This assignment ask us to use 4 flat black squares of the same dimension, to create a graphic image to express the meaning of the following six words: order, increase, bold, congested, tension and playful. Make six thumbnail sketches by hand for each word. Consider how these squares can be expanded into a more comprehensive solution.
With the fashion trend bringing the ballet flats back this year, I want to modify a flat that comes with a build-in sock as a whole for people who have no time to put socks and shoes on separately in the rush morning, also to make the flat shoe warm for people who want to wear it in cold weather. I will name the new sock-flats “Flatie” which is a bootie shoe in flats.
It’s simple steps to “modify” the flats with a connected sock. But considering people may want to wash the socks part often to keep it tidy, Flatie will use 100% wool for the sock material, because wool is a hygroscopic fibre, meaning it readily absorbs moisture – up to 35% of its own weight – keeping the skin surface drier and discouraging bacterial growth. Wool absorbs and locks way odours during wear. Also wool is a far better insulator and thermoregulator than cotton – in both hot and cold weather – with plenty of built-in breathability to boot when compared to cotton. And the flat material will be washable fabric. So hand wash or delicate mode for washing machine as much as you want to keep your Flatie clean.
I edit the photos I took in Photoshop to get rid of the background and made the IG stories.
For the final AR panel project. My group and I decide to make panels about Washington parks, we all feel so lucky to live in the area surrounded by so many awesome parks.
I live 3 minutes from Richmond Beach Saltwater Park in Shoreline, so it is my pick!
I decide to make three panels. One is about park hours and nearby best restaurants, because I care about food as much as nature! The second panel which is the center one, I want it to be the map of the park shows the amenities and locations. I also want to make it with transparent background, so when the viewer are trying to navigate the locations, there’s no panel background blocking their view. The last panel is about the animals you will see at Richmond Beach Park in different seasons.
To start the project, I start from finding icons to make the map and park information panel, I downloaded the icons that I think would work, and edited them in Illustrator. I chose the blue and light yellow color to match with the park/ocean view.
Here’s the final panel of park hours. I used the font Arlon which I think matches with the style of icons pretty well. I also lower the opacity of the panel background, so it will improve the contrast but not fully block the nature light.
Then I used the animal illustrations on the thewhaletrail.org created by Uko Gorter to build the animal panel.
For the map, I want to make it into GIF, so I created the map trails in Procreate, and edit the reveal effects in After Effect.
Then I brought all the panels to EyeJack.
To view the AR Panel in Eyejack:
I had so much fun to make this project, I enjoyed to learn EyeJack and build panels in different softwares. I think EyeJack is not very hard to learn and AR project has so much possibilities for designers. I think I would do a better job if my final week is not so crazy/
This week, I reviewed an AR app – Night Sky.
Night Sky is a powerful AR personal planetarium. You can quickly identify stars, planets, constellations and satellites above by simply holding your iPhone.
My favorite thing about it is the beautiful visual graphics they have. For people who are interested to the galaxy or astrology, they imagine the beauty of the outer space.
To use the AR feature, your have to zoom in and double click the object, the you interact with the sky object in your reality camera.
But it is hard to exit the AR interface sometimes.
Another feature I like about the app is that you can set up notifications of the event you are interested. Like meteor showers at your location, etc.
Overall, I found this app is super educational. It has a paid premium subscription to explore the deeper features, but without paying, there’s already lots of information for user to explore.
This week, I learned Adobe Aero. I used one of my previous illustrations, and changed the information on it to make it for a festival in Las Vegas as a social media promote video.
Here’s the final AR video:
I separated my illustrations into layers to create more perspective scene. And I used the hummingbird asset that already on the AR to trigger the animation. I had so much fun to make this project, and see my 2D illustration transformed into AR.