Ninja Panda's blog

DMA 455 Massive Discovery!!

2011-08-18T12:27:00.000-07:00

So during semester 4 Flash class, we had to use an external frame work to create and discover different ways in which we can play with flash. First up a wine label made with the back ground of the label generated by the hype frame works: Second we had experimentation with color sampling from an image using flash: HereSomething else we worked on was this:here. Thirdly we made art works using

Week 9-14 Game Dev.

2011-08-16T07:41:00.000-07:00

So the game is now in development phase! Which is almost pretty much in my hands. While I'm waiting for finally assets approval, I've started on building the game engine. So initially, the game were to be build in flash using the Citrus Engine. However, the API for that engine wasn't really user friendly, so the game engine was changed to Unity. To help with the development, I looked up 3D Buzz

Week 8: Game dev returns!

2011-07-05T07:16:00.000-07:00

Traced of the bg are done. Found a promising game engine call "citrus engine"

Week 7: Game Dev

2011-06-22T18:10:00.000-07:00

Ok So the BG are chosen and are being taken apart just before we head in to the break. I've taken the skyline out of the pictures and will working on live trace in hte coming week.

Week6

2011-06-14T06:58:00.000-07:00

Worked on Story boarding on the game with group. Roughed out the basic Idea and layout for the game.

Week5:ID game

2011-06-07T19:02:00.000-07:00

During today group meeting we discussed the character outlines for our shoes. Each shoes were given a background and story with humorous insights.

Week 4 interactive development

2011-05-31T23:56:00.000-07:00

In today's meeting, we decided which 3 shoes were going to be used for our VANS game.

Week 3 recap:

2011-05-24T09:00:00.001-07:00

So in today's meeting we as a group had to come up with the client proposal for our VANS game. During the meeting I was providing ideas for the proposal it self and for the idea of the game that went along with it. When we met up with the client, I also participate in the presentation.

DAM423 Week 2 Personal production post.

2011-05-17T18:27:00.000-07:00

During todays production I was responsible for setting up the production blog and the manymoon account. I was also part of the logo re-desgn and the writing of the elements of the Brand Foundation. Here is the production blog for our group. http://cveginteractive.tumblr.com/

|Hype Frameworks ver 2

2011-05-17T11:30:00.000-07:00

Updated version on the Hype Frameworks render.

|Hype Frameworks

2011-05-17T10:13:00.000-07:00

Using the Hype Frameworks here is the render fro DMA 455 Project 101: Butterfly

Its been a while.

2011-04-19T20:40:00.000-07:00

So its been a while since I posted anything on this place, mostly it has to do with the fact that semester 3 was mostly labs labs labs , than out of no where Final assignment due everywhere!!!!! Well I've lived. Will post all final stuff after a week of sleep, until than here are some stuff I've done this semester. Here is a taste of whats to come: First up its the Final Flash site of the

Flash tutorials one: Interactive objects.

2011-02-04T23:40:00.000-08:00

Intro: The following is a flash tutorial for Interactive objects. Outcome: To create an interactive flash interface that will allowed the user to move objects on the stage and also each time an object that were selected will be set on top(in terms of depth Control) of the other objects. Notes: To begin we must create the objects on our stage and then turn them into MC and also embed them into

Getting my butt kicked!

2010-12-17T00:04:00.000-08:00

Sick like sick puppy. I'll post stuff when I feel better later.

Android App: Menu, widgets, and site map.

2010-12-14T22:19:00.000-08:00

Here are the menus and widgets for the dinner and movie app. For the GUI template they are here. 2x2 landscape 2x2 portrait 3x3 landscape 3x3 portrait 4x1 landscape 4x1 portrait sitemap/wireframe

Android GUI and Icon Templates

2010-12-10T17:33:00.000-08:00

Here are my Android GUI and Icon templates. Widget and menu are here.

D.O.V. shots

2010-11-29T08:24:00.000-08:00

Here is the shot of first object in focus. Here is the shot of Second object in focus. Here is the shot of third object in focus. Here is the shot of all the objects in focus.

Tel Building photo tours

2010-11-21T21:19:00.000-08:00

Here are my 12 photos of the Tel building photo tours:

Shaken not stirred.

2010-11-14T21:59:00.000-08:00

Here is my Aldo shoe ad. I 've decided to go with a pair of classy shoes for a classy ad. Below here is the original photo of the shoe.

Banners for "walk the line"

2010-11-05T14:30:00.000-07:00

The Following are links to the Walk the Line web banners in different sizes. Chick on each links to accesses the different sizes. WTL_468x60 WTL_120x600 WTL_160x600 WTL_240x400 WTL_300x250 WTL_425x600

Banners for "Jack is back"

2010-11-02T09:08:00.000-07:00

The following web banners are made for the "24" in class assignments

Website mockups ver 1

2010-11-01T07:25:00.000-07:00

Here are my two mockup sites layouts BMW Web link: HERE Nintendo Web link: HERE

And on the sixth day, I've coded a web page.

2010-10-30T16:43:00.000-07:00

Here is the mockup that I've design for the company Cr(eight)vi.ca And here is the link to HTML site: HERE

Blackberry concept layouts

2010-10-29T19:25:00.000-07:00

So here are my two concepts for the BlackBerry Storm mock ups: Light Concept: Dark Concept:

Blog Vacation

2010-10-05T09:12:00.000-07:00

I guess I've been lazy lately on updating my blog. I guess you can say I'm on "vacation".

Photoshopping screens

2010-09-07T20:39:00.000-07:00

These phone mockup are ready for the client's meeting. Billable time: 20 min.

Meaty goodness and force lighting.

2010-09-07T20:38:00.000-07:00

First day back in class for second semester, we were bombarded with photoshop. 1) Trying to create a meat texture image. 2) The second image here is us creating a lighting bolt from photoshop.

Counting down!

2010-09-05T20:31:00.000-07:00

As I'm writing this post, I realize that the two weeks of vacation between summer and fall semester its nearly at its end. It was a nice little break, just didn't realize it passes so fast. Part of me is very nervous, its a new semester, there might be new classmates, and there is going to be a lot more people on campus since its the fall semester. Here's to another successful semester.

The Orientation Crasher

2010-09-01T22:10:00.000-07:00

So I was tip off about an orientation that was happening on tuesday. What a day it was as there were free food and free stuffs!!I wasn't the only one crashing it.

Artist inspiration: Yukio Miyamoto

2010-08-29T15:53:00.000-07:00

Masters of Adobe Illustrator: Yukio MiyamotoMr. Miyamoto has been playing with Adobe Illustrator since the late '80s. He starts by tracing over photographic reference placed in a "template" layer. Using the pen tool, he creates solid shapes to delineate pronounced reflections or objects and then fills each of these shapes with some variation of gradients or blends. Using a combination of Blends,

RSS feeds didn't work, but posting feeds does....

2010-08-28T22:19:00.001-07:00

After many trial and error, I think I got it to work....Edit: It seems the feeds funtion has a mind of its own: the update time frame can be from one to eight hours before it updates from this blog.

RSS feeds into tumblr experiment, was a failure.

2010-08-28T22:02:00.000-07:00

Don't think is working......

RSS feeds into tumblr experiment.

2010-08-28T19:22:00.000-07:00

So I have a tumblr account thats been sitting around when we all started these student blog and I haven't used it since may. So I'm hoping by having this blog RSS feeds into the tumblr blog I can kill two birds with one stone. link to my tumblr blog here.

Doing the happy dance!!!

2010-08-28T08:11:00.000-07:00

So I check my grades this morning, A+ in all of the core couses except interactive in which I got an A. At the moment I saw the PSY mark I was jumping for joy: C+ ... I was so worry that I had to repeat that couse. So here is my happy dance!!!!<(' '<)<('o')>(>' ')>And the beginning of sem 2!!

Chapter One: Complete!

2010-08-20T00:25:00.000-07:00

Yestherday was the day that marks the end of the first semester. The last two weeks were a roller coster ride, and from what I've been told, its only going to get harder! Well good thing is that we have two weeks off till we're at it again. Personally, I'm looking forward to many of the new couses that we'll be under taklng. I'm looking forward to some html codings, some photo editing with

Artist inspiration: Sergey Larenkov

2010-08-19T22:46:00.000-07:00

Very cool photos, he toke photos from WW2 and than retake pictures from the same location and he than superimposing them ontop of each other, creating some very instresting photos. check out his work: Sergey Larenkov

"In the future, there are no mouse and keyboard"

2010-08-19T20:51:00.000-07:00

Ever wonder what would it be like if you can just control thing with your mind? Well it seems that thats not too far off. http://interaxon.ca/ it seems the people at Interaxon is working on a thought control interface. Its kinda cool, very sci-fi-ish. Check it out at their website: Interaxon

Triune

2010-08-19T18:12:00.000-07:00

For those that missed (or just want to see it again) the final movie we did for video, here it is, Enjoy. For those who read the first post on this blog, the story is total different from it.

Cute but deadly part 2, now with guides and mindmap!

2010-08-19T16:28:00.000-07:00

Here is the Style guide to my skateboardsAnd the mind map that got me there.So here is the break down of the elements:Branding: Shreddy.Text: "Teddy had a fight with Shreddy. Shreddy lost the fight"Texture element: water color blood in the background.Vector elements: Teddy, Shreddy, claw marks.Name: EC initial Photoshop elements: EC initial, Black to white gradient,

AI-3D

2010-08-08T17:08:00.001-07:00

For Joe's class, we had to use Adobe Illustrator and create 3 3-D scenes with "Extrude, Bevel, and Revolve" effects. Also into the mix, we had to map 2 of the scenes with a symbols.1) The first one up is the Space Rocket, I made it look more like the retro space rocket in those old school black and white TV show/movie.2) Second one is the theme of Ninjas! Since we are told on the first day that

The end is nigh!

2010-08-03T20:35:00.001-07:00

It is week 12 of 14. Finals are due, assignments are piling up. It'sdo or die and long nights. Pressures are building up and stress arepressing upon us. Yet the only thing that it'd on my mind is this:Where can I buy an iphone 4? Joking aside, looking back to week 1seems so long ago, and I must say I'm happy and excited to see the endof sem 1. With 4 assignments to go, 1 (2) exam left, the finish

Massive Update!!

2010-08-02T23:35:00.001-07:00

So when I said there were going to be a massive update this weekend, I meant it will be updated at the end of this long weekend. So I finally uploaded the morlock adventure, the vanilla painting, and the happy meals. I blame SC2 for making me uploading so late.I think the SC 2 poster says it all about these posts.Also, I've added labels to all the posts and my Twitter RSS.

Artist inspiration: Alvin Lee

2010-08-02T23:35:00.000-07:00

So I figure I'm going to start talking about artist that I find influencing me or I think they have awesome artworks. Starting with this month: Alvin Lee.Alvin Lee is an awesome illustrator, his artworks includes Street Fighters, Final Fight, Supergirl, Avengers, and his own original works. Here is an example of his work:To check out his work goto his website.

Happy meals across time.

2010-08-02T22:01:00.000-07:00

Here is the Caveman HM(Main course: Dino meat, side dish: grapes, drink: water in a stone bowl, and toy: a stone wheel) and Medieval HM(Main course: ribs, side dish: cheese and bread, drink: wine, and toy: wooden sword).For the Western HM(Main course: Rabbit, side dish: oranges, drink: water in a water pouch, and toy: hangman's rope) and Future HM(Main course: Meat pill, side dish: fruit pill,

Vanilla is not just for eating.

2010-08-02T22:00:00.001-07:00

So we have to paint with vanilla for a background of a menu of a restaurant. So the theme I had in mind was to drew out the vanilla flower on to the different panels.

Morlock massive adventure quest! Chapter 1.

2010-08-02T21:35:00.000-07:00

So a while back we did the morlock adventure quest, I was going to do some fancy flash album, but that didn't work out (lets just leave it at that). So I figure I have to do this the normal way for now. The group name is: Group 2/3 ( since theres like 17 of us from class). Members are : Jessie, Joan, Colleen, Celia, Enoch, Ali, Troy, Varoun, Luis, Wai, Wing, Megan, Gerard, MJ, Joseph, Cosmin, and

Morlock massive adventure quest! Chapter 2.

2010-08-02T21:28:00.000-07:00

8) Us cramming into a street car shelter with ad.9) The Cash Store.10) Corner of Queen St W. and Portland St.11) New York Subway. (At this point most of us were getting hungry)12) Gandhi (according to Andrew, best Indian food in town)13) 8 Graffiti artworks.

Morlock massive adventure quest! Chapter 3.

2010-08-02T21:20:00.001-07:00

graffiti continue...Somewhere along the way here I got the group lost.14) Silver Snail (outside)15) Silver Snail inside, photo of a flyer.16) Robots outside of Active Surplus.17) Here is me buying a cool Russian army winter hat.18) Here is MJ "buying" something from a street vender at Soho.

Morlock massive adventure quest! Chapter 4.

2010-08-02T21:08:00.000-07:00

19) Here is us enjoying some beers at the Black Bull. and photo of us at the patio at the Black Bull.20) Us walking around with the Now newspaper.21) Heres the sandwich board from Black Market.22) And us not being a stranger. 23) The crowd at Much Music. 24) Photo of some of us reading a Eye Weekly on the subway. 25) Us saying good bye at Osgoode waiting for the subway to come, so we can get on

Cute but deadly.

2010-08-01T06:19:00.000-07:00

Skateboard design is done. Originally Teddy was going to be a pic of a real Teddy bear but it looked too out of place. I've Also went downtown with Jessie and Joe to get our board printed, luckily we got there before they have to leave for the day. We than went on a mini Morlock adventure. I'll post the brain storm, style guide and the step by step some time during next week

Burning with style!

2010-07-11T23:59:00.001-07:00

B&W and Color version of Fire Boy. So it's done, I think Ironman asked for his color scheme back. In the end I toke out the "Hot or Not" button off his chest... it didn't fit in when it was done in AI.

Red Riding Hood: The PG 14 version. (lost but now found)

2010-07-06T22:08:00.000-07:00

1) Red Riding Hood mindmap, somehow Batman was brought in.2) RRH storyboard, somehow it had a M Night feel to it. Does she see dead people? 3) RRH mindmap version 24) So if RRH and princess Zelda combins...So this was done a while back, it got lost somewhere in my sketchbook. Well its found now...

Illustrator logo trace what?

2010-07-04T14:00:00.000-07:00

Top is trace, bottom is reference. Originaly I did the Buffalo Saber logo, but I didn't like it as much as the Detroit Pistons logo. So I trace the Pistons logo for Joe's class instead.

Paper Zoo

2010-07-01T08:05:00.001-07:00

Tortoises in the desert. Squid under the sea. Cobra in the desert (optional)Lion in the Savannah.Galagos (bushbabies) in the rainforest.Penguin in the south pole. Andrew said we are going to the zoo, but he didn't say we have to drew the animel for the zoo.... Man what kind of zoo is this?Anwser: The Paper Zoo!

Paper Zoo........... NOT!

2010-07-01T07:41:00.000-07:00

So the following are (not) part of the paper zoo: Blastoise, Squidward, The Cobras, Squall "Lion"heart, Bush (with) Baby, and The Penguin.

Possible sketch for AI project

2010-06-22T17:33:00.000-07:00

I did not draw this during Joe's class! I Swear!

T-Rex Style Guide

2010-06-21T09:42:00.000-07:00

Version 2If my T Rex tooth was a real Rex tooth on display at the ROM, than its going to need a style guide to follow!

T-Rex Tooth

2010-06-14T10:02:00.000-07:00

So what does a T Rex tooth look like? Well in most cases, it looks like a banana so with that in mind, here we go!!1) Form tooth with metal wire guide, shape with aluminum foil. As we can see here it looks like a banana already!2) Layer super sculpey, and add details. Baked to harden. I made sure to read the baking instruction correctly, don't want to burn it and start over.3) Primed and painted.

Let there be comments!

2010-06-10T00:51:00.000-07:00

So up till now all the posting were of just the artwork and no comments or thoughts. I figure thats not going to impress anyone when they look at this. So Behold! All posting now have comments from yours truly, and all subsequent posting will have my thoughts and comment as well, enjoy the read!

Water Color

2010-06-08T11:40:00.001-07:00

Speed water color painting. 4 objects, 5 min each.The whole point of doing this exercise was to not sketch out the object first and just paint with water colors. It was hard at first but it got easier as I got used to it.

Sci-Fi has ruined my T-Rex Mind-map.

2010-06-01T10:51:00.000-07:00

Mind-map for the up coming t-rex tooth project.I try starting it with fact and fiction, but I'm sure in the end, it branch into movies and ...fictions.

Artist Reseach: Jon Bergerman

2010-06-01T08:53:00.000-07:00

Here are my earlier sketches of the Jon Bergerman style. I toke the upper left and lower right sketch and did a final version of them in AI.So here are my imitation of Jon Burgerman's art style. For me the hardest part was to drew in an asymmetrical style. The use of color was also something I'm not use to, but it was kinda interesting to play around with. To check out his website: http://

Super Powers

2010-05-25T10:21:00.000-07:00

So many super power and I can only pick one? Can I pick the one where I steals other people's power?

Super Powers part 2

2010-05-25T10:20:00.000-07:00

Super Power: Super Human AbilityHow : An intergalactic evil corporations, control by a god like being. Bent on controlling the whole universes, dimensions and time. The power was given to a test subject from earth and was submitted to genetic experiments and further empower by a power infusion device, to produce a super elite combat warrior.Why: The test subject escapes and now must protect,

Rabbits?

2010-05-25T10:17:00.000-07:00

The Hulk's pet bunny! "Bunny Mad, bunny smash!"

First Post

2010-05-18T11:05:00.000-07:00

Ok, This is my first post ever.So today our groups decided the story for our video class;The Journey of a Gold fish: From fish tank to dinner.Its not as bad as it sounds, going to be lots of laughs.