It's going crazy in here, so intensive! The assignments all jot down tougher... Well anyways I've posted an ad on mandy.com -http://www.mandy.com/1/cast3.cfm?v=21371116- looking for actors for my short film and only in 3/4 hrs I got more then 25 responses (I guess maybe they loved the title!)... Am going nuts to bring them down and choose one, ehhhhh got to start shooting this week :'( and to finish the toy this week too and Peter's class group thingy, also I wanna do a stand up at yak yak's sometime soon. Oh my lots of stuff so little time.. Later world

P.S:
ArabLady I will email u soon & thanks for writing me.. Am happy to make ur day.

Here is my toy concept, a fairy warrior.. I might add the wings or maybe not, will see how it goes.

We had an advertisement project for Joe class where we were suppose to design an ad for any product that would be used in a magazine!

As a big fan for make up and females beauty, I decided to design an ad for M·A·C Cosmetics for the spring collecetion of 2007.

Here is the picture I've used in its original format, I got it from stock exchan website :

And here is the file after I've modifided :

• I added different colors to her lips, eye shadow and eyes.
• I have modified her top hair by cutting it.
• I have deleted her shoulders and her hair on bottom.
• Selected the shades from her face to color my vector shapes.
• Added a layer of grid and cut her face selection.
• Took MAC logo and inverted it to match my backgroud color.
• The description text is from MAC website for spring 2007. The header white text and the one in red is my own.

I am so pissed off (Grrrrrrrrrr) !!!! I did my advertisement project but was not able to print it in a glossy paper (Am flat broke for 6$) and so Joe said he will deduct some marks just to show me that am wrong for handing it in a normal paper!!!!

Why is the system so corrupted !!!! Specially Seneca College students privileges!!! At Humber College, students get to print FREE 100 pages per month (Hey its their privilege!) but at Seneca we have to pay 10 cents PER NON-COLORED PAPER and 1Doller for Colored paper beside that if you want it on a glossy paper you ought to pay 5 bucks more....

I don't understand how they expect us to hand in a perfect job on our assignment and treating us as if we are employers in industry. Employers get paid to do their work or to print their work on a glossy paper but students on the other hand try as hard as possible to lend money from here and there to make our ends meet!

Now in case you don't get in line with the high quality of handed projects then you lose marks??? Why ??? Simply because your broke to pay 6dollers for a printing job!

I understand its the teacher right to request a paper type for a specific project but where is our student right to get these stuff at lowered price! And where is our right as students to get FREE printing jobs even if its limited by numbers!

At Newham Campus on third floor there is a class room that has a FREE colored and black/white printer for Fashion and General Ed. students .. Why can't we have such an option??? don't we meet on same soft wares ...

Eh got to demand a change at least if not for myself and my fellow students then for the new comers who will be more then delighted to enjoy their privilege of becoming a Senecian!

To Arab Lady ..

I don't see a need for you to delete your blog, you can still keep on posting regardless of having the comments option on or off! I understand how deep is your anger toward the Islamic world, I have been there and been through it all, it's okay.

You don't know how much your blog is important to us Arab females, you stand for our right and you reflect on problems that Arab women face. Your blog is very real, that's why there will be a lot of haters standing on your face, simply 'coz you reflect the truth and so I wish and hope you find the courage within yourself to keep on writing and telling the truth through your the blog.

I have also read your post regarding Islam, dear, I understand and know your pain. I know how you feel but you have to keep on remember that men in our region tend to turn to religion to control women and yes that's so sick and so unfair. I wish if you had the chance to get out of that part of the world and live in the real world; where no one is trying to control you or control your soul. But again if that happened who would deliver these insights to the world. Keep it up Arab Lady & keep it real.

Ah my life ... What is happening to my life? I miss my home, my family , my land! It's been so long since I'm in T.O and for what???? Education!

I mean I left everyone behind me (& I mean it Everyone!) just to start all over where no one knows my name!

Hell it's been a year and half since I've moved here and now I want to go to any other place! Not Oman, nah I hate my homeland already - too many issues to deal with over there - I don't know I need to start all over again but of course I can't do that till I finish my program at Seneca College. By then I will be able to stand without leaning on my father's back.

I am so sad these days, I can't sleep, can't think and can't stop complaining about life ??? I have done myself wrong with my bad choices and now who is suffering? Just me, myself and I ... It's hard to make a face, a happy face and it's harder to keep a smile, a fake smile ... I truly miss my old self: my inner side that I've lost. That part of me is buried deep inside, through pain and choices I've made in hopes of being mature but that's not where my happiness lays .. I look at the mirror and say "Sabra, sometimes a lie is the best thing!" could it be the best thing !!!!

Toy Factory ..

Our next assignment is to design an original toy!!! I have brain stormed some ideas for the face of my toy, but haven't decided on which one to use yet. I might draw more but once I know what the face will look like then I could draw and build my toy character and decide if it will be just a toy or an action figure :p ..

Here is my assignment details and my rough skatechs:

Project name:
Toy Factory : Starting with the ground work in 179 and applying skill learned to date from some 1st semester classes, Theory about design composition, methodology, and typography covered in 133, the basic use of raster and vector programs, file formats, scanning, organizing assets, planning for other media covered in 101.
This project will continue student’s exposure to a creative communication workflow. Plus enforce the development process of combining skills from other class then recreate what one finds in a complete creative package.

Specifics:
• Development of assets, this finished project will be content for future semester assignment.
• You are required to meet deadlines and conduct this project yourself and all contact in a professional matter.
• Knowledge learned from previous class addressing; font selection, graphic elements, layout, file formats,crossover of elements from other art mediums must be considered.
• The client target toy collectors
• Final output: physical super sculpy toy sculpture, painted with package prop, with each step documented
• Design is design ..if the art shows it standing it must stand I suggest creating a base
• SIZE students choice
• Budget: Plan $30.00 for your pakage printing
• Blog: Document the process from start to end, your blog must include photos, budget cost, break down of time, images of working files.plus all hand drawn ruff notes.
• Invited: Another dimension that you will not find at any other college or even programs here is I have invited several industry friends to check out your production blogs as you complete this assignment. They have been around for along time , know this is only your 2nd half of the program, but they are really interested in see how this DMA program is teaching and would like to see what students are doing. SO..to answer several studentshave question “whats the point of a blog” and documenting class assignments, this is the reason.

Theme and Style: DO your research, but this is open ended

Submission: Via students production Blogs and flickr accounts

Due Date: each section will have TBA due dates

Total: 20% of student’s final grade

Grade structure: ( all images uploaded to blog’s with detailed postings and flickr accounts )
5% Concept Art

Research on super sculpy methods
Include the following drawing > ¾ - drawing, Side, Front, Back and Close-up of detailed area
10% Production Color study using the Side, Front , and Back drawings. Create 2 color renderings( minimum for final paint Action Concept drawing using the final color choices
Sculpture design each step must me documented with photos and descriptive postings

• Wire or base starting form
• ¼ completed
• ½ completed
• 100% completed
• Baking stage
• After baking
• Paint process (acrylics only ) each step must me documented with photos and descriptive postings
• Base coat
• ½ completed
• 100% completed
• 5% Package design
• Package design
• Final assignment staged photo shoot with packaging

All student work will be on display for the April NINJA PUB

My Skatechs so far :-

Finally I was able to scan all the research and the skatches I've done for my roller blade tag book :

I went to downtown on last monday and choose my roller blade that my tag will be based on, here is a photo :

I will scan some of my skatches for the tag later on today from college along with my research =)