Finals Blog

As the semester comes to an end we're asked to look back on our experiences. Gladly, I can say mine are all good ones. I loved all the projects we did in this class, some more than others, but they all were helpful in teaching me more about graphic design. With every project I was faced with a new problem I needed to overcome. Weather it was figuring it out on my own, asking the teacher, or asking other classmates they all got figured out in the end. Some of my favorite projects were the Public Service poster and making a zine. I liked those projects the best because the Public Service Poster was very open to whatever idea I wanted to  go with. Same with the zine. Also, the zine was fun because I had never made a book before. I liked how we took our designs and made something that others could easily hold and enjoy. Personally, I grew a lot in how to use the systems we used. I came into this class without much knowledge, but now I can say I know a lot more. There is definitely so much more I need to learn but this was a great push. After taking this class it made me think about what I was most interested in after school. I would really like to do stuff in advertising/posters. I don't know if that is exactly what I'll stick with but since I had so much fun with making the poster in this class and looking at everybody else's it really stuck with me. Hopefully, as I go on through out school I'll get a better idea of what I specifically want to do in the future, but this class was a great starting point.

"How To" Zine

HOW TO BECOME A SUPERHERO (in brief):

1. Pick a costume
     -Be original, nothing related to a spider or S; bright colors and great design (catch media attention); cape or no cape (modern tech isn't too friendly. i.e. plane turbine)/(insert cape with flaps that open up to give directions to how to make a cape)

2. Pick a superpower
     -Superpowers have evolved; need quantum powers; armored, elementalist, mentalist, healer, etc.

3. Unparallel moral code
    -Needs to be strong; keep you fighting for the world; even though you're accused of being a villain your moral code keeps you protecting the world until people realize you are meant for good

4. Secret headquarters
    -Place to plan against evil villains; no gf/bf can be sneaky and find out about it; you don't want your cleaning lady to mistakenly activate your gadgets (this page in my book with have doors that open up to the actual page)

5. Secret identity
     -Need normal ID to go shopping, movies, parties; don't need to be a loser to camouflage; jobs: teacher, news anchor/reporter, or doctor

6. Symbol or Logo
     -Modern days make a website and video game; hire a pro; DON'T be similar to any past superheros; don't forget to copyright!

7. Amazing wealth
    -not a cheap lifestyle to live; have an inheritance

8. Villains
     -Should be smart and sophisticated; have enough power to give you superhero reputation; good enough powers to beat everyone but you

Infographics

Some brainstorming ideas I have so far are:

1: Hours of studying, Where studying takes place, For what classes
2: What food I eat in a day, All week, What times in the day, How many calories, Am I alone or with company, What mood am I in when eating
3: Where I spend money, How much, What time of day, Is it a need or want, What mood am I in when spending
4. What music I'm listening to (genre), What time of day, How long per song, Driving, walking, sitting, cleaning

So far I like the look of using different forms of maps to convey messages
Here are some example of different maps and other ideas that stood out to me

 

Public Service Poster

Final Poster

My poster is going to cover "Think Before You Ink" talking about people getting stupid, pointless, ugly tattoos (In my opinion!)

I like the newsprint on this one and the fact that everybody knows its printed in INK

The octopus squirts ink when threatened so I thought it'd be fun to use him.  Mr. Babcock gave me the idea of using a Dr. Stranglove reference and giving the octopus an arm that has a mind of its own that's trying to give one tentacle a tattoo while another tentacle trys to hold it back.

Overall background of the piece will be a very close image of skin, close enough that you can see the pours and all
The message will be written in "tattoo" text and will be placed on a tattoo banner

Sketches up later!

(Book: Art of Modern Rock)

Letter Form Project

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Some ideas I have for the letter project are:

-H: Have a jug of milk tipped over with the milk flowing to form a letter. Made out of glue
-A: Make a plate of spaghetti and make the letter out of meat sauce. Place a fork with someone holding it into the plate
-N: Make the letter out of glitter on a desk. Surround it with other craft tools such as scissors, glue, ribbon, etc
-N: Carve a letter into an apple/orange skin and place in tree
-A: Tacks on a cork board
-H: Cut letter out of a large leave, use the negative space up against the sunset

-H: paint letter on finger with nailpolish
-I: Cut the letter I out of paper and attach the a window. have the letter cast a shadow on something interesting, maybe a face? 

-L: place cereal in a bowl of milk and make it make the letter L
-L: toast some bread, cut out letter, put toast on plate with some peanut butter and jelly
-I: Spill some coffee beans at a coffee store to form a letter. Get the idea of the coffee shop in the photo somehow

-S: Put a stencil of the cut out letter on a shirt or some kind of cloth. Spill a mess over it and remove stencil to show the letter


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Still a work in progress! check back later for new ideas and more concrete thoughts

Logo Design Project