Sunday, April 24, 2016

Home Page & Navigation System (Part 2)

Here is a modified version of my navigation/home page.







This is what I have so far for NGO "Generation of Hope" website home page.
The purpose of this NGO and how it is related to me I've already described in a previous post.
I wanted to add more things, but there is a risk to overload the home page. So I decided to leave it this way. On the bottom of this page, you can see the photo of the junior youth group that I was animating back in years. We had a very diverse neighborhood and these are only the part of our group. Here we are doing puppets for a play, using papier mache technique.
Any suggestions are welcome!

Images used:






Saturday, April 23, 2016

Navigation System (Part 1)


Here are two sketches of the home page and navigation system for a nonprofit organization called "Generation of Hope." I used to be a member of this organization as a junior youth animator. Animators organize junior youth groups in their neighborhood with young people from 12-15 y.o. These groups meet weekly to reflect about their future professions, study books of science (math, social, physics, etc.), and make Projects of Good Deeds (helping elderly neighbors, play games with younger kids, making the neighborhood more beautiful by cleaning it and so on). Additionally, they have different team building projects, where they also learn to cook, as well as play different games.

I would like this web page to reflect the main ideas of this organization.

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Fantasy Avatar (Part 2)

Here is modified fantasy person - my father. He appeared to have a piggy appearance here, as I was so much inspired by a cartoon, that I watched recently. On that cartoon, as a background story, this character was very hard-working, polite, kind and a highly respected beast. Also, he was a loving father and a teacher. His skin was yellow mustard colored, and he was adamant bodied. I decided to make his eyes colored with the turquoise paint. His face should have been peaceful and reminded of his powerfulness. Sakura blossoms enhance this appearance here. (Japanese anime cartoon named: "A beast and a kid")



Here is an original photo:

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Fantasy Avatar (Part 1)


Few weeks ago I was watching one Japanese cartoon called "A beast and a kid." There were many different half-human creatures, and two of them were exceptionally handsome - a half-swine and a half-bear. Both of them were strong and powerful and the animation, as always in Japanese cartoons, was incredible. I loved the heroes, and I wanted to make them real. In that cartoon bear-man was reddish-brown, and pig-man was yellow/orange colored.
I want the environment to be in a Japanese theme. I am thinking of Sakura blossoms in a background of a hero.
I am going to use my dad's photo here (he's looking after my baby son while I am studying. That's why his t-shirt is a bit dirty). He is visiting me now, and people always say that he so much looks like a Japanese person!

These images are going to appear on my work:




Thursday, March 17, 2016

Book Cover: Bob Dylan


Well, here is a book cover itself. Thanks for the suggestions on Moodle.
I wanted to make it look close to the 60s time; that's why I chose these colors. As you can see, the name of the book and the author are painted in hippie-kinda patterns, and I used my drawing of Bob Dylan there.  I didn't want to add too many pictures, drawings, and models, so the cover could be kept simple.
I've added everything I wanted on the back side of the book - it's a FREEWHEELIN' album cover, acoustic guitar, and a book description.
Your comments and suggestions are very welcome!

Images used for a book cover

I hope he looks like Bob Dylan. According to your kind suggestions, I optimized my book cover idea and have drawn this portrait and used it on my book cover.













Monday, March 14, 2016

Preliminary Sketches for a Book Cover

For my book cover design, I chose a revolutionary folk singer - Bob Dylan. 

 While thinking of the hero for my book I was sitting in the cafe, where one guitar player was playing 'Hotel California' in such a passionate manner, which brought me to the atmosphere of my parents' youth times.
That's how I brought to my memory this musician. While singing, he used to use two musical instruments, which are classical guitar and a harmonica. Bob Dylan was the first folk musician who 'went electric'.
That's why I decided to illustrate on sketches his musical instruments.
But the main figure is Bob Dylan himself. His face is the icon of the 60s folk music. He was like a miracle of that time. He never followed the rules imposed by someone else, he always played music and sang songs as they were in his head. This all was reflected on his rebel looking face.