Thursday, April 6, 2017

Demo Wheel Storyboard

Demo Wheel
          Storyboard for demo reel of 2017.

First thing is first. Record yourself doing web development and use it as a backdrop for the actual demo reel.

The first ten seconds will show the background video unblurred before showing the actual demo reel. It will then proceed to photography and video editing and showcasing whatever I deem great. Ten seconds and then thirty seconds.

Second part is graphic design and showcasing the work that was made using it. Any potential material such as the photos shown in the first may have a recording of it being edited in Photoshop in speed. Thirty seconds atleast.

The last part will have me doing web development with the background still doing its thing. In proper order, HTML, CSS and then Javascript. Forty seconds or less.

The footage fades away and the background screen goes back unblurred and shows the text again.

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Zine Concept Something

How do you describe your creative production? Are you a writer, a graphic designer, a web developer, an animator or more?

There are many ways to describe my works as a graphic designer in terms of professionalism such as without design, no structure, weird, awkward, destructive, out of place and creative. I use Photoshop to create works by which I mean mixing images to create art and additional graphics for videos. Those graphics will be imported into other Adobe products and exported out to be edited into said video.

Photography and drawing are like a mixture of milk and shaking to make bread or something, I still have love for drawing despite not making any sort of real productive works with it. I spent most of my time at Richland improving to realize that I need to spend time outside of class to get better which I still try to do. On the other hand, Photography is like drawing and sketching except that you have to point and shoot. It's fun figuring out what capabilities your camera has and what sort of photos it can produce. Then you have a then I call the "Vetting Process" where we look through hundreds of photos that were taken on that day; it can take atleast two hours or more to finish the process.

For web development, where I need much more practice in my point of view and I'm happy to say so. I focus on using the latest web practices in HTML and CSS3 such as the grid system, CSS reset. I do not use JavaScript as much and have a basic understanding how it works so JQuery is a hit or miss for me. The fun part about and why I love web design the most is figuring out what works and what doesn't and solving said issues by spending hours figuring them out. The only framework we worked with at Richland is Bootstrap which I didn't use for my final exam project over the practice of hard-coding and making your own custom code for a site.

Tell us in detail about your creativity and include 12 - 15 images that show the type of work you do.







Graphic Design





Photography




Web Design

Thursday, February 2, 2017

Curriculum Vitae Exercise

Curriculum Vitae Exercise






Begin by addressing these questions

  • What are my personal, academic, family and career goals?
  • How am I unique from others?
  • How would I describe myself?
  • What is the most important thing I want people to know about me?


My goals are to become a web developer, graphic designer or photographer being one, two or all three at entry level and become skilled enough but not to see it as a job, but something else of different value. I also have abilities in video editing and animations and I see these as incentives or addons to making content for others to enjoy. I do not desire to become the very best of the best in the industry but become someone who can provide you as a client with a client first approach; content worthy of your attention. I want to personally see if a two-college student like myself can become a professional in the real world.

What makes me unique from others that I am a masochist which fits in with the stressful-inducing tasks any of the three careers above have. For web development, hard coding, testing the code and solving problems are enjoyable. For graphic designer, with no one knowing what they want in their works, the long hours of testing out what fits with the work and detailing the details is incredibly fun. For  Photography, it is how hard it is to produce photography-worthy photos, looking at the hundreds of photos and the vetting process on which photos get picked to be seen by others.

I would describe myself with these words; Creative, technical, underdeveloped, flawed and quirky. Too be honest, there should be more words to use.

The most important thing I want people to know about me is that I am Special Education. I want to prove to my parents that a two-year degree student such as myself can get somewhere with themselves and become productive members of society. I may not be the hardest worker or even a study in the force but I've got the heart to attempt to carry it out.

I have volunteer experience as a graphic designer using Photoshop and Indesign at JK Wong Kung Fu Academy for a couple of years, having designed basic logos for t-shirts, medals and simple posters. On my free time, I practice web design in Dreamweaver and produce posters in Photoshop and I draw. Happen to be part of a performing group in Richardson.

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VICTOR HO
Falelin.ho0@gmail.com

OBJECTIVES
I am currently a student attending Richland College for a Multimedia Web Design Associates of Applied Sciences. Having being trained in the most recent web practices in CSS3, HTML5 and Java Script and Jquery.
EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2012-Current Volunteer Graphic Designer/editor
 
REFERENCES
Available on request
SELECTED ACTIVITIES / ACCOMPLISHMENTS
 

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

My Personal Branding Essay

My Personal Brand



In the car         

My name is Victor Ho and I am currently attending Richland college for a Applied Science Associates in Multimedia Web Design. With my current goal to finishing up the degree plan and fine tuning my Photoshop and web development skills before launching myself into the real world. I hope by fine tuning myself with the above I can become a sharp rusty tool in the shed.(What is my story?)


 Halloween Party with the crew

There are many words to describe myself ranging from positive traits such as blunt honesty, nice, a team player, a hard worker, being at the right place at the right time, lucky, loyal in ways and good with strangers. Negative traits range from shy, unbearable, man of few words, out of place, humorless, bland, bad with people who know them, insecure, indecisive, naive, lazy, immature, underdeveloped and much more. You can say that I am a messy contradiction who wants to mop himself out and hope the bleach works with passion. 

Aside from that, I am a fan of watching a genre in anime called Mecha with a preference for Gundam Seed and its sequel Gundam Seed Destiny with my favorite character being Shinn Asuka; the Gundam Universe's Anakin Skywalker. A video and mobile game player who enjoys roleplaying and roguelike games with a love of losing. Tastes in Japanese and video game soundtracks and Yanni who I dub as Music Jesus because of his appearance. To make things weirder, I read webcomics, manga, fan fiction and web fiction from time to time.(How do I want to be precieved by others?)





Photo of plush

Starting this semester I will be waking up around 7 to 8 AM during the weekdays. From there, classes will be attended, lunch will be had and will be back at home to do the usual things. The usual things I do during the weekdays and weekends is either/and/or doing web development, drawing and sketching, spending time with the canines/again, spending time with the kung-fu crew, playing video games, listening to music and sleeping. Infequently doing performances with the crew may happen during the week and photography.  I am currently attempting to get back into my former fitness and shape for obvious reasons.(How do I see myself?)



Dat Sexy Korean/Textless

Currently, I know my way in Photoshop, dabble at After Effects and Premiere Pro and have used Illustrator and InDesign. For web development, CSS and HTML are my forte and a minor at Javascript and I use Dreamweaver to develop. I currently know how to develop mobile first webpages  and need practice with JQuery. The work you see above was made by my own two hands in Photoshop and it about an hour to two hours. (What values do I offer?)

Most of things I eat during lunch range from Subway to Chiplote and vending machine goods on campus. Home-made meals from my mom and a mixture of both with the kung-fu crew. Dinner is pretty much the same thing too unless it is with the kung-fu group.





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Of course like most people who have social media accounts they have an account on FaceBook like myself. I spend time usually looking other posts, liking and replying to said posts. At times, I post about myself and other things. (What are my social networks?)


 
A performance

At night time I either spend time drawing, web develop or the usual internet stuffs. Uncommonly, I produe works in Photoshop from time to time which you can see with the Korean with the glaring pink background. 

Doing performances and spending time with the crew and dogs usually brings a smile to my face. Talking with my younger sister and attempting to have a real conversation with my parents helps. Drinking StarBucks and impromptu photography sessions and late night drawing and web development practices. (What do I do to reinvent or improve myself?)

I may or may not have formal thinking disorder, so beware that the Noobishland journey from Victor Ho is going to be bizzare. Hope you have a wonderful time reading! :D