Final Heraldry Logo

Here is my final heraldry piece. All of the elements were either drawn in illustrator using the pen tool or were drawn by hand then traced in illustrator using the pen tool. With the roses below, I actually tried to scan in my drawing then use the live trace feature to create the lines. Unfortunately, it didn't work out so well and created a mess of lines some of which appeared to be very jagged from the rendering. So instead of fixing every single part that live trace messed up, I instead opted to just trace it by hand with the pen tool. It definitely came out quite a bit better.

Next thing I did was create the shield. I did it by drawing half of it with the pen tool then duplicating and reflecting the opposite side. After that I just moved the pieces together and it came out with a symmetrical shield.


Same thing as with the shield, I drew half of the crown then replicated it to create the opposite side. With that technique it seemed to be quite a bit easier to make a symmetrical drawing as opposed to drawing the whole thing out at once.

After that, I used the pen tool to draw the banner in illustrator. Same as before I drew half then copied it for the opposite side. Then I arranged the roses, shield and banner into place.

Following that, I moved the crown into place and added color to it. I also added my last name to the banner. With everything now in place, you have the final product...my heraldry shield.

Stop Motion Entertainment - The Letter F

For my stop motion animation, I got the letter "F." For my idea, I decided to animate it using a bunch of squares, or cut up pieces of tape to be exact, broadcast onto lights. My idea was to somewhat replicate the lines that music engineering boards or stereos have in order to show the volume of what is playing. Unfortunately, I had to do it without sound though. So in the end, I used a stationary camera to photograph the lights and moved around the pieces of tape in a patterned form. Here is the result. Enjoy.