Vote For Jon McConnell’s “12 Seconds of Fame” Superbowl Animation
Fellow Visionaries, Just wanted to inform you that a former student - @jonthevoice Jon McConnell, who… [more]
SCC CIS 120 – Photoshop Final Projects – Magazine Covers
For a the final project the Fall 2011 Scottsdale Community College CIS - 120 class was required to use… [more]
Camera Raw Practice
A camera raw image file contains minimally processed data from the image sensor of either a digital camera,… [more]
SCC CIS 120 PhotoShop Digital Critique
For a the Midterm project the Fall 2011 Scottsdale Community College CIS - 120 class was required to… [more]
PVCC – Art 184 Flash Animation Class Project Blog
Paradise Valley Community College Course: Computer Graphics: Animation Art 184 - 284 Semester: … [more]
Vote For Jon McConnell’s “12 Seconds of Fame” Superbowl Animation
Fellow Visionaries, Just wanted to inform you that a former student – @jonthevoice Jon McConnell, who took his first ever animation class last spring, specifically, my Animation Art 184 class involving Adobe Flash, has a chance to have an animation of his featured here in Arizona during half-time of the upcoming Superbowl on Channel 12. [...]
SCC CIS 120 – Photoshop Final Projects – Magazine Covers
For a the final project the Fall 2011 Scottsdale Community College CIS – 120 class was required to use at least 1 photo of themselves to create or recreate a magazine cover. It could and should of replicated a magazine that currently could be found on the newsstands such as: GQ, Rolling Stone or Cosmopolitan. [...]
Camera Raw Practice
A camera raw image file contains minimally processed data from the image sensor of either a digital camera, image scanner, or motion picture film scanner. Raw files are so named because they are not yet processed and therefore are not ready to be printed or edited with a bitmap graphics editor. Normally, the image is [...]
SCC CIS 120 PhotoShop Digital Critique
For a the Midterm project the Fall 2011 Scottsdale Community College CIS – 120 class was required to use at least 5 photos of their choice create an image collage. They had to be sure to incorporate at least 6 of the skills they had learned up to that point. Steven Kreschollek Josh Watson
PVCC – Art 184 Flash Animation Class Project Blog
Paradise Valley Community College Course: Computer Graphics: Animation Art 184 – 284 Semester: Fall 2011 Day & Time: Monday 4:00 – 9:45 Instructor: Eric S. Miller Ph.D. Email: eric@esmiller.com This course is designed to provide students with an in-depth look into Flash CS5. A powerful, industry-standard, image animation tool for professional designers who want [...]
MGE Website Banner – Photoshoot and Photoshop Retouch
Here is the header I designed for The Hispanic Research Center at Arizona State University. Initially, I did a photo shoot with the students. Once the photo shoot was complete I selected the most appropriate picture. The retouch took a little more work than expected. The gentleman second from the left had a very serious [...]
Arizona SCC CIS Students Favorite Photoshop Artists
http://www.shinybinary.com/ I chose Nik Ainley, a UK based designer who was studying physics in college when he stumbled upon Photoshop and fell in love. I like how his work often mixes realistic images with fantasy as well as his work with typography. As a complete beginner in Photoshop, it is a relief to know [...]
Lousiana Fried Chicken – Photo Shoot
Louisiana Fried Chicken was created and developed by Joe Dion. After a decade of experience with Jack-in-the-Box and Pioneer Chicken franchises, Joe decided to start his own restaurant. Over a year in development, LFC was born out of many research trips to New Orleans and experimentation in the family garage. The first store opened in [...]
Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM 2010
The Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Education and Human Resources Programs (EHR) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Human Resource Development (HRD), within the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR). The conference is [...]
Motion Graphics Syllabus
Here is a link to the syllabus for the course. Download it and print it out if you like. AfterEffects_syllabus_Fall_11 flash_syllabus_Fall_11
Learn Adobe Flash and After Effects at PVCC – Late Start
Charge up your creativity with motion graphics classes. It’s not too late to join in on the fun. Theses state of the art classes start August 29th at Paradise Valley Community College Monday night from 4pm to 9:45pm. Take Art 184 Adobe Flash and use basic animation effects and interaction to create a short animated flash [...]
Eric S. Miller – Photo Gallery
Since I first started traveling, nationally and internationally, I have taken literally thousands of photos. After a great deal of thought and procrastination, I decided it was time to get them off of my gallery and in to my web blog. This is just a start but this gallery will feature old photos to current [...]
WBENC 2011 NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND BUSINESS FAIR
The 2011 WBENC National Conference & Business Fair took take place June 21-23 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. WBENC’s 12th annual national conference and business fair offers the BEST opportunity of the year for your business to exhibit along side more than 250 of the world’s largest corporations, [...]
bird Art
The drawing tools in Flash let you create and modify shapes for the artwork in your movies. For an interactive introduction to drawing in Flash, choose Help > Lessons > Drawing in your Flash program. The tools for painting are kept in the “Tools” bar, usually positioned at the left top of your Flash Screen. [...]
How to Scan a Drawing for Flash Animation
Before you digitally ink and paint your animation, you need to get your drawn frames into a digital format. In order to do that, the best way is to scan the drawn frames. So before you scan them, you’re going to need to prepare them for the scanner. http://www.ehow.com/video_4948782_scan-drawing-flash-animation.html http://www.ehow.com/video_4948784_scanning-drawing-flash-animation-resolution.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rrjmNtOQDY A Flash animation or [...]
Walk Cycle
A walk cycle is a series of illustrations drawn in sequence that loop to create an animation of a walking character. This tutorial covers the basics on how to construct a 4-frame walk cycle using Flash. A walk cycle can be broken into four key poses. These key poses are the defining points of a walk cycle: Forward Contact [...]
Student Animation
The Student Animation Showcase is a compilation of animated work from amazing students who reside all over the world. Each of the featured clips in the showcase was created exclusively by my students, demonstrating the students’ solid knowledge of character animation concepts.
Graphics
This gallery is collection of student graphic design work. I have been teaching for a number of years and at the beginning of ever class students always request to see examples of past student work. Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator was used to create these projects. I am very proud and impressed by the degree of [...]
