This Graphic Design coarse has been an eye opener to me and my computer technology skills. I came into this class with barely an understanding of Adobe Creative Suite, and now I feel I can confidently navigate my way through these programs--well, as long as I listen to those tutorials and take good notes!
Also I've learned a lot about the design process and what it takes to get from an initial idea to an effective design. I know I still need a lot of work to learn even more about the Adobe creative suite, but I do feel like since I learned once, as slow of a learner I am, and I can learn even more.
My Logo design project we did is the work I am most proud of from class. My second one is the "Zine" we're turning in for the final. It was fun to put a lot of hand drawn work and then enhance it by the computer. Perhaps I can now learn how to better post on blogs! Like I said, an end to my beginning.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
How-To "Zine" Topic
I have a great topic that is very unique feature I possess that could be considered intimidating or incredibley intriguing. The boys don't know what to do with it, and girls can be envious of it--Curly Hair!
I am constantly being asked, "how do you manage that hair?" And now I'm spilling the beans, and the beans of others I picked up along the way, in my Zine: "Girls' Guide to Curly Hair: A How-To for Caring for Curls".
I am constantly being asked, "how do you manage that hair?" And now I'm spilling the beans, and the beans of others I picked up along the way, in my Zine: "Girls' Guide to Curly Hair: A How-To for Caring for Curls".
Friday, November 5, 2010
InfoGraphics Poster Final
Friday, October 15, 2010
Graphing Information Visually
Our next project is to gather information-- something personal to my life or things that have no relevance in correlation to something personal to my life-- and visually graph them.
Here are examples of Informational Graphics that are assisting me in my search to create my own Infograpic.
Monday, October 11, 2010
PSA Poster
On the left is my final PSA Poster, I would like to work more on getting in more textures and working with the typeface I created and also creating a more precise hierarchy.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Public Service Poster Project
I realize that my first step to moving forward with this project is to find something that I care about and I know that affects many people daily. Depression awareness is critical to encourage those experiencing symptoms to start to come about ways to overcome their symptoms and begin to love the life they live.
It was mentioned in class about serendipity, I never had a clue what this meant until I found this beautiful watercolor painting from an artist named Tali Marotz.
This wilting flower is my inspiration for speak up about depression and increase the awareness that is affecting hundreds of thousands everyday.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Alternative Letters::UPDATED
For this assignment we are asked to print out enlarged letters of our names and reproduce the letter exactly as it's print is in an alternative way. What better way to spell out my name with the things I love ...I'm not even sure of things I love, but I'll find something.
UPDATED :: UPDATED :: UPDATED :: UPDATED ::
To create the letter "E": finely slice green onion so that the letter may be formed easily with smaller pieces to pile and group. Also, to include background information of the picture, slice radishes and yellow pepper to create a scene for the "E" to sit on a cutting board. Afterwards, throw all these ingredients into a bowl of romaine lettuce and enjoy a salad!
To create the letter "m": crack an egg into a frying pan and cook for about 30 seconds, so that the egg is still gooey, but has cooked over some. While the pan is still hot lead some of the gooey top to show where it will drizzle into the letter. After the pan has cooled, mix yellow and white paint and paint in the pan the letter "m" that mirrors exactly the type of the letter.
To create the letter "i": these rocks I mysteriously have added to my collection of "stuff", will be perfect to set up into the formation of a lowercase "i" true to the type. They reflect light and look like they shine, which i think is a nice effect.
To create the letter "l": I also have a collection of buttons, which I have used in my past projects. The use of smaller buttons allows for better shaping of the letter and also the embellishment of the letter ends. Also setting buttons ontop of buttons, give more form the the letter "l" and also the letter to be seen better against its backdrop.
To create the letter "y": This was perfect use for the amounts of lightbulbs that I own waiting for their watts to be used. To shape the letter "y", set out the main shape of the letter. Since the lightbulbs love to roll around, or don't sit on top of each other easily, push holding pins into the soft surface (a towel on top of a rug) the lightbulbs lay on. Shaping the embellishment of the letter ends will be created with the use of the push pins to uphold to lightbulb rounded ends and create finer continuous edges. (This one is fun!)
To create the letter "D": On a colorful towel, lay a workout equpiment elastic sculpting band in the general shape of a "D". Special embellishments of the "D" ends can be twisted to create cleaner and sharper lines edges. The use of push pins to hold twisted parts and stretched out parts on the created letter allow the letter type to be more clear. To set a scene for the picture, spread out fitness magazines, like Shape or Fitness, and hand weights around the created letter "D".
To create the letter "o": On top of a landscaped rock, place picked crawling ivy leaves into the shape of an "o". Layering the leaves on top of each other will help create the different depths of the letter type face where as needed.
To create the letter "u": Place masking tape on the back side on a fabric of your choice, this will help eliminate frayed edges and give a cleaner cut. Cut out the letter "u" according to the type face on the front side of the fabric. To set the scene, the fabric is push pinned into a walled cork board and hung amongst other coordinating fabrics.
To create the letter "g": On a clean plate, use tacky glue to trace the shape of the letter "g". Tacky glue is used becasue is can hold up against drying faster than Elmer's glue. Sprinkle pepper and salt on the plate to cover the tacky glue areas completely. Shake the plate off, so only that what adhered to the tacky glue stays. Now is the time to fine tune the glued areas to create cleaner lines, so by taking a dampened q-tip, wipe the edges that need to have sharpened lines, and also reshape the letter to get a tighter and true to form type face. To set the scene for this picture, feature the salt and pepper shakers behind the plate with the letter form in front.
To create the letter "l": The letter was copied in Photoshop and expanded to become bigger, still true to the type face. Precisley cut out the letter and paste the cut out onto a magazine page of an interior design magazine. Cut around the pasted copy and through a few pages of the magazine to create depth to the cut out letter.
To create the letter "a": The letter was copied in Photoshop and expanded to become bigger, still true to the type face. Precisley cut out the letter and paste the cut out on the side of an apple. Cut through the paper and the apple skin exactly how the letter form was cut out. Peel off the paper and the apple skin and lightly gorge out of apple flesh where the skin was peeled off. Paint the gorged out apple part with white paint so that the type face letter will stand out with crisper and clear lines.
To create the letter "s": Break found twigs/branches into smaller pieces. Place the broken pieces accordingly to create the type face of the letter "s". Piling up twigs on top of others will help better define the curves of the letter and the different thicknesses of the type face.
UPDATED :: UPDATED :: UPDATED :: UPDATED ::
To create the letter "E": finely slice green onion so that the letter may be formed easily with smaller pieces to pile and group. Also, to include background information of the picture, slice radishes and yellow pepper to create a scene for the "E" to sit on a cutting board. Afterwards, throw all these ingredients into a bowl of romaine lettuce and enjoy a salad!
To create the letter "m": crack an egg into a frying pan and cook for about 30 seconds, so that the egg is still gooey, but has cooked over some. While the pan is still hot lead some of the gooey top to show where it will drizzle into the letter. After the pan has cooled, mix yellow and white paint and paint in the pan the letter "m" that mirrors exactly the type of the letter.
To create the letter "i": these rocks I mysteriously have added to my collection of "stuff", will be perfect to set up into the formation of a lowercase "i" true to the type. They reflect light and look like they shine, which i think is a nice effect.
To create the letter "l": I also have a collection of buttons, which I have used in my past projects. The use of smaller buttons allows for better shaping of the letter and also the embellishment of the letter ends. Also setting buttons ontop of buttons, give more form the the letter "l" and also the letter to be seen better against its backdrop.
To create the letter "y": This was perfect use for the amounts of lightbulbs that I own waiting for their watts to be used. To shape the letter "y", set out the main shape of the letter. Since the lightbulbs love to roll around, or don't sit on top of each other easily, push holding pins into the soft surface (a towel on top of a rug) the lightbulbs lay on. Shaping the embellishment of the letter ends will be created with the use of the push pins to uphold to lightbulb rounded ends and create finer continuous edges. (This one is fun!)
To create the letter "D": On a colorful towel, lay a workout equpiment elastic sculpting band in the general shape of a "D". Special embellishments of the "D" ends can be twisted to create cleaner and sharper lines edges. The use of push pins to hold twisted parts and stretched out parts on the created letter allow the letter type to be more clear. To set a scene for the picture, spread out fitness magazines, like Shape or Fitness, and hand weights around the created letter "D".
To create the letter "o": On top of a landscaped rock, place picked crawling ivy leaves into the shape of an "o". Layering the leaves on top of each other will help create the different depths of the letter type face where as needed.
To create the letter "u": Place masking tape on the back side on a fabric of your choice, this will help eliminate frayed edges and give a cleaner cut. Cut out the letter "u" according to the type face on the front side of the fabric. To set the scene, the fabric is push pinned into a walled cork board and hung amongst other coordinating fabrics.
To create the letter "g": On a clean plate, use tacky glue to trace the shape of the letter "g". Tacky glue is used becasue is can hold up against drying faster than Elmer's glue. Sprinkle pepper and salt on the plate to cover the tacky glue areas completely. Shake the plate off, so only that what adhered to the tacky glue stays. Now is the time to fine tune the glued areas to create cleaner lines, so by taking a dampened q-tip, wipe the edges that need to have sharpened lines, and also reshape the letter to get a tighter and true to form type face. To set the scene for this picture, feature the salt and pepper shakers behind the plate with the letter form in front.
To create the letter "l": The letter was copied in Photoshop and expanded to become bigger, still true to the type face. Precisley cut out the letter and paste the cut out onto a magazine page of an interior design magazine. Cut around the pasted copy and through a few pages of the magazine to create depth to the cut out letter.
To create the letter "a": The letter was copied in Photoshop and expanded to become bigger, still true to the type face. Precisley cut out the letter and paste the cut out on the side of an apple. Cut through the paper and the apple skin exactly how the letter form was cut out. Peel off the paper and the apple skin and lightly gorge out of apple flesh where the skin was peeled off. Paint the gorged out apple part with white paint so that the type face letter will stand out with crisper and clear lines.
To create the letter "s": Break found twigs/branches into smaller pieces. Place the broken pieces accordingly to create the type face of the letter "s". Piling up twigs on top of others will help better define the curves of the letter and the different thicknesses of the type face.
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