Introduction to Multimedia
For this storyboard, I decided to add two additional keyframes: the appearance of the sun and the dove leaving the scene. I also incorporated shape interpolation for the sun to symbolize a bright, sunny day and used a gray background for the raindrops to depict a storm, creating a contrast with it.
I am animating the emotion “Hope” by using various figures to symbolize life blossoming after the rain, representing growth and renewal after challenging times.
For this project, I animated a flower growing and a bee flying toward it as it bloomed. It was my first digital animation experience, and I had a lot of fun bringing it to life!
“My favorite place”
Spring 2025
Audacity
For the final version of this recreation of a day spent composing in my room, to add more realism to the editing process, I unified the voice sections into a single track and applied layering to adjust the vocal dynamics. I also added an extra instrumental track, edited with the same layering technique. Additionally, I used this tool to balance some incidental sounds that were too loud during the composition process for a more cohesive result.
Sounds used:
“Tuning guitar”, by BeeProductive. CC0 1.0 Universal. April 24th, 2017. FreeSound.org https://freesound.org/people/BeeProductive/sounds/389415/
“Winter city park atmo with background cars and people” by Garuda1982. Creative Commons 0. December 27th, 2021. Free Sound.org https://freesound.org/people/Garuda1982/sounds/612951
“Door closing” by carroll27. Creative Commons 0. April 19th, 2012. Free Sound.org https://freesound.org/people/carroll27/sounds/151891
“Desk chair handling” by Didi508. Attribution NonCommercial 4.0. November 3rd, 2020. Free Sound.org https://freesound.org/people/Didi0508/sounds/542095
“Desk-chair squeaking” by _lourii. Creative Commons 0. November 5th, 2019. Free Sound.org https://freesound.org/people/_lourii/sounds/491741
“Writing on paper with sharpie23” by 27ace. Creative Commons 0. February 10th, 2024. Free Sound.org https://freesound.org/people/27ace/sounds/722918
“Metronome 121bpm” by djfroyd. Creative Commons 0. February 2nd, 2015. Free Sound.org https://freesound.org/people/djfroyd/sounds/262867
“Mouse click” by Sky_Motion. Creative Commons 0. December 24th, 2021. Free Sound.org https://freesound.org/people/Sky_Motion/sounds/612745
“Microphone foley – bumps, thumbs, touching cables, unplugging XLR, windscreen” by RavenWolfProds. Creative Commons 0. October 15th, 2022. Free Sound.org https://freesound.org/people/RavenWolfProds/sounds/653550
“My favorite place”
Spring 2025
Audacity
This time, I added some fade-ins and fade-outs at the beginning and end. I also experimented with the reverb presets to clear the voice a little more, used the graphic equalizer, and sped up the guitar with a tempo change to make the intro shorter.
https://openverse.org/audio/51a9ea21-dbc0-4f43-991e-3b8b6ce52c26?q=tuning+guitar&p=28
https://freesound.org/people/Garuda1982/sounds/612951
https://freesound.org/people/carroll27/sounds/151891
https://freesound.org/people/Didi0508/sounds/542095
https://freesound.org/people/_lourii/sounds/491741
https://freesound.org/people/27ace/sounds/722918
https://freesound.org/people/djfroyd/sounds/262867
“My favorite place”
Spring 2025
Audacity
I decided to capture a day spent locked away in my room composing. I wanted to highlight the little things I usually try to avoid while recording—like the city noise, the squeaky chair, the clicking of mouse and keyboard, the metronome ticking, and the brush of the microphone. It starts with the sound of the guitar being tuned and a door closing, marking the moment I shut myself off from the world. Then, you’ll hear the sound of a pencil on paper, the way I prefer to write lyrics. The song playing is a draft of one of my own, which I’ve chopped up to mimic the process of adding and removing effects as I edit the demo. Welcome to my favorite place in the world!
https://openverse.org/audio/51a9ea21-dbc0-4f43-991e-3b8b6ce52c26?q=tuning+guitar&p=28
https://freesound.org/people/Garuda1982/sounds/612951
https://freesound.org/people/carroll27/sounds/151891
https://freesound.org/people/Didi0508/sounds/542095
https://freesound.org/people/_lourii/sounds/491741
https://freesound.org/people/27ace/sounds/722918
https://freesound.org/people/djfroyd/sounds/262867
“All you need“
Spring 2025
Made with Photoshop
Music and love—what else? Inspired by John Lennon’s iconic song All You Need Is Love, I used a layer mask on the guitar and blending modes to fuse a mandala image into the instrument. The background was posterized to create a painted effect, blending seamlessly with the composition. Seashells, enhanced with bold gradient maps, complete the vibrant psychedelic theme.
I used the following images:
“Guitarra d’Antonio de Torres, MDMB 626, al Museu de la Música de Barcelona” by sguastevi. Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported. WikiMedia Commons. 1 April 2015. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guitarra_d%27Antonio_de_Torres,_MDMB_626,_al_Museu_de_la_M%C3%BAsica_de_Barcelona.jpg
“CoeurHumain” by Meul. Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported. WikiMedia Commons. 22 January 2008. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CoeurHumain.svg
“MANDALA 1G” by Tripan123. Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International. WikiMedia Commons. 22 June 2021. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MANDALA_1G.jpg
“The Great Orion Nebula in Narrowband” by Astrofalls. WikiMedia Commons. Attribution 4.0 International. 12 November 2019. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Great_Orion_Nebula_in_Narrowband.jpg
“Acavus haemastoma fastuosa 01” by H. Zell. Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported. WikiMedia Commons. 6 January 2013. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Acavus_haemastoma_fastuosa_01.JPG
This composition honors the hardworking and resilient Andean woman of Peru. It depicts a mother and daughter with the llama, the legendary animal that provides both companionship and wool for their community’s textile art. In the background, Machu Picchu rises beneath a starry sky, where day and night merge, reflecting the difficult yet glorious past of the Inca Empire. The tones of purple and blue evoke wisdom and nostalgia, symbolizing the deep, timeless bond between the people, the land, and their enduring legacy.
Image sources
https://www.pexels.com/photo/view-of-the-machu-picchu-peru-20464561/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jfgallery/15719998271/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indigenous_mother_and_daughter_from_Peru.png
https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3285174/free-photo-image-cloud-galaxy-milky-way
Hi, class! This is my first original composition in Photoshop, though I used the program many years ago to edit family photos and create collages, instinctively learning the basic editing functions. This time, I experimented with two geometric shapes—rectangles and triangles—to create an abstract portrait of Jesus on the cross, using layer blending modes to add structure and achieve a Cubist aesthetic. This exercise helped me better understand complementary colors, though I still have much to learn about color logic when layering and blending. At first, I struggled to re-familiarize myself with the basics I had practically forgotten, but I really enjoyed the process!
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