Category: AR

Our group focused on local, sustainable business and second-hand shops for our project I landed on Spin Cycle, one of my favorite record stores. Over the years, I’ve discovered bangin albums and artists I’ve grown to love from frequenting Spin Cycle they offer a wide range of music old and new, video games and DVD’s.

I didn’t know much about Spin Cycle besides the fact that it’s a locally run brick and mortar business. It was fun to learn a bit about the shop and its history during my research.

I created my slides and panels with Canva and sourced images from google and their instagram https://www.instagram.com/spincyclerecords/ but quickly realized they didn’t have a website and the domain name was up for grabs so finding information proved to be a bit challenging, I had to rely on articles and other online sources for information.

I also had some trouble logging into EyeJack, which was a bit frustrating but eventually got it working and was off to the races.

I had a great time working on this assignment and it was a fun experience. I’m glad I had the opportunity to learn more about one of my favorite shops and that this project forced me to go on a walk.

Tracing Paper

Tracing paper is a “lightbox” tracing app designed for drawing and illustrating. It’s meant to be used with physical paper for stenciling and drawing. All you need to do is select a template picture, place a tracing paper over it, and create your masterpiece!

From what I can tell, and what all the YouTube ads I was getting about this app it’s designed for people who want to learn how to draw but don’t know where to start.

As someone who loves drawing, I was excited to try this app. I often use a tracing table to correct mistakes, which is very helpful. I enjoyed using this app and found it to be fun. BUT I’m not sure how easy it would be for someone with little drawing experience to use it. It takes some time to get used to drawing through the phone screen. While I think this app is enjoyable, I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it unless you’re willing to pay to upgrade to the pro version.

It’s frustrating that most fun apps nowadays aren’t free. If they are, they’re hard to find or have limited features unless you pay. I was really into my frog drawing, but when the time limit ran out,(around the 5min mark) the image size reset and it was really difficult to get it back to where it was before. The arms ended up looking weird on my frog drawing…

I switched to tracing a simple bunny that I knew I could finish in five minutes.

The app also allows you to trace pictures you’ve taken, and there are plenty of fun illustrations and famous paintings to choose from. Another downside is that the app requires good lighting to see the lines and your hands clearly. It can get blurry without proper lighting. The opacity adjustment feature is also nice and allows you to customize your image for tracing.

Starting this project, I was not pumped assuming it would be hard and that I wouldn’t remember how to do anything. Aero is more user-friendly than I remembered and I only got frustrated about five times… due to me being dumb and not using the trigger/actions correctly. With every trigger, there is an action allowing you to get creative with making objects move through the triggers.

A couple of years ago I walked into Super Genius and got “You’re doing great” tattooed on the back of my leg, a phrase I say often, sometimes sarcastically, and sometimes genuinely. So why not turn it into a card? I added some springtime-inspired elements like butterflies and hummingbirds.

My experience using Aero was fun, and I can see myself using it again, especially for making silly birthday cards for my friends, and maybe a holiday card if I’m feeling crazy.

Creating my AR poster was a little last-minute. It had been an incredibly long week, especially with concert season approaching and the weather improving, leading to a surge in shows. My photography internship at Chop Suey has also been a bit more demanding, as I serve as their in-house photographer. Last night, I photographed a lively punk show at Chop headlined by Lysol.

Inspired by the show I decided to make a promotional piece using fun photos from the event and previous gigs at Chop Suey. To bring this project to life, I curated all my images and created an Instagram reel, which I then downloaded and imported into Premiere for additional enhancements, adding music and such. I used the PhotoRoom app for background removal and made PNG files for this image and some screenshots of the Chop logo and then put all the poster elements together in Canva.

I encountered some issues with EyeJack but after creating multiple accounts, I finally resolved the issues and was able to proceed smoothly. Despite these challenges, I thoroughly enjoyed working on this assignment. The main difficulty besides account access was transferring and organizing files from my phone to my computer, from Instagram to Premiere, and finally to EyeJack. Although it involved a lot of file movement, I am accustomed to working in a chaotic manner, making the process feel like my usual workflow.

EYEJACK

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