Autumn Schreiber Creative

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  • making mixed media animation (both ways)

    When you start mixed media animation, there are two ways to go about it. There’s a longer way, and a shorter way.

    The more arduous way entails taking a video frame by frame, printing it out, adding the mixed media aspect, scanning it back in, and then lining up each frame in post. It’s very lengthy, but it’s more customizable than the shorter way.

    The colored frames for the long mixed media animation pro

    The easier way, is to take a video, import it in Photoshop as video frames to layers, make your edits in photoshop, and export, then arrange it in post.

    I did both and have some videos and thoughts below!

    The long process pros and cons

    Pros

    • It was easier to customize the animations with crayons, markers, colored pencils, etc
    • More freedom

    Cons

    • harder to line up scanned in images
    • took a long time to line up said scanned images (very frustrating)

    The short process pros and cons

    Pros

    • saved time
    • was easier to export (create frames, line up in post, etc)

    Cons

    • not as much creative freedom
    • dependent on Photoshop brushes/photoshop manipulation for mixed media effect

    Resources

    Have you tried this? What did you think? Keep creating!

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  • mixed media animation

    My teacher introduced a new project. Yay! We have to make self promo videos. Honestly, videos aren’t my strongest skill, but this is a great opportunity to learn. I wasn’t too sure what I wanted to do for my video or how to make it stand out.

    The more I thought about it, I wanted to do something fun and artsy. Something collage/craft like. So I started looking up “multi media animation tutorials”. There are so many cool ways to add to your videos! (Find a cool example here) It seems like there are two ways to go about multi media animation: using plugins/editing effects or the more lengthy process. The plug ins are not free by any means, so I think I’ll experiment with the more time consuming process. The idea is to take a video you’ve shot, bring it into software and save it frame by frame, print your frames out, and then bring out the markers and start drawing, etc. Most people seem to use Adobe software, but I’ve seen others use Canva and Capcut.

    Here are some cool videos I found!

    So after getting some inspiration, I got to work. I combed through my email, phone, and my mom’s facebook account to find clips of myself. I brought the clips into Premiere Pro and edited them. It took me a minute, but I started to get the hang of it again. I kept my editing simple. I made a lil montage. I think I’ll try mixed media animation soon!

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  • creating a perfume brand

    This weeks new project was introduced and I’m soooo excited. We are making product labels! Everyone in class had to bring in a package with an inset label. I dug up a funky shaped body spray bottle. So my task is to make another label for the bottle. We get to make a brand, logo, and design!

    Initial Thoughts

    After brainstorming some names, I settled on Gibson Girl. I wanted a fun, frilly, romantic perfume/body spray. In order to stay somewhat true to the Gibson Girl image, I did some research.

    Research

    What is the Gibson Girl?

    Charles Gibson’s drawing of his iconic Gibson Girl

    The Gibson Girl was coined the “New Woman” of the 1900. She was the American beauty standard of the 1890s-1910s. The “New Woman” was well-educated, physically fit, beautiful, romantic, and independent. However, they also pursued marriage. Despite this more modern and progressive view of the ideal woman, Gibson Girls were still portrayed in domestic spheres. The look of such a woman was defined by tall stature, slender but curvy, and chignon styled hair.

    Artist Charles Dana Gibson coined the term “Gibson Girl” and his drawings encapsulated his ideas. His drawings were inspired by Evelyn Nesbit,  Irene Langhorne, Mabel Normand, and Minnie Clark.

    Sources

    Pinterest and Moodboards

    I created a board on Pinterest for some visuals. I pinned images of old perfume labels, florals, and all sorts of romantic notions. ( Click here)

    That’s all folks! Once I figure out fonts and more solid mood boards, I will update ya’ll.

    • what the heck is a lead in spread

      Well folks I hit a brick wall. Even google couldn’t give me a clear answer when googling “what is a lead in magazine spread?” I’m furiously researching this because I happen to have a lead in spread due tomorrow afternoon for class. I’ve scavenged the internet and found resources for how to write a lead…

    • product spread adventures

      Making my first product spread was a rollercoaster! It challenged me to beef up my photography skills and problem-solve. My magazine is all design-centered. So I wanted my product spread to align with that. I decided to make the theme of the spread: things designers need. (That way I could scavenge my apartment for things…

    • creating a perfume brand

      This weeks new project was introduced and I’m soooo excited. We are making product labels! Everyone in class had to bring in a package with an inset label. I dug up a funky shaped body spray bottle. So my task is to make another label for the bottle. We get to make a brand, logo,…

  • getting crafty: Victorian puzzle purses

    Hey ya’ll! It’s about time I got back to my roots– my arts and crafts roots. I thought I’d take you along my lil craft journey.

    I’ve got two of my best friends birthdays coming up and I’d really like to make them some cute cards. Instead of choosing my go-to (handmade watercolor cards), I think I’m gonna try making Victorian puzzle purse letters. They look so intricate and I’m a sucker for any letter-making thing.

    here’s an unfolded Victorian puzzle purse letter (not mine)
    here’s a folded-up Victorian puzzle purse (not mine)

    A Victorian puzzle purse is basically an ornately folded letter! Kind of similar to origami.

    To learn a bit more about them, click here!

    I started my process by consulting google for some easy tutorials. I came across this one.

    I got to work by using some old sketchbook paper, folding it accordingly, and then sketching out my designs. I wanted to keep the designs relevant to my friend. So I included little doodles of their favorite things and interests. I also wanted to make sure I had enough room for the actual message/letter.

    The folding wasn’t hard, but getting the paper into the spiral/pinwheel took awhile. I watched this tutorial because it gave more direction on that part.

    My finished Victorian puzzle letter!

    The front
    The second layer (after opening it)
    The inside with doodles and the message (where the sticky note it)
    The back!

    Have you guys made anything like this? Let me know!

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