Adam Deschamp
adam@mavdm.com
The assignment was to create a 30 second title sequence for a fictitious television or film. I tried to make it look like a 60′s film. Simplicity and limited animation is the point. Enjoy.
Today marks the day I finally complete the new redesign of my personal portfolio website. After five or so redesigns and ten concepts, I can safely say this site is fully functional and easier to navigate than the prior versions. All I need to do now is get the text approved and hopefully I can graduate. It’s definitely been a long journey getting to this point, but at least I got it done. Pictures of the other designs and concepts below.
Something I hear a lot in the design community, or at least around school, is that “real” designers use Macs. Well, I don’t agree with this one bit, for I believe if someone considers him or herself a “real” designer than the operating system does not matter, neither the program for that matter. Plus, most programs work on both operating systems, so it’s all a matter of preference. I will agree that more is offered to designers out of the box, if they chose a Mac, but they still get third party programs to do their designs. There are things I like from both operating systems, and Ubuntu for that matter, but for one to think it’s odd for a designer to use anything other than a Mac is simply ridiculous.
Some things I like about Leopard are native support for files such as PDF, Quicktime Files, and PSDs; Helvetica, Futura, and other standard fonts not found in Windows out of the box; and a Color Calibrator built in (now in Windows 7). Although, one main thing I dislike is dual monitor support; it’s funky, mainly with spaces and the finder bar.
When it comes to video production, however, I think a Mac is essential if you’re using industry standard programs. I’ve had Pro Tools for a while and can’t use it on 64bit Window, so I had to choose a Mac at this point. I more than likely wouldn’t have switched if Digidesign decided to support Windows 64bit, but have no complaints since the program works. If I went around caring so much about what my OS comes with than I wouldn’t be using a third party program at all, the only thing I feel all OS’s should do is support standard formats and fonts, and right now Leopard does that.
Programs are another thing. A good designer could use any program to create a design, it doesn’t have to be Adobe. If you can make a design with GIMP or some other non-industry standard software than good for him, since the final piece is whats important. It’s just like saying Comic Sans should be banned. I say, if you can create a design with Comic Sans and make it look awesome and professional, than you are a “real” designer. Don’t get me wrong, every designer, developer, digital artist should use standard programs, but if they use something different that doesn’t matter
Lastly to finish this rant, If you’re a designer and you like Apple computers because they look nice, than good for you. But it doesn’t mean it’s better.
Last night my brother informed me about a code for EA’s Skate 2 which allows you to view the game in 3d using 3d glasses. Just enter the code strangeloops, and everything on the screen becomes 3d. After we entered this code, I called up 7-Eleven an asked if they had some left from Superbowl Sunday. Luckily, they did, so we walked over and the worker handed us a large stack of 3d glasses. Sadly, it didn’t work since the glasses were yellow and blue instead of red and blue.
With only a few weeks left in this quarter, I need to hurry on finishing and maintaining this site. It seems that I don’t know how to avoid getting hit with spam and malware, since I cant go two days without Google redirecting my site to a malware one. I worked on fixing this problem, and after the week this shouldn’t happen anymore. I’ll update this as soon as things are back to normal.
Update: Fixed the malware redirects.