A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR
Photojojo
FROM,
Judiee
hello, Photojojo! I’m Judiee, nice to meet you. :) I would love to collaborate with you guys as a tutorial writer. I went to school for graphic design, but studied all kinds of things along with my design classes (ikebana, experimental photography, tap dance, video editing, and so on and so on...) For the past three years, I was a pre-school art teacher (a place I refer to as “munchkinland”) and loved it! The mini-artists taught me how to see the excitement and possibilities in just about everything. My favorite project was when we fingerpainted a 6 foot mural with cool colors to recreate Claude Monet’s “Waterlillies”. I made the difficult decision to leave munchkinland to pursue more opportunities to grow my own art and design. Learning and teaching are two of my absolute favorite things, and I would love to help Photojojo grow their DIY/tutorial realm. Thanks so much for the time and consideration! best, Judiee
Judiee
/ judiee.lee@gmail.com / 630-400-4528
EDUCATION + COURSEWORK ‘04-’09 BFA University of Illinois Champaign Urbana Graphic Design Related courses: Image Making, Typography, Experimental Photography, Digital Photography, Japanese Tea Ceremony, Ikebana, Painting, Life Drawing, Alternate Processes, Video Editing, Fashion, Tap Dance, Hip Hop FALL ’12 Art and Music for Children at Parkland College Rapidfire course in mastering mess making and music making while presenting it in a fun, engaging way for young children. SUMMER ‘12 Blogshop + Video Chicago Photoshop 6 intensive / digital video workshop with stylist & blogger designlovefest.com with other local designers. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE FALL ’10 - SUMMER ‘13 Art Teacher at Next Generation School Responsible for all the art exploration and fun as well as mess-management for children ages 1-5 years old. Requirements also included daily storytelling and puppetering. FALL ‘09 -’10 Freelance Graphic Designer for Pekara Bakehouse & Bistro Creating visual material for the bakery that is just as wholesome and tasty as their baked goods from the oven. Also played official cake photographer and social media coordinator. FALL ’08 - CURRENT Owner and Crafter of lovezutto.etsy.com Designs and sews plush and fabric friends for people all around the world. Took the brand online and also to farmers markets, craft shows, and art shows around the US. SKILLS ART + DESIGN Adobe Creative Suite (photoshop, illustrator, indesign) PHOTOGRAPHY GEAR: Nikon D40, Canon EOS, Canon SD1400, Diana+ Holga Experience with traditional photography (dark room development) and alternative photography (pin hole cameras, toy cameras, cyanotype) CRAFTING Sewing , Letterpress / Screen printing
5 fab ideas for Photojojo 1) DIY PHOTODRESS Photography is popping up all over the runway! Not just of the catwalk, but on the models. Create your own custom photodress and show off your art and your fashion. - use either spoonflower.com to create your own fabric or custom dye it with the use of lumi inks. 2) APRIL FOOLS! : PHOTOPRANKS Saran wrap over the toilet and sharpie pens to the face is so last year. Bust out the incriminating photos of your friends and blow it up with the help of rasterbator.com- a website that will help you create posters out of any photo! No need for a large format printer, this handy website will break up your poster into letter-sized print outs in the form of a PDF. 3) CAMERAS FOR KIDS Does your little one eye your SLR? Are they pro with the i-phone? Here are the top ten kid friendly cameras that are durable as they are wallet-friendly. 4) PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECTS FOR KIDS Whether its a rainy day or it’s time to babysit, here are some awesome photo projects for the kids (or for you, too!) - photo tattoos - photo shrinky dinks - photo puppet + puppet show (popsicle sticks, print outs, and apple’s photobooth) 5) PRINTSHOP REVIEWS Dust off your harddrive. Here are some top shops that will breathe new life into your photographs! - blurb.com : BLURB is an amazing company that will turn your photo collection into a professionally bound book. They can also link to your instagram to make the perfect insta-book! http://www.blurb.com/instagram-books - moo.com : An incredible company that will help you make the most of your photographs. They have a ton of services, but my favorite is their business card service. Each card is unique-- you’re able to upload up to 50 images at a time! It’s like having a little portfolio with you wherever you go.
Sunshine for Sunprints In my first photography class, one of my favorite projects were with cyanotypes. Cyanotypes is a photographic printing process and is very important part to photography history. (Check out more on wikipedia here!: www.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanotype) Not only is it an important bit of history, but the end-result is totally pinterest worthy. To create a more traditional sunprint, you can use sunprint paper (http://www.dickblick.com/products/nature-print-paper/) which is really easy to use. For this tutorial, we’re going to mix it up a bit and create personalized sunprints on fabric. There are a lot of places online where you can purchase sunprint fabric, my favorite is here: http://tinyurl.com/ltuxnnq It comes in a pack of 25, so its perfect for a sunprint party! First, you need to decide what kind of sunprint you want to make. You can use different materials (nature, keys, ribbon, buttons, etc) to create a silhouette on your sunprint, or you can use a film negative to create a print. For my sunprint, I’ll be using different nature pieces (that is both beautiful and free!)
SUNPRINT STEPS
- on a sunny day, go outside! :) - take your sunprint square out of the black bag (it’s stored to protect it from early exposure) - carefully arrange your items on top of your sunprint square - leave the items on top of your fabric square for 3-5 minutes, depending on how bright the sun is (when the sunprint square starts to fade, you know it’s ready) *if it is a particularly windy day, you can use a piece of plexi or a picture frame to keep your items from escaping! - carefully rinse the square in a shallow tub of water until your print turns into a bright, beautiful blue - hang dry your sunprint!
Here comes the best part! Once you have your completed sunprint, you can really get creative. After doing this project at a school, I took the fabric sunprint squares and turned it into art pieces for auction. We ended up with totes, pillows, and quilts. There really is no limit! Good luck and have fun!
THANK YOU
for your consideration!