Idea Ping Pong – The art of collaboration

October 26, 2017By Jenny SmithMy Own Brief

“Jasmine Grey disappeared on the Moors. The woman who came back may have Jasmine’s face and speak with her voice, but Kate knows that this woman is not her mother. Will The Moors give up its secret in time?” The idea of Idea Ping Pong is to bounce ideas around. People from different disciplines come … Read More

Production Design Visuals in Photoshop

October 7, 2016By Jenny SmithMy Own Brief, Visuals

Production Design visuals of film backgrounds for “Ithaca”, a short film about a long journey. Cut out, masked, colourised, blended, and multiplied, these images are built on photographs from the web. White and grey squares are the matt for moving images to be applied. Green screen filmed in my living room.

My Music Cloud Installation

September 18, 2016By Jenny SmithIllustrations & Art, My Own Brief

So here’s one I thought of for a music-based cloud – wax pencil on a group of CD cases. For me, the brittle acrylic material captures the delicate nature of a physical cloud in the sky, and the use of CD cases and wax reference the music industry from two bygone ages.

Projection Mapping Experiment

December 29, 2015By Jenny SmithMy Own Brief

Over the Christmas break, I had time to take the first steps in experimenting with projection mapping by buying a cheap projector and downloading the free VPT software. After creating a very simple animation in After Effects, I lined up the projection images with the edges of the box the projector came in. A very … Read More

My First Mortise and Tenon

June 10, 2015By Jenny SmithMy Own Brief

In order to replace some of the window frames in my flat, I need to know how to build new ones. The local adult education centre is running a woodworking class (amongst others) so tonight I learned how to make cut a mortise and tenon joint.

My Lead Came, came

May 29, 2015By Jenny SmithMy Own Brief

I want to repair some of the #LeadedLights windows in my flat. I’ve watched a good number of YouTube videos about how to solder leaded lights and stained glass windows for that matter and I ordered this lead came to get the ball rolling. I have a large shopping list of things to get – … Read More

3D Lettering in Illustrator

September 23, 2013By Jenny SmithMy Own Brief

  For me, believable art & design comes from good observation. While developing my new identity for Boodoo, I wanted to create an etheral, theatrical effect by simple means. I created this letter B with 3D effect in Adobe Illustrator from a standard font (Gotham), and by observing how light & shadow behaves as it … Read More