Mikela's Blog

 For my portfolio, I just put all of my projects and placed them into InDesign. 

  My animation  Artist Statement: I decided to do my animation on a cat and a spider so I named it The Scaredy Cat. I had the spider climb from the tree down onto the spider which caused the cat to run back and forth. I thought it looked pretty good and then I added my tag brush in the last 25 frames. 

  Sketches Final images Artist statement: I decided to incorporate my logo of lips into my business cards. I also decided to stick with the color scheme for each different one. I really liked the way they turned out and like how I used big fonts so it is very visible and gets to the point in each of my cards.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycA97SSMAQ0 In this Indesign 2023 Tutorial, they go over a basic Print Design. They discuss a number of the different tools that you will use when you begin designing a print document, as well as go over how to begin a project. The tools discussed in this tutorial are Selection Tool, Direct Selection Tool, Shape Tool, and Type Tool, among others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDfM8VmDRzQ In this video, you will learn to operate tools on the left panel. Also learn about creating duplicate documents. It looks very interesting and the tools look like they will be easy to navigate after watching the tutorial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF_fu1wcT0Y In this video, we learn the basics of Adobe Indesign in 11 minutes while being guided step by step on how to create your first pages in InDesign. There are many more functions to InDesign than that is covered in the video but we are able to learn something about the program in the short span of the tutori