Flash Projects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flash Stick Figure Animation

        To create my Flash stick figure animation I started by making 9 layers for the background, floor, doors, furniture, toys, head, body, legs and meteor. I used the rectangle tool to make doors in the door layer, a shelf in the furniture layer and the wall in the background layer. I made the separate parts of the stick figure using the line tool and the oval tool. Every 20 to 30 frames I would move the figure and make the legs different as if the figure were walking. The stick figure is walking from their room then to the kitchen on a normal day. In the third room which is the living room the stick figure jumps with joy and that is when a meteor hits the stick figure. The stick figure gets burnt and disintegrates. To get the figure to look like it disintegrates I changed the alpha of the figure from 100% to 50% then to 0%. I made the shapes into symbols and had a motion tween on them so the symbols move.

Stick Figure & Eraser Villain Animated GIF

                   Stick Figure & Eraser Villain Animated GIF

 I created my animated GIF by first creating a new frame in the Pages and Layers and Frames and History bar on the left hand side of the Adobe Fireworks Program when the program is opened. The canvas was 700 by 700 pixels with a resolution of 200. I made the background using the rectangle tool and I made the rectangle light blue. The fence was made using the arrow tool with a light tan color and a lighter tan outside stroke. The stick figure man was made using the elipse tool for the head and eyes and the rectangle tool for the limbs. The bottom part of the canvas had a gray rectangle which was the side walk. The eraser villain was made using the rectangle tool and using the skew tool the rectangle looked more like an eraser. I did the same with the cape only the cape was black. I changed the leg movement in each frame so the stick figure looked like it was walking and after a while I removed parts of the fence so it looked like he was walking away.

ECHS Business and Membership Cards

ECHS Business Cards

     To create this business card I made a rectangle using the rectangle tool the size of the canvas which is 300 by 200 pixels with a solid gray fill. I copied the logo from teacher webpage onto the rectangle and using the fill tool I filled the background the same gray as the background fill. I erased the text on the logo and made my own text to match the font of the information. Below I had the phone number, location, hours or operation and email. The rectangle itself had a outside stroke of creamy pastel.

        To create this business card I made a rectangle using the rectangle tool the size of the canvas which is 300 by 200 pixels with a linear gradient fill of brown and black. I copied the logo from teacher webpage onto the rectangle and using the fill tool I filled the background the same brown as the background fill. The outline of the barn I filled black with the fill tool to stand out. Below I had the phone number, location, hours or operation and email. The rectangle has a black outside stroke.

       To create this business card I made a rectangle using the rectangle tool the size of the canvas which is 300 by 200 pixels with a solid tan color. I copied the logo from teacher webpage onto the rectangle and using the fill tool I filled the background of the logo the same tan as the background fill.  Below I had the phone number, location, hours or operation and email centered. The rectangle has a thin peach colored outside stroke.

                            ECHS Membership Cards

     To create this membership card I made two rectangles the top one for the front of the card and the bottom for the back using the rectangle tool the size of the canvas which is 300 by 400 pixels with a solid light peach color. I copied the logo from teacher webpage onto the top rectangle and using the fill tool I filled the background of the logo the same light peach color as the background fill. Below I had the mission of the Entiat Community Historical Society. Below on the bottom rectangle I had space for the ECHS member name, member number, member signature, phone number and email centered. The rectangle has a thin black outside stroke.

To create this membership card I made two rectangles the left one for the front of the card and the right for the back using the rectangle tool. They were the size of the canvas which is 600 by 200 pixels with a solid light tannish brown color. I copied the logo from teacher webpage onto the left rectangle and using the fill tool I filled the background of the logo the same light tannish brown as the background fill. Below I had the mission of the Entiat Community Historical Society. On the right rectangle I had space for the ECHS member name, member number, member signature, and email. The rectangle has a thin light brown outside stroke.

       To create this membership card I made two rectangles the top one for the front of the card and the bottom for the back using the rectangle tool. They were size of the canvas which is 300 by 400 pixels. Online I found a picture of the red wood used for barns and pasted them into the rectangle with the bottom rectangle having the wood rotated.  I copied the logo from teacher webpage onto the top rectangle and using the fill tool I filled the background of the logo the same red as the background. I erased the text of the logo and used the same font used for the information. I made the outline of the farm whtie using the fill tool so it is better to see against the red. Below I had the mission of the Entiat Community Historical Society. Below on the bottom rectangle I had space for the ECHS member name, member number, member signature, and email. The rectangle has a thin black outside stroke.

John Deere Redesign and Business Card

                       Story Board Redesign:

          To create my story I made my canvas larger so I had enough space to make six rectangles using the rectangle tool. Using the website http://kuler.adobe.com  I found colors which you could change your font color and stock color to if you didn't agree with the colors.
                                                        Business Card:

     To create my business card I made a square box the size of the canvas. Using the website  http://kuler.adobe.com I found different colors to use for the background and font color. I pasted the logo redesign that I had made before in the middle of the square. Using the font type Adobe Caslon Pro I made the address, phone number, website and name with a font color of a forestry green. I place the website and email on one side and the address and phone number on the other is side.

Company Logo

         The logos on the left are four original logos for John Deere. On the right is the John Deere logo I created. The background was made using three rounded rectangles each a different color. I used a rounded rectangle since the original logos had a similar background. I gave the farthest rectangle a linear gradient with colors green and yellow. The second farthest rectangle is a solid brown color. The main background is dark green and white with a linear gradient. Using the text tool I created the text and then converted the text to paths and ungrouped the text. The John part of the name I gave a linear gradient with colors light green and yellow with a point 1 light brown stroke. The Deere part of the name I gave a linear gradient with colors sunflower yellow and brown with a point 1 light brown stroke. The deer I found online and pasted a tractor picture I found online so the deer had a tractor type look since John Deere sells tractors. I made the letters side ways at an angle since the letters on the original logo are usually horizontal and I didn't want to exactly copy the logo.

Black Swan Business Cards

                                                                Professional:

                This business card is my professional business card. There isn't too much on the card. It's neat and nothing on it is disgusting and too much. I flipped both swans and put a linear gradient on them with colors of black and dark red so both swans looked mad and as if they didn't get along. The background is pink because the card is about marriage counseling and in the end you want the marriage to be happy and for them to love each other. The title is has a black font, it is readable and is underlined which all makes the title look neat and clean.
  

 

Mid-level:

This business card is my mid-level business card. The card doesn't have a lot of work done on it but its not professional. The swan has a picture of waves pasted inside. The surf board was made using the elipse tool. I made the gradient linear with colors or blue and yellow. I changed the font color to dark blue for the information so it would be a little hard to see. The background is a rectangle with a light blue fill so all the colors seem alike.

                                          Unprofessional:

                          This business card is my unprofessional business card. The card has too much going on and the colors don't exactly work together. I made the font chiller since it's a butcher shop and it's harder to read. I made the background a gradient of waves with colors black and white. On top of that I made a smaller square with a contour gradient with colors yellow which is really bright and annoying and a red. I made the fonts for the information different fonts and font colors so it looks unprofessional. Using the slice tool I made the swan's head look like it was cut off and changed the head to the color purple. In the top left corner is a smaller swan that looks as if it is running away since the card is for a butcher shop.

Black and White Animal Pointillism

                           Original Picture:

               Black & White Pointillism Picture:

     To create my pointillism picture I found a black and white animal online and saved it in my public folder. On Adobe Fireworks I opened the saved picture on a new canvas. I put the picture in a new layer and locked that layer. I added a new layer and created a new bitmap. Using the brush tool I made the tip 5 and using the color picker I went over the eye and chose that color. Each part of the eye was a different color and I did the same for the other eye. For the fur I used the same tip ,but added a grain texture. For the outline of the Pug I used a tip size 7 and 8 for the paws. The blanket which is kind of hard to see because it's white and the background were all made using a brush tip size 10. I made the background brush tip size 10 so it would stand out from the Pug and the Pug I made brush tip size 5 for the most part to get all the detail the original picture had. Each color for each part of the picture was chosen using the color picker.
     

Pointillism Color Wheel

  To create my pointillism color wheels I started by opening the template of the color wheels. I then made four new layers for a brush tip of 30, 20, 10 and 5. I used the brush tool and changed the tip to 30 and the stroke to pencil 1-hard tip. I clicked on the color picker and put the cursor over the first color of the color wheel and clicked that color. I then clicked to make a dot. I did this until the whole section was  filled using dots. I did this for each section of the color wheel changing colors accordingly then changed the tip to 20 and repeated those steps all over and did the same for a tip of 10 and 5.

Film Strip



    To create my film strip I started by opening the picture I saved. Using the crop tool I made a square around an area. Then I copied that and opened a new canvas. I made a square and pasted the picture inside. I did this for the rest of the picture only having more squares, rectangles, and rotated squares and rectangles. I made the border of each film strip a different thickness so you could tell where the squares were and so there was a variation of different film strips.  



Face

Mokey Wilson

    To create my face I first started by using the elipse tool to create a circle. I used the free form on the circle so the face didn't look to round.
    I used the I eyes I had already made and changed them a bit. I made eye lids for the eyes and made the eyes look more like eyes and less like circles.
    For the nose I made an oval then using the sub select tool I made the oval look like a nose by giving the oval nostrils and shape.
     The hair was made b making small ovals and giving the ovals a gradient of folds with light and dark brown. The mustache was the same color only that the mustache has a linear gradient.
      The skin had a linear gradient with the main color being a peach skin color and the lower color being a grayish brown giving the appearance that Mokey had just shaved. The neck was made using a rectangle with the same colors and gradients.
    I made the ears my making circles then using the free from tool I gave the circles the shape of an ear.
   For the lips I made small ovals and using the sub select tool I stretched the ovals and gave the tips a point. I did the same for the bottom lip and in the middle I did the same only making the color darker to look like the person had a tongue.

Eye

                              I created my eye by first creating the eye lids. I used the elipse tool to create the eye lids then using the free form tool I stretched eye lid out. I made the fill a linear gradient with two different colors. Very light brown and skin color. The Iris I created by using the elipse tool to make the circle. I then made the circle two different shades of blue with a cone gradient. To make the pupil I made a circle using the eclipse tool then made the gradient linear with colors gray and black. I made a smaller circle using the eclipse tool white and below the pupil so the eye had a shine effect as real eyes do. I made the eyelashes by using the line tool then the free form tool to bend the lines. I just copied and pasted many eyelashes. For the eyebrow I made a square and made the fill a pattern. Then using the free form tool I curved the square so it looked like an eyebrow.

Spot Color

 

Rain Tree:

To spot color the the rain tree I used the magic wand tool and increased the tolerance to get big areas. I then zoomed in and decreased the tolerance to get the smaller areas that were harder. I made the everything besides the tree sepia tone which is under creative which is in the commands at the top tool bar.  

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     Sunset:

My landscape was the sunset. To spot color the sunset I used the wand tool and since there aren't many objects it was pretty easy to spot color the sun. I left the tolerance the same and got the water and sky then slowly made my way around the sun. Everything besides the tree was gray scale which is under creative which is under commands at the top toolbar.

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                                                                      Red Squirrel:

                   To spot color the red squirrel I used the lasso tool and made big sections gray scale. To get the rest of the squirrel I zoomed in as much as I could and used both the lasso and magic wand tool to get the small edges that were hard to get at normal. Gray scale was under creative which was under commands at the top tool bar.