Class Jersey Design

Hey guys! Just thought I will share my class jersey design for those who don't have Facebook. Basically, it is rather simple to recreate in Photoshop and comprises a set of checkers at the top, tilted at an angle. The bottom is faded using a black to transparent gradient layered over the checkers and is rather steep so that not too much will be cut off. If you can see the details, the lower squares are all brushed to give it a more modern effect. The main text is also slanted at an angle with the checkers. However, the school name is put horizontally to control the general flow. Otherwise, the shirt will look slanted when worn as the tilt is rather subtle. The back adopts a regular jersey design with the name and number of the wearer. However, the orange-black-white theme is preserved to ensure that the back matches the front. Orange was chosen as it stands out from the green on the field while black is the main color as it is not too distracting. Look out for more variations of this design after I update this post! Thanks for viewing!

Class Shirt (Other Designs)

Hello!

I have decided to post the entire set of shirts for the poor people who don'e have an FB account. From looking at these designs, I had a sudden realization that I really love black and green! Anyway, back to my windows 8 project! Interestingly, my hit count has went up significantly to past 400 even though I have been too busy to update recently.

Thanks to all you guys who read my blog!

Kenneth

Class Shirt

Yet another attempt at the class shirt. Trying out typography this time and it seems to fill up more of the shirt than the previous designs. Also, the "C" is so much clearer now and the words on the whole are bigger. One annoying thing about the standard RGB and CMYK formats is the lack of gold. Now that I can't test the actual colour the printed shirt could look really different. Of course, I have to say that something this simple wouldn't actually require Photoshop but since it is the easiest software to use out there, I used it. Will be doing another design soon, so watch out!

FLL update: No confirmation from USA

Robocup update: Completed basic design, going down to Maxon Singapore tomorrow to source for motors.

11th February 2011

MASSIVE UPDATE:

Wow, so busy that I haven't had much time to update my blog.

Ok, RE first. I didn't get my 3.5k! Had to make do with 3k for the basic costs. So far, the spending has been under 2k but that's probably because we haven't actually done anything. The rough spending breakdown is listed here:

2x$390, X1-RCU

4x$125 Motor Drivers

2x$10 Power Splitter

2x$100 IR ball

6x$20 Sheet metal

Thats about all I can remember, totaling up to $1600. I have this feeling that this RE project will be holding the record for some time for the largest amount spent in the shortest time. As for the progress, it has been going along quite well actually, with one base more or less cut into shape. We are still checking out how we can cut 90 degree bends though, and hopefully we can find somewhere that we can borrow a laser cutter for a low cost. Will try to get some pictures soon, since I have finally made the effort to dig out my camera charger.

I don't remember posting about FLL too. The results were actually better than expected, with all teams getting an award from our school. My team won the gracious professionalism award which was completely unexpected. We are even on consideration to represent Singapore during the World Festival along with the winning team (4 members), another guy from another team from our school, and one more unknown person. IF we get into the finals though, there would be another problem- the US trip is days before the mid-year exams. Considering some time for jet lag and the long hours preparing for the competition (apart from the extremely high cost, rumored to be 4k), we are kind of dead for our exams. Nice to know that they think highly of us though, so I'll update back once I get confirmation.

Oh and this was probably one of my most occupied Chinese New Year. Since we had Singapore Math Project Festival (SMPF) presentations to complete, we were required back in school for additional practice lasting about 9 hours. The starting expectations given when we signed up for this competition was that we would just have to brush up on out presentations and report submitted for our research education project last year but we were wrong. We were forced to do a massive overhaul. But over time, it just got better and when the going got smoother, our spirits rose-a little. Its almost perfect now, and it should be, since our presentation is tomorrow.

Just when I thought I could relax for the rest of the Chinese New Year, I realized that I had to do the class shirt! I got that done in under an hour though. Although I don't really have much experience in designing shirts, I did 3. Not really of the highest quality though, as you can see here: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1690140008264&set=t.1080640987 , http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1690109447500&set=t.1080640987 , http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1690063726357&set=t.1080640987.

And just today, there was merit trial which was more or less boring. I got to meet some guys from Nanyang though and I think that really increased our chances of getting something for Robocup next year. The few photos that I took will be going up on Facebook soon so I'll post the link to the album here. Be sure to check back soon!

Will continue posting if I have updates/ realised I missed out on something but for now, bye!

*hit count: 260+ (so slow, need to update more frequently)