Omar bin Shafik (0371439)

Omar bin Shafik / 0371439 Illustration & Visual Narrative / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media Comic Cover and Animated Page COMIC COVER We had to make these based off of one of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories, any of our choosing. I chose to do "Silence - a Fable". For the cover, since the title of the book has the word "Silence" I thought I could put a hand putting a finger over a mouth like the motion of shushing someone or telling someone to be quiet in relation to the word.  I started out with a sketch first. Fig 1, Cover Sketch I then transferred the sketch to Illustrator and made the cover image. Fig 2, Cover Final ANIMATED PAGE It was the same case for the animated page but we had to choose a section of the story that we chose this time. I decided to make a page for the start of the story. I started out with a sketch again, but decided that it was not that good and made another sketch later down the line. Fig 3, Initial Page Sketches Fig...

Omar bin Shafik / 0371439 Illustration & Visual Narrative / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media Album Cover - Non-Animated and Animated ALBUM COVER Non-Animated: We had to make and album cover based on one of the songs that Frank Sinatra that were given to us. I chose Fly me to the Moon. We then had to make a mood board showing our process and rationale. Fig 1, Mood Board Fig 2, Album Cover Final Animated: We then had to take the still album cover and give it a looping animation lasting around 3 seconds per loop. Fig 3, Album Cover Animated Final

Omar bin Shafik / 0371439 Illustration & Visual Narrative / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media Vormator and Exercises VORMATOR Vormator Challenge: For the vormator challenge, we had to  use a given set of shapes and create a creature from them. I chose to make a dragon, found that creating a whole dragon would be too time consuming and resorted to just making the front half of the dragon.  Fig 1, Dragon Vormator Pokemon Card: For Pokemon Card, we had to create our own vector creature and place it in an environment of our making and frame it in a Pokemon card. I decided to make  a lava crab thing. Fig 2, Pokemon Card Fig 3, Card Image EXERCISES These are exercises given to us during classes to learn more about illustrator and how to use the app. The Pen Tool: We were given a website link that we could use to practice using the pen tool in illustrator:  The Bezier Game Chiaroscuro: We given references and tutorials and had to practice applying light...

22.04.2024 - 09.07.2024 / Week 1 - Week 14 Omar bin Shafik / 0371439 Digital Photography and Imaging / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media Week 1:  We were given a briefing/introduction to the module and what we would be doing for the semester. We were also tasked with our first task which was composing an image with magazine cutouts. Week 2:  Since the air conditioning still isn't running, our class was cut short. We were taught on the rule of thirds that we could use to make our images easier to look at and how to use it to our advantage while composing the image. We had to compose physical collages and pick the best one to hand in. Fig 1, Physical Composition Week 3:  We learned about the basic controls of photoshop but the power cut out around one and a half hours into the class so it had to be cut short again.  We had to do compose an image in photoshop this time. Fig 2, Digital Comp...

22.4.2024 - 24.06.2024 / Week 12 - Week 14 Omar bin Shafik / 0371439 Digital Photography and Imaging/ Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media This is our final project which involves creating a video using the techniques we have learned during this semester. It's self-titled so we have the freedom to do more or less anything we want as long as it stays within the few given rules.  We were given a photoshop file and video tutorial to learn how after effects works. We were to use the given file to experiment and explore more about the app. The video tutorial given was just to teach us the basics of after effects. Fig 1, After Effects Exercise Here is the link to the short we had to upload to YouTube:  short I drew an initial sketch for what I had in mind for the short and later tried to replicate it best I could in photo.  Fig 2, Poster Sketch. I recreated the pose best I could and took a picture of myself. Fig 3, Poster Base I added some drawings in to make the ima...

16.07.2024 - 23.07.2024 / Week 13 - Week 14 Omar bin Shafik / 0371439 Typography / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media Task 3 / Type Design and Communication INSTRUCTIONS Task 1: Exercises Task 2: Typographic Expression & Communication Task 3: Type Design & Communication TASK 1 / EXERCISES Exercise 1 - Type Expression Fig 1 , Type Expression Final, Week 3  (12.05.2024) Fig 2 , Type Expression Final PDF, Week 3  (12.05.2024) Fig 3 , Type Expression Animated GIF,  Week 3  (14.05.2024) Exercise 2 - Text Formatting Fig 4 , Text Formatting Exercise, Week 4  (24.05.2024) Fig 5 , Text Formatting Exercise Gridded,  Week 4  (24.05.2024) Fig 6 , Text Formatting Exercise with and without Grid ,  Week 4  (24.05.2024) HEAD Font/s: Gill Sans MT regular Type Size/s: 48 pt (I AM HELVETICA), 16 pt (by John Doe) Leading: 50 pt (I A...

02.06.2024 - 22.07.2024 / Week 7 - Week 13 Omar bin Shafik / 0371439 Typography / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media Task 3 / Type Design and Communication LECTURES Week 7: We were given our Task 3 and given a quick lecture and tutorial on how we should proceed with the task. The first thing we had to do was break down some letters from a font of our choosing out of the 10 fonts given and write in several different styles for a given set of letters. Week 8: independent study week Week 9:  We were given feedback on our written letters and had to digitise the sets that were approved by the lecturer.  Week 10: We were given feedback on our digitisations of the letters that were approved. Week 11: We were given some more individual feedback on our letter digitisations and tips on how we could improve them. Week 12:  We transferred our fonts to FontLab and adjusted the letter and character sidebearings accordi...