6. Bread Cutting

In this final process and production workshop with Nick, we were cutting bread to create the alphabet which was then turned into a GIF. I used multiple styles of creating each letter out of my loaf. I've used the thick bits, the crusts and the crumbs to get different textures and tones with the colours. I've also collaged a photograph of the letters. Here is my video below:

6. Photoshop Practice

In this workshop, we edited some files on Photoshop and by the end of the workshop, we created a presentation on PDF which can be used to present our work. Here are some screenshots of the technical processes below:

The process above was steps on how we enhanced our sketches to make our work look vibrant and lively - and also got rid of unwanted lines. We also looked at how we should use enough white space and centre our sketches equally.

The next part of these screenshots is the way to create an InDesign document to create a presentation and export it into a PDF which is universal. This bit to me was quite familiar because it links to our studio work and it's a technique that I've used for each brief.

However, we learned even further skills where we can create interactive pdfs that can include videos and you can adjust how you want it to begin. We can also create buttons and navigation links that could direct us to hyperlinks or videos.

6. Showreel

Here is the final outcome from the last AfterEffects workshop with Sara. I've created this glitch effect that I was embedding from my Speculative Future brief and created this title and credit page. I've also included free sound from Bensounds so credits to this individual. My inspiration for this little personal touch came from the Black Mirror that I've also attached below:

Using a Youtube tutorial, I've gone out my own ways to create a glitch effect on AfterEffects that I've attached below:

Here is the final piece below:

Y2 Final Showreel from Faisal Islam on Vimeo.

5. Stencil Part 2

This is one of the workshops I missed due to the weather conditions. However, I still made an attempt to do this at home. Surprisingly, I was quite impressed with the outcome because I brought back the 'XO' and I used quite a few different ways of printing on which you can see in the pictures below.

5. Adobe Premier Vids

In this workshop, we learned how to use Adobe Premier. We also created a slideshow and a showreel. This could be useful to create a portfolio of work or perhaps a presentation for the end of the year. Here are the videos embedded below:

Adobe Premier - Showreel from Faisal Islam on Vimeo.

Adobe Premier - Slideshow from Faisal Islam on Vimeo.


Outside the workshop, I've created a little personal slideshow as an addition to make it my own. This is a combination of some of last year's work along with some street photography I did around Huddersfield and Leeds. This goes to show that the setup from the original slideshow works and by tweaking a few images and sound transitions, we can create multiple slideshows. Here is my independent slideshow below:

Additional Slideshow from Faisal Islam on Vimeo.

5. Heritage Quay

This Aftereffects was all about mapping information. We was working with data and statistics creating an transforming animation. We got the chance to take part in this live brief and create a informational animation for our live brief Heritage Quay. We looked at ways of using effects, masks and transitions along with sticking to the original logo and colour scheme. This was taken further into a collaboration with everyone else's work to create a long video all about Heritage Quay.

Below is a transforming animation that is quite a reference to what we tried to create. You can see how each frame is transformed and there's uses of text, shapes and colours that flows throughout.

Year in Sport / Strava from Vucko on Vimeo.


Here's my animation below:

Heritage Quay from Faisal Islam on Vimeo.

4. The Stencil

In this workshop, we created stencil drawings and typography on card and painted them onto card. I think it was fun doing the drawing but by the time I started typography, I did begin to feel the strain on my hands from the cutting so the cutouts was bit rough. However, it gives it good effect especially with the way i painted it in red. The texture can pull of like it's blood. Here are my images from the workshop below: