Dkgemstone's Blog

My booklet composition

dkgemstone — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:05:29 +0000

This is my final version of my booklet composition. I tried to make it simple and compact as to match the small size of its page template. I was satisfied with the printed booklet. I have never done printing booklets before and I was amazed by how printing could be done professionally at school. One thing that I would consider next time is that the composition on the computer screen doesn’t always match when it gets printed. This became crucial when I had to print the picture that showed the difference between the high definition and DVD screen qualities.

Final Project Images

dkgemstone — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:39:45 +0000

Here are the images that I am going to incorporate into my final project.

My concept Of Final Project

dkgemstone — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:26:01 +0000

I want to talk about the history of video game consoles as the gaming industry grows rapidly and it becomes a juggernaut that affects many other industries, such as film industry, and manufacturers. From the mid 80′s to the present day, there have been great competitors, like Play Station, Nintendo 64, and a lot more in the history of gaming systems. The debate about whether blu-ray disk or HD would be the visual medium for the future was a good example how influential the video game industry had become.

I know not all people play games on Video Game Consoles; however, the fact that the next generation consoles like Play Station 3 and Xbox 360 are equiped with the LATEST visual presenters and the ability and capacity to maximize the optical pleasure of the players/viewers is extremely fascinating for a person who is interested in Visual Media.

So, there, I mentioned my interests and what I am going to do.

Poster project

dkgemstone — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:52:43 +0000

The purpose of this poster is to make the viewer recognized the sacrifice that the veterans who fought for their country and became homless made. Today lots of homeless people are considered to be the ones who should be locked up for Olympic season because especially Vancouver doesn’t want to show the homeless problem to the foreign visitors. Clearly, the poster attacks the irony of our attitude towards patrioticism in the Olympic spirit and veterans

Poster :P

dkgemstone — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:37:50 +0000

Hi, I was thinking about making posters in Adobe Illustrator on Homeless issue.

Although it’s hard to work up subtle and complicated images in the Illustrator program, I set my goal to create smooth and complex poster image.

MY 3 IMG Srs on Walking on Water Theme

dkgemstone — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:10:24 +0000

I believe these are fine art pieces, so enjoy And you can pop up bigger images by left clicking the images.

Fi-ya in zah Hawhl

dkgemstone — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:24:37 +0000

THE “Saving Private Ryan” is my favorite movie for authentic quality of the screen not for the violence and Cliche patriotism in it. And it is B-E-A-utiful day to shoot pictyas, so let meh take out my cehmera and work on photoshop some more, fun!

My very first image of 3 image series

dkgemstone — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:55:43 +0000

Yay, not bad for a beginner I think. I worked reeeeally hard on his feet contacting the water.

And I think it was pretty sound move to blur the background to make the image more convincing as an image, not the combination of two.

D.I.E. Work concept

dkgemstone — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:09:39 +0000

The concept for my first project is going to be about “walking on the water”.

I used to have a fantasy about going against normal physics when I was little which includes floating in the air and walking on the water. I guess Adobe Photoshop is more capable than acheiving these dreamsl; however, I think it is perfect time for me to get used to working with Photoshop.

I hope to improve my photoshop skills, and then add some more fantastic visual effects later on.

Welcome to My Blog

dkgemstone — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:29:21 +0000

Hi, I’m Dan going into second year Animation Program at Emily Carr University.

I love to play video games (I have to tell you that I’m a hardcore gamer) and can’t wait until I’ll be working in the game industry in the future.

As lots of different gamers’ interests vary today, to introduce myself I have some of my favorite list of games, such as Call of Duty 4 : Modern Warfare, Oblivion IV, Empire Total War, and Dynasty Warriors series.

Blade Storm

I’m also interested in sound elements of the games or animated films like background music or sound effects of footsteps, wind, and waves.

I happened to play violin for fun after I have landed to Canada which activity made me more aware of the importance of sound component in the games or videos.

Empire Total War