimeo.

This is my term two final motion piece called ” Arcadia ”

I blogged about it earlier talking about my process and what not.
I can’t say I am fully satisfied with it, because it definitely needs way more polishing but as always… I finish my projects last minute, so I can’t expect too much out of it.
I really have got to get out of this bad habit =P

I had a lot of fun filming my sisters for this project. I dunno where they get it from but these little girls know how to act and I love it! It was the easiest thing to get them to do whatever I wanted them to do. And they loved watching themselves in the final product.

Arcadia from Meeswa on Vimeo.

… thanks to my future husband Yaniv for showing me the way

This is my term one video…. yes i know so late

Poetry In Motion from Meeswa on Vimeo.

I’m sorry I have abandoned thee, its just that…. um I have no better excuse than plain laziness…
So term three’s not bad. I like how I can sleep in almost everyday but if you think about it… kinda wastes half of your day cuz theres no way i can work at home.

My favourite class so far is surprisingly 3D… weiiiird cuz i hated maya but I actually like cindema 4D. I started workin on my title sequence in illustrator but it didn’t look quite as good as I wanted. I promised myself i wouldn’t touch 3D for my final projects but I DID! and I think it’s looking way better.

Here’s wat I have so far for my title sequence…I’m still trying to learn how to light it properly.. It doesn’t look like much n u prolly can’t tell what it is but wait til the finished product

unfortunately our new room isnt purple enough…i think

i want more purple!
neways back from the relaxing yet boring holidays. I must admit I wasn’t TOO excited to go back (don’t get me wrong, I missed everyone) but I wasn’t looking forward to all the work that we’re going to be assigned again.
I was actually late coming to school yesterday. So I was a block away from school ,un-enthusiastic about getting there, when I got a phone call from Nic and he was like ” we’re all waiting for you hurry up and get to class “  I knew he was prolly joking and people couldn’t care less if i was there or not but for sum reason that phone call made my day. It made me feel good knowin that sumone was thinkin bout me, enough to bug me that early in the morning. Reminds me that super awesome people are going to be there when I get to school. WOOOOHOOOO sooo dramatic!! roll your eyes if u must

I guess it’s good to be back

I just finished presenting my snowboard design just a few seconds ago. I was gonna do more with it but I realized that I had lots of other work to do so I just left it as it is and I’m pretty happy with it. The only problem I had was presenting my snowboard right after Jenny and her snowboard is super awesome.

Neways, here it is….
I took a sketch that I made and played with it on illustrator. HAHA its the kind of snowboard i wouldn’t use, and hang it up on my wall.

I haven’t posted nething in a while… why u ask?

Cuz I suck. I haven’t been able to create anything good enough to post up.
Looking at everyone’s work..they’re all so pro…I wish I was pro
I’m not sure why my mind lacks creativity, I need to go out and do something crazy
like SKY DIVE! wooooo… one day one day! Or Bungee jumping but according to Justin, you can get aids from it cuz there’s aids in the bungee cord… bummer

Here’s something Im intending to animate for my final Motion Piece… I’m not sure if its done yet or not but if neone wants to suggest anything I can add go ahead!
I know swirlies are supposedly “cliche and overdone” but it’s something I’ve always wanted to do so why not give it a shot? I feel that if I learn how to do all these things , even if they aren’t super original, I can eventually develop my own style because I’ve learned certain techniques that make a design work.

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So sad… I’m bored on a Friday night, too lazy to do any work.

I learned a new word today… Dollop. now isn’t that a fun word? Dollop dollop… It came from Louie who said ” put in a dollop of ice cream”… n it means scoop or sumthin… (go check my comments to view smartass Shal give the dictionary definition) Makes sense, its jus a very interessting word.. DOLLOP… okay I’m killing it.

So it’s the end of week 3 and on to week four…. that’s all I have to say bout that.

Neways… check out my character design for 2d Graphics. Her name is SHE… Sexy Hot Emo. Jus kidding, she doesn’t have a name…

I wish I looked like her….

I was cleaning my comp at home today and I came across a comic I made from Foundation. I used some pictures that me and my brother took while we were bored and made a story out of it. Its kinda messed up… Neways enjoy?

Ok im surviving Term 2 so far…. but i can’t wait til we all get stressed out again >_<
I believe that I’m working a little harder than term one, just a little. Hopefully I keep it up so I get better grades this term. We haven’t gotten our grades from term one yet but I’m not expecting to be happy with it because I’m pretty sure I’ll be disappointed.

I just found out yesterday that Giovanna has dropped out of Digital Design which I must admit saddens me since she was such a hard worker. I’m pretty sure tho that she will enjoy foundation. I can’t say it’s less stressful there but I think that program is more suited for her… aww i miss foundation now, kinda, a little, but Digital Design is pretty dam awesome. Its great that I get to sit beside two cool people Cindy and Jenny who feed me asian snacks all the time…YUMMY! omg i love asian snacks. What sucks about our class tho is having to deal with Shalinda’s random bullying everyday. I hate you Shal!Thanks.

I can’t believe I went through term one without realizing I could sign out my most favourite magazine in the whole wide world, Computer Arts.
Definitely a good thing to read for inspiration since I’m so uninspired right now. I changed my idea for my motion design piece last term, a week before it was due, just because I was uninspired n I hit a dead end with it. I definitely learned my lesson from that so I’m putting a lot more thought into my concept this time. Neways, about my most favourite magazine in the world…ALOT of good art and designs in there. It even has a few tutorials in it which is really awesome for finding out how the design was made. I love it I love it. It also gives me good ideas for shoe designs I’m making. I gotta go out and buy plain white Vans to design on cuz it’s part of our costume for dance and it would be pretty awesome if I could have Toki Doki or sumthin like that on my shoes. I just gotta get my dad’s airbrush kit to start working again so I can get started on the designs.

This is my unfinished look frame for my Motion Design Piece. I got really inspired by my little sisters when I was watching them coloring the other day. So my piece is basically to capture what I think goes on inside their young minds, all the things they can create with their imagination. Yea I’m not sure where exactly it is going right now , I’m just seriously trying to get inspired.

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Random Thought:
Why is Danny Chan so good?