Joseph Otero FMX 210

       The colors from my self-portrait matched up well with the poster. I changed the words on the porter to “Come On, Pal... Be The Hero of Your Own Story!” I used that line because I believe in it. You are the only person who can control your own destiny so why not be the hero. The first thing I did was place my image and then used the pen tool to draw out the features on my face and place them in their own layers. At first, I kept messing up because I would forget to lock previous layers and it would mess up that layer but eventually I got the hang of it. This was one of my favorite projects we did in class because I thought it was fun how we had to build on our previous work. We started out by reproducing a picture of ourselves into illustrator and then had to turn that recreation into a propaganda poster. It definitely wasn't the easiest project but it was well worth it and turned out great! Inspirational Image:       I used a WW2 era poster...

      This project was really difficult for me, it took me a really long times and a lot of bad sketches to make a decision on what logo I wanted to represent me. Initially, my 5 first sketches were all terrible and unusable ideas. However, one of them was a fishing rod so I took that as inspiration in making my logo a fishing hook. Fishing is something I've been brought up doing. It's a big passion of mine, one of my first memories ever is catching a 4 foot shark as a little kid on my grandfathers boat. I also chose the hook to face that way because it resembles my first name.  In Adobe Illustrator, I created a hook using the pen tool. I decided to do it this way instead of using shapes because all fisherman know that hooks are not perfect. They can bent or distressed after catching fish with them. I chose the design backgrounds by thinking of flags on fishing boats. I tried to picture how my logo would look attached to a ship and landed on those five ideas. I also ...

     The calligram project took me about 3-4 hours to create. I really enjoyed this project because the notion of writing a letter to my future self was a lot of fun. I decided to keep it simple by turning my letter into the my first initial. I did this because I thought it was cool since it was for myself. I used black for the major of the words in my letter because it allows the red of a few selected words to really pop. I chose words that I want want to always have with me for the rest of my life. I want to always remember my friendships, always strive to be successful, and to never forget about my past and upbringing.      I started off this project by finding a font that was soft yet bold. I then enlarged and centered it. After that I used the text tool to replace the black in the letter with my letter to self. I then went through it and changed the colors of a select few words that I really wanted to stick out from the overall piece.  Letter to s...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GzumUieDPY This video is simplistic and form and shows the basics of using Illustrator. It teaches the viewer about things like how to use layers, hiding and locking them. Something I learned is that pressing M on the keyboard brings up the rectangle tool. Also, hitting up and down on the keyboard makes your shape either smaller or larger. Another thing I learned it that the bracket keys control the size of your brush tool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXIZWii_Ps4 A reminder I learned from this video is that if you're every missing anything on your right hand panel you can simply just go to the windows tab, click on it, and it will appear on the right side of your screen. Another thing I learned is that if you want a a basic set of colors that go well together you can click the color guide and it provide you with a recommended set of colors that match. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AinkCNooh2A Something I learned from this video is that if you...

  Final Work:    I used Dreamweaver using HTML5 canvas to create a cartoon version of Baby Yoda out of code. I decided on Baby Yoda because he is my favorite character from the Disney show, The Mandalorian. I picked to use a picture of him in a cradle so I could show his small frame. I decided on replicating a cartoon version of him because I thought it would be more fun than a life-like one.      What I found difficult was the aspect of having to layer code. I would write code and it wouldn't appear on the canvas. So I would have to go back and copy the code and put it before the code I want it to be in front of. What made my artwork successful was that I was not afraid to try things I was not comfortable with, such as using bezier curves to create Baby Yoda's sleeve. With that being said, I started out with simpler code to create things such as the handle before moving on to more advanced code. Another thing that helped me a lot with my work was that I pi...

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       Hi, my name is Joe Otero. I am Advertisement and Public Relations Major at the University of Tampa. I'm originally from Washington, D.C. but spend a portion of my childhood overseas in the Manila, Philippines and Tunis, Tunisia. However for the past four years I have lived full time in Tampa, Florida. I am passionate about electronic music, traveling the country to attend different festivals and shows for the past five years. I am also an avid sports fan. I grew up playing sports, but now I just love to watch lacrosse, football, and hockey.      I'm looking forwards to taking FMX210 because it is something new to me. I've never been too tech savvy or have been able to manipulate photos or videos so I'm excited to get an understanding of how to do that. I want to go into the PR field after graduating college so having the knowledge and understand of how to use software such as Illustrator and InDesign could prove pivotal in my job search.