November Update

The Snow has returned to Yorkshire and has started to cause mayhem once more, winter come early and more to come aswell. Im going to be heading to Roundhay Park to take a few photos in the snow hopefully i will get some good shots, im posting a few ive taken on my camera phone which is 5mp so its quite good shot quality.

Just thought these two photos pretty cool with the sun in sky shining through clouds just captured a good moment. The image below was taken on Saturday 27/11/2010 from near work of the sunset just before 4pm.

Snowy Sunset

I also joined flickr to upload all my photography work for people to see its quite a good website to get your work out there and comments on the shots i have got up on my page so far still alot to update that page with.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertdickinson1987/ i will keep updating the flickr and keep updates posted on this blog.Updates on my portfolio interactive for university project will also have updates in next blog.

Interactive Online Product

My Interactive Media design and Visual communications modules require me to create a Interactive online product, i decided to make a photography portfolio website.
I had my Working Wireframe assesment on Monday 15 november and i thought i could have done better as some of my pages didnt link up and i accidently deleted some actionscript on a frame of the timeline that made it work, oops, now i learned i can work on it and get it to working to full content by the final deadline.


Homepage of my portfolio product logo top left image in middle and then a link to enter site below.



Hopefully i have recieved a good grade at least for these modules as i feel these two are best things i am good at and can really work hard to get the best results.

Back at Uni so far so good.

I thought id add a blog since i havent posted since before i returned to uni back in september so i thought id make a post with some of my work in progress on some of my modules and include what i have to create.

Animation Concepts and Video Post Production.

The assignment brief is to create a virual news room and include both 3D virual elements and real world stuff using Final cut pro to composite it all together.
I have been given a 3d animated character that will make a weather report in the 30 second video this has to be 11 seconds long and i will include some storyboards and some of the script for it in another blog post.
So the 3d elements i have to create a complete virtual news room and a logo, so chairs and tables and whatever else is to be included in the scenes when i am modelling the sooner i finish the modelling the quicker i can animate the scenes.

Interactive Media Design and Visual Communications.

For this assignment i have to create a interactive online product in Adobe Flash with animated screens and stuff on anything i wish. i am using this assignment to create myself a online photography portfolio site. In the tutorials we have been learning the basics of flash getting use to the interface and design of the software completing a few tasks.

The Visual Communications part of the brief is to create the Design portfolio of the site so all the logos flyers and other branding ideas to fit in the brief of the online interactive site.

Below is the video of the bouncing ball animation that i completed today in class.

Back to University

Its that time of the year again that i am returning to university after the break when i wihdrew from my previous course back in February and im returning to Study (Bsc) Multimedia Technology and i am determined to make a go of it this time and work very hard.
I want to be successful in the future and gaining a good degree will start me off i worked hard to get this far and i dont intend on throwing it all away.

At the end of my first year i felt i had learned alot and met some good people from my previous course i originally started university on and was pleased to get through the first year with some good marks.

However the second year got a little bit complicated and i felt that at that time i was on the wrong course doing the wrong things, i tried to continue and do my best in the modules in first semester but still it didnt feel that i was suited to that course, so i took up the decision to withdraw from my course with the intention of a return in september 2010 transferred to Multimedia and ready to roll.

When i return to enrol i will also be dropping down to the freshers fair on friday and have a look at joining a society or two especially gaining membership of the Photography society and going on the field trips as photography is the main field i am intersted in a career in when i have graduated and the experience and meeting new people in the society will give me fresh ideas and help build portfolio aswell.

I am looking forward to returning and meeting new classmates.

The summer 2010

I havent updated my blog in a while as ive been preparing for my return to uni in a couple of weeks and working to save money for a DSLR hopefully i will be able to purchase one as soon as possible.

Im looking forward to returning to university and to study multimedia, i have also joined the Leeds met photography society which will help me meet new people with the same interests aswell as building my portfolio as they do field trips every month to different places so that would be good to get out and enjoy what i love doing best.. taking photos.

Last sunday i also went to Filey(East Yorkshire) and took a few photos of the area, couldnt go for a walk on the brigg though because the tide came in too early.

Anyhow i am gonna be updating my blog more often now i will return to uni on my progress on modules and thoughts.

Anyhow below are some shots from filey.

Filey Church
Filey Church

Filey Seafront Facing Filey Brigg
Sunset Near my grans

National Media Museum Photos

I went to the Media museum and got some photos of the old equipment used in tv and film, i liked the exhibition aswell as i got some inspiration of photos i can take for the competition which ends september 1st.
Anyways Party in the park is near =] below are pics from the museum

Drawings and Stuff

Ive recently done some more drawing just some cartooning and random doodles and character designs for some digital illustrations ive made in photoshop.
Below are a few of the doodles ive done and will upload more in my next blog.

Im going to the National Media museum in bradford on tuesday for my research into photography and will be taking a sketchbook to do some sketches of the old photography equipment and stuff.

Ive also been looking throughout my numerous advanced photoshop mags and ive decided im gonna have a go at few tutorials and upload my results.




Thats all for now.