Kalina Torino / page 2 of 3
Kalina spends her days at ADi in the 2D-digital art realm with her beloved Cintiq Monitor doing the job she loves. An excessive work ethic and loads of caffeine allow her to take on a variety of projects with vigor and almost too much effort…she has no need for a “make-awesome” button.
Kalina’s latest Journal entries…
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January 18 2010
Robot love
Valentine’s day is right around the corner… for those of you who greet this day with an air of bitterness and disdain, don’t let it deter you from checking out next month’s themed show at the Good:a Gallery. “Robot Love” will Open on the first Friday of February (02.05.10) and will feature a variety of works from Portland’s local talent. What’s not to love about cool art and robots? As for all you artists out there, heads up! This is a great way to show off your stuff. I’m working on a…
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October 9 2009
Life Drawing? Beer? Burlesque? Hello Dr Sketchy’s!
For all ya’ll artists out there who would be interested in some highly entertaining and fantastic life drawing, check this out! http://www.myspace.com/drsketchiesportland I’ve had my fair share of stale and awkward life-drawing classes, and Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School puts them all to shame…There’s nothing like a chill evening with a sketchbook, maybe some beer, and a colorful and engaging array of go-go dancers!…for artists of course…Only around $10, plus tips for the models- next show happens this weekend on the 10th and 11th… It’s well worth it!
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August 25 2009
Recommended: Wacom Cintiq monitor
In case you haven’t heard about this amazing tool, here goes: http://www.wacom.com/cintiq/index.php This is what I use at work. It cuts my production time at least in half: for one, I can draw directly on screen and into the computer, as if drawing on a piece of paper. You can adjust the position/angle of the monitor to maintain a comfortable drawing position. It is pressure sensitive, and so accurate that I have completely bypassed all pre-production steps I used to take in the designing process. Take storyboards, for instance. In the old…
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June 24 2009
Recommended Adobe product tutorials…
Down time is a hard find at ADi, but in the rare occurence that it happens, these are the top two sites on my list that I like to peruse through and brush up on new techniques for compositing, layout and design, and whatever else I find along the way. http://www.creativecow.net/ http://www.videocopilot.net/ Have some free time and love to learn fancy compositing tricks? Having issues with any type of Adobe software? Want to expand your skillset within the Adobe domain? Creative Cow in particular is a great resource for finding solutions for a…
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May 5 2009
Issues with interlaced footage…
Our recent project for Yamasa Soy Sauce proved to be a great lesson learned when dealing with interlaced footage. In short, it is not well-advised to scale interlaced footage; unless you are going for that blurry low-quality look. As for the epic version of the story: the plan was to composite live footage (that had been shot on blue screen and keyed) within a 3D environment. The program used for compositing: After Effects CS3. So all was going according to plan; 3D layers had been rendered out as TGA sequences,…
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