Grand Finale! (cue the fireworks and streamers)

In Design for the First Time.

Here is the original file: 

And here is my version of it (with a different topic and color scheme):

Once you're past the frustration, this is rather fun.

Live trace, Live paint in-class practice

Instead of using the photo of our teacher during the tutorial, I used the rubber duck, but I may practice with the teacher's image later and put it onto this post (since the teacher 'insisted' on us using that image).

Stop Motion Video Clips

There is one video I found to be neat; I've been thinking of doing something that involves the properties of geological processes. An here also is my in-class practice video:

Retry: Intro. to CG test movie gif

Yoo-hoo! My currency!

Light Adjustment Images

Considering how long it takes me to alter these images, I decided to keep it simple.

Whoopsy-daisy! Here are the "before" images:

Here I go...DM105

I have to admit that this is rather fun, despite my slight aversion to the dominance of technology in our lives. The biggest trick for me, I think, is to not spend so much time on an image; it took me forever just to make two. Warning: the first one is complete crap.