Islam Nasyrov Visual Communication Final Project 12/14/2011 New Tech High School Sacramento California Mr. Means Class

Patterns/Tessellations Project In this pattern I use circles and stars. When I begun working on that pattern, I realized that shields of warriors in many ancient civilizations were round so I chosen circles. I also decided to use stars too because they remind me of swords. Many rays represent many swords. I gave the pattern Latin name Vindicta because it means protection. I think this pattern could be used on the walls and ceilings of museums, military colleges, and movie theaters. Also, it would be interesting to put it to the backs of playing cards. VINDICTA In this project I had to create seven patterns, each of them had to have their own features. This project was very interesting and it helped me to develop my creativity. When I worked on each pattern, everytime I learned something new. This project helped me understand how use all kinds of transformations in Adobe Illustrator. During this project, I also learned how to use these patterns and where to apply them.

Radial Balance Project For my radial balance project I used three circles, their six copies, and one transformation. As soon as I completed the graphic part, I decided that colors I will use to single out the resulting flower and its background. After transformation I see the drop-down flower which shows its beauty. I ponil that the opened part of the bestcolor in the yellow and green, but not opened and most beautiful in red. A blue color in some nations is the sign of birth. I gave the pattern Italian name Fiore Del Mare which means sea flower. Fiore Del Mare In this project we had to create a radial balantses. Each of them had to be tranformirovan, someembellished, and some have a background. During this project I have improved my knowledgeIllustratora and became more creative. Also, this project has very much liked me because I was finally able to learn how to use in transforming illustratore.

Cartoon project This screenshot shows all problems our character had because of use of drugs. This screenshot shows the main character jumping to death from the building. In this project we had to create an animation. We could pick any theme, but it had to have few backgrounds, a main character and a story behind them all. We also had to use Adobe After Effects and IIlustrator. I learn a lot about these software because I used them intensively. We had few problems to solve during the project creation, soI improved my After Effects skills greatly.I also learned team work skills.

Cartoon Project This screenshot shows from above a car accident killing the main character after his jump from the building.

Cartoon Project This is very important scene in the cartoon because it shows a main idea of our animation. We see rainy night in a big city and small figure on the top of the huge building. He is so small so barely visible. Rain represents sad emotion of our character. His life is not important to him anymore.

SNTHS Promotional Video Project This screenshot shows pictures of us in school. It shows how we happy and have fun while in New Tech. This screenshot shows what our school is New Technology High School because it teaches us how to use new thechnologies and how to be creative. In this project we had to create the promotional video for our school.

SNTHS Promotional Video Project This screenshot shows us dancing in our racing show.

Semester Reflection: Growth and Development This semester I begun with no knowledge of any Adobe products - no Flash, Illustrator, After Effects, or Photoshop skills at all. In this class I had to make many videos, animations, and patterns. I learn that is green screen and how properly use it. Few times I had problems because I didn't know these programs before, but Mr. Means helped me solve them. Before taking this class I never think about creating computer games, but during the semester I decided to start making my own. I even bought Visual Basic Game Programming For Teens book by Jonathan Harbour to learn more about game development. This class made me think creative and I understood how art and design are important. I learned a lot this semester.