Branding by Emmanuel Acevedo

Why did I choose the topic of Climate Change? I chose this topic because I had taken various Environmental Science classes in the past. To ensure that I did not completely forget the information I had learned, I decided to implement it into a project. Basically, I took the easy route and did a topic I was very familiar with. This doesn't necessarily mean I remembered everything; I had to relearn a few things through my research, and also to research additional information that I most likely didn't learn yet in those classes What did I want to express through the editorial montages? I made at most 4. I wanted to express the effects through the photo montage of a factory polluting the atmosphere and the water being filled with trash (On page 4), and how the effects of climate change were felt through the maps (On page 6). I chose to mostly cover the US and Canada, as both countries have different legislation regulating greenhouse gas pollution and deforestation, and the data real...

What is the goal of data visualization? The main goal of Data visualization is to present an idea, in a way that is easy to grasp and understand. Data visualization is supposed to be a creative way to present data, such as showing data for poverty as shopping carts Conflict's Root Causes Description This exhibition is supposed to display the man-made objects sent to various points in space such as Earth's orbits, the moon, and even Mars. The purpose of this illustration is to show us how much space exploration we have done ever since the space race between the USSR and the USA back in the 1960s, this information is supposed to be easily digestible, otherwise we would've had a boring dotted graph. How can you use your skills in graphic design to visualize your data? I can use the skills I've gathered throughout my graphic design career to display in an easy to digest, ADHD-friendly manner similar to how it was done in the exhibition, but instead presenting data about cli...

Climate Change: Climate change is a very serious problem, it's when the temperatures of the planet rise due to various factors such as humans burning fossil fuels in factories or from their cars, the gases from the burning of fossil fuels get trapped in the Earth's atmosphere causing the rise in temperatures. There have been many methods to try and mitigate this ongoing issue such as legislation being passed most notably the Paris Climate Accords. Racial Discrimination: Racial discrimination is another critical issue, it can happen with anyone no matter if you're Hispanic, Black, Asian, or Indigenous. The US has had the most problems with racial discrimination such as Jim Crow Laws in the southern states stripping Black people of their rights that they just gained with the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, or Asian people being attacked for "spreading COVID" even though any human being can spread a virus, Many movements have pushed for legislation to end discrimina...

This project was kind of easy, I used basic transformation filters such as the Move, Rotation and Scaling filters, I also used a Time warp filter on the box and the Avocado near the end of the animation, I also had utilized a Blur feature but for some reason it didn't save. Nonetheless I'm happy with what I've accomplished by using very little features that After Effects had to offer. If I were to go back to amend my work I would reimplement the blur feature.  Very little had changed from my original storyboard sketches, The idea was clear, and I knew exactly what to do. The only thing I changed from it was adding an Orange background that faded into Grey, the reason why I did this is because I wanted it to loop so after the Avocado zoomed into the seed, it would circle back to the orange background.  After we had that review where we looked at other classmate's work, I've added  a sizzle animation to the box and avocado before they left the frame, The blur feature ...

  My main inspiration for this animation is the Netflix Logo Introduction when you first start to watch a series/movie, I always liked how the N would zoom in near the end of the intro and thus I've replicated it here. However, I decided not to copy it 1:1 and I've added my own twist at the start where the Box either pops in or fades into the view. Then the Avocado would be thrown in with the Text starting to appear. Once a second has passed the Box and Text would fall into the abyss and, it ends with the aforementioned Avocado zooming into the seed. It seems simple but I would bet all my teeth that it's complicated to do the zoom in

  Adobe Animate and Adobe After Effects while serving similar purposes have a lot of differences. 1. After Effects is capable of making 3D effects whereas Animate can't.  2. Animate has a more friendly user interface suitable for starters whereas with After Effects the interface is all over the place. However, like with other Adobe products the interface is customizable 3. Animate comes with the ability to hand draw graphics whereas with After Effects, you have to do it in another program such as Illustrator then import it into After Effects 4. After Effects comes with the ability to export GIFs by simply clicking 5. Animate has limited options when it comes to Compositing, you would have to open up another program such as Lightroom or Photoshop in order to do whatever composition you want. I would personally choose After Effects, despite its faults like having a complicated UI (Which can be adjusted), Having to draw the graphics in another program. It does make up for it by h...

In the Exhibit I learned about the methods many tribes back then would use to construct their houses. In Hawaii they would use Wood to build the structure and would use cords to support the structure. It reminds me of how the Japanese would use a technique called Joinery where they would connect 2 pieces of wood without any screws or nails. Just cut out the ends and slide them in together.  In the workshop building the house in a Desert environment was exciting, Me and my group were trying to figure out what the roof should be made out of whether we should use Popsicle sticks or woodchips, In the end we agreed on utilizing wood sticks instead and reserve the popsicle sticks for the doors. My only complaint would be the lack of Ventilation but other than that I'm satisfied with what me and my group could come up with.