Anyways, here's two highlanders dishing it out.
-Deena
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Delays in Release Dates...
Anyways, here's two highlanders dishing it out.
-Deena
Friday, June 22, 2012
Design Days Dubai Schedule
So in our Design class for Second Year, we had a project to make a program guide for Design Days Dubai.
We got all the content, and had to take photos of the event to create an image. Only restriction was that it had to be converted to duo-tone.
We got to make our own fold, choose the dimensions, the number of pages, choose two colors and had a ton of creative freedom.
We got all the content, and had to take photos of the event to create an image. Only restriction was that it had to be converted to duo-tone.
We got to make our own fold, choose the dimensions, the number of pages, choose two colors and had a ton of creative freedom.
So this is a sample of one of my days.
This is the layout of one of the program's sides.
The other side is a poster.
Front cover.
You have to unroll the program guide to unfold it.
Each time you unroll it, the panel on the right changes
its image, so it's unpredictable and each day feels different.
And if you flip it over...
...this is what you see.
At this point you'd be able to see the poster if
it were printed on the other side of the paper.
(So in this case, it'd be on the inside)
And this would be the poster.
Typography will be the death of me.
-Deena
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
Laced
Improv shoot with my sister to welcome in summer of 2012. They're inspired by this old postcard I had when I was a kid.
Role Models and Idols - Artist
So I felt like talking about my role models and idols, but I want to divide it up so I can give each person their own post.
First up is an artist. A concept designer/illustrator/storyboarder/matte painter to be more specific. He works at Pixar and is one of my most favorite people in the world, and his name is Paul Topolos.
One day in the summer of 2010 in Malaysia, I was trying to entertain myself with some newspapers while I sat in my grandparents' living room. My siblings had gone out without me, as they usually do, so I read the newspaper until I reached the ad section. I never skip the ads, because I always criticize the design and concept, and that's when I saw the ad for a lecture series hosted by a Malaysian university. When I read more, I found out it was about Pixar and they would have 8 Pixarians speak at the lecture series, taking up three days of summer. And because I was completely broke, I asked my mom if she could pay for me, and I broke down the amount of money and told her how I never went out or did anything and that she should help me go. And so she agreed and yea:
I really wanted to meet him, and I had a question I really needed to ask him. He had been really confident when speaking on stage, and his work is so beautiful and amazing, and he was hilarious and I wanted to know where all that confidence and humbleness was coming from. So I asked him: "Do you ever doubt yourself?" And he looked back at me, and said: "All the time."
He went on to explain that he does it because it makes him better, it makes him push himself and work harder. He said that he didn't actually like anything he had produced, he'd always think it could be better somehow.
This was probably a turning point in my life. I really sincerely believed that once you got up there, and was so amazing at your work, that you'd KNOW you were amazing. I was blown away when he said he still couldn't believe he was working at Pixar. This taught me this whole other aspect of humbleness, and it reassured me that I wasn't incorrect to doubt myself.
I still really do believe that doubt is an essential part of what we do.
-Deena
First up is an artist. A concept designer/illustrator/storyboarder/matte painter to be more specific. He works at Pixar and is one of my most favorite people in the world, and his name is Paul Topolos.
One day in the summer of 2010 in Malaysia, I was trying to entertain myself with some newspapers while I sat in my grandparents' living room. My siblings had gone out without me, as they usually do, so I read the newspaper until I reached the ad section. I never skip the ads, because I always criticize the design and concept, and that's when I saw the ad for a lecture series hosted by a Malaysian university. When I read more, I found out it was about Pixar and they would have 8 Pixarians speak at the lecture series, taking up three days of summer. And because I was completely broke, I asked my mom if she could pay for me, and I broke down the amount of money and told her how I never went out or did anything and that she should help me go. And so she agreed and yea:
Amongst all the awesomeness,
the highlight of the lecture series was meeting Paul Topolos.
A landscape he did in Wall-E
He went on to explain that he does it because it makes him better, it makes him push himself and work harder. He said that he didn't actually like anything he had produced, he'd always think it could be better somehow.
This was probably a turning point in my life. I really sincerely believed that once you got up there, and was so amazing at your work, that you'd KNOW you were amazing. I was blown away when he said he still couldn't believe he was working at Pixar. This taught me this whole other aspect of humbleness, and it reassured me that I wasn't incorrect to doubt myself.
I still really do believe that doubt is an essential part of what we do.
-Deena
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Habib Media Innovation Award
So we took home 2nd place in the Documentary category for our short on 'Revisiting Tarab' that we made during our internship at the Sharjah Art Foundation, on a night of musical performances.
The height difference contributes to our success. It's all about contrast, guys!
Our documentary was screened at the award ceremony.
Was awesome to be able to look behind us and see everyone's reactions while watching it.
Unfortunately Samar couldn't be there due to finals,
so let's say the girl on the far right is standing in for her.
I'm really happy that I was able to collaborate with two of my closest friends and make something that felt so easy to make. I enjoyed every part of the project, and I loved how we had each other's backs the whole time. Sometimes I was unable to be at the location, so Naima and Samar would take care of the things I needed to do. Samar constantly ran around grabbing and reassembling the tripod, switching my lenses, and speaking to people we had to interview. Naima's like a well of knowledge, and she'd always know some special insider's secrets and we'd be able to use it. She worked on assistant camera, and I really believe that her shots really spoke of the environment and the people at the night of the performance. Her compositions are always unconventional and feel so personal. Both Naima and Samar are incredibly assertive people, and so many parts of this documentary wouldn't have come together without that assertiveness. The editing process was challenging, and we dealt each other a lot of criticism, but we all worked so closely on it and I think what we ended up with was really strong, and really true to our artistic preferences.
Our documentary basically focused on the interactions between people, the response you evoke and how good people have positive influences. Seems like a no-brainer, but I think we often punish ourselves and keep on hanging around people who are no good for us. If someone hurts you all the time, makes you feel like you're not worth it, or doesn't put the same amount of effort into the friendship as you do, then you should really stop trying with them. Focus your energy elsewhere, and eventually, you will feel much better.
I honestly don't know how to end this post. Mostly, I just wish I were able to thank Naima and Samar and somehow show them how grateful I am to know them.
-Deena