Author: Matt Hill

Synthetic and Mineral Patterns

 

This is the famous picture of Bobby Orr scoring the Stanley Cup winning goal in 1970 for the Boston Bruins and is quintessential to Boston sports history. In a lot of photos taken of famous sports events, the focal point is the player who made ‘the big play.’ I find it interesting to look at the outside points of the picture as you can see a lot of different emotions in the opposing team, the crowd, etc. The biggest challenge in my subtraction was having to essentially guess at what the defenseman’s (in white) pants looked like on his back leg. I decided to use a darker shade of his foreground leg as this would generate a more realistic, 3D look.

 

 

Hey everyone,

My name’s Matt and I’m a senior chemical engineering major. I like to describe myself as a jack of all trades, attempting to be master of a few.  I played a lot of sports as a kid and I still do today (hockey for WPI’s team) and they really influenced me as person. They taught me patience and how to be passionate and truly throw yourself into something. My position, the goalie, is especially demanding because it requires me to work in high pressure and high responsibility situations whilst remaining calm and collected. However, I also am passionate about video games, graphic design, and music. I’ve been working with Photoshop for roughly 8 years now as I picked it up while bored in high school. Sometimes I may make a banner for a philanthropy event for my fraternity or sometimes I might make a sticker for my laptop.

I also enjoy video editing and have a large background in that as well with programs like After Effects and Sony Vegas. Content creation is something I hope I can continue long past college. One of the creations I was most happy about was a design for a formal event for my fraternity, meant to be printed on ceremonial mugs that we receive at the event, shown below.

The event, titled the Red Carnation Ball, is a yearly event that requires a new design yearly, of which I have been designing for the past 2 events.

One of my most proud productions was a video for this past year’s Greek Week competition in which we needed to create videos based off the theme “Trouble in Paradise.” My brothers decided to make our own iteration of the famous Gilligan’s Island Intro.

Lastly is my icon. As you can see, my icon is of a goalie mask and a hockey puck in the corner (felt like I should utilize ALL my space). I truly think being a goalie has made me the person I am. It is an extremely special position that requires a lot of personal sacrifice both mentally and physically. You must be able to take on the responsibility of being the last line of defense for your team while also acting as a leader on the ice.