Monday, May 7, 2012

art 382

The class was the first time I touched Adobe Flash, and we learned how to make a variety of animations, as well as a portfolio website and video game!! I must admit that was a pretty tough and glitchy process, but a very cool experience.

This is what I made for one of our very first assignments, a phenakistoscope:















Pretty awesome, ey!?

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

yumnaaa

Yumna Al-Arashi is a Brooklyn-based photographer. I stumbled upon her on the internet one day, and ever since, I have been a loyal follower of her's. I envy her lifestyle of meeting so many unique people and visiting numerous interesting places which give her the opportunity to take some pretty cool photos. However, some of my favorite works of hers are not photographs, but the montages of footages she takes and then makes into minutes long films (with, if I may add, the best soundtracks).

This is one of my all-time favorites: