Week 10.2

The assignment for expressive word project is to come up with an expressive word, and we had to create a design that illustrates the word. The concept I use for this project is I had to think of an expressive word I wanted to use for the project. The word I use for the expressive word project is excited. Then I drew a thumbnail of the word excited to come up with an idea to illustrate the word excited. I only use one program for this project. The program I use is Maya 8.5 Fundamentals. I use the text tool to type out the words excited in Maya 8.5 Fundamentals. I use the Bevel tool to stretch out the word excited, and I use the plane tool to draw a plane. I use the move tool to stretch the plane out, and I place the plane under the word excited. I copy and paste the word excited, and I rotate the second excited so it would be upside down from the first excited. I rotate the second excited because I wanted the second excited to look a reflection of the first excited. Next I use point lights to get a reflection on the word excited, and I use render settings to see how the reflection of the word excited would really look like. Another thing is I chose to use bright colors for the word excited. I chose bright colors because I felt the bright colors would illustrate the word excited. I chose the front Times New Roman. I chose Times New Roman because I thought this front would work good to illustrate the word excited. I had problems with this project. The first problem I had with the expressive word project is I could not get the point lights to work the way I wanted to work. The second problem I had with this project is I could not get the render setting work for me. I solve the first problem I had with the expressive word project by getting the point lights to point in the right direction. I solved the second problem I had with this project by finally getting the render settings to work the way I wanted it to work.

Week 10.1

The assignment for the t-shirts and shorts project was to create eight marketing collateral pieces for your eco resort. The t-shirts and shorts are two pieces of clothes I created. The concept I use for this project is I first look on the internet to see how to draw shorts. I use two programs for the t-shirts and shorts project. The two programs I use are Illustrator and Photoshop. I use Illustrator to create the shorts, and I found a t-shirt template in Illustrator. I open the shorts up in Photoshop, and I use the paint bucket tool add color to the shorts. Then I open the shorts up in Illustrator to place the shorts on a presentation sheet, and I copy and paste the t-shirts on the presentation sheet with the shorts.

Next I chose the color dark green because I felt the color would be good to use for the t-shirts and shorts project. I use the color dark green for the word Botánico because I felt dark green would stand out on the t-shirts. Then I chose the front Harrington to use for the word Botánico, boy’s shorts and girl’s shorts because I wanted the words to look like vines. I had problems with the t-shirts and shorts project. The first problem I had with this project is finding shorts on the internet that I could use to trace over in Illustrator. The other problem I had with the t-shirts and shorts project is getting the rectangles around the t-shirts to come apart from the t-shirts. I solved the first problem by finally finding doll shorts I could use to trace over to make the shorts in Illustrator. I solved the second problem I had with this project by ungrouping the rectangles that were around the t-shirts; which I click on the rectangles individually to delete them. Later I went on Google to search for another Graphic Design blog, and I found a Graphic Design blog called thinkdesignblog.com. I look at an article called Inspiration-25 Different, Creative Site Designs written by Nick Pagano. The article talked about different ways to design websites. I like the way the author Nick Pagano showed different websites and how they are created.

http://thinkdesignblog.com/inspiration-25-different-creative-site-designs.htm#comment-5972

Week 9.2

The assignment for book jacket 3 is to design and comp a series of three book sleeves/ book jackets for related titles. The book series I use is called The Norton Anthology of World Literature. The concept I use for this project is I drew thumbnails to come up with ideas to use to create the book jacket. I used a check list, creative/production est. paper, and project description paper for book jacket 3. Then I look on Google to find a Renaissance picture to use for this project. The programs I use for this project is Quarkxpress, and Adobe Acrobat. I use Quarkxpress to create book jacket 3, and create a PDF file. I use Adobe Acrobat to open the PDF file of book jacket 3. The reason why I chose the colors dark green, black, gold because I felt those colors would make the picture I chose stand out on front and back cover of the book jacket. I chose the italic front for the title because I thought the italic front would make the title look like a world literature book. Another thing is I had problems with book jacket 3. The first problem I had with this project is placing the shapes the in side the outline of the book jacket. The second problem I had with book jacket 3 is getting the words on back cover to line up right. I could not solve the first problem because I kept having problems getting the shapes to be place inside the outline of the book jacket. Also I could not solve the second problem because I still had a problem with the words on the back cover being too close to the edge of the white rectangle.

Week 9.1

The assignment for book jacket 2 is to design and comp a series of three book sleeves/ book jackets for related titles. The book series of three I use is called The Norton Anthology of World Literature. The concept I use for this project is I drew thumbnails to come up with ideas to use to create the book jacket. I use a check list, creative/production est. paper, and project description paper for the book jacket 2 project. I look on morguefile.com to get a picture of Ancient China to use for the front and back cover of the book jacket. I used two programs for this project. The programs I use are Quarkxpress and Adobe Acrobat. I use Quarkxpress to create book jacket 2, and I create a PDF file in Quarkxpress. I use Adobe Acrobat to open the PDF file of book jacket 2. Then the reason why I chose the colors dark red, black, and gold is because I felt that those colors would work good together. The reason why I chose the fronts I chose is because I thought those fronts would be good to use for a world literature book.

Another thing is I did have problems with the book jacket 2. The first problem I had with this project is getting the words on the back cover to be place where I wanted them to be place. The second problem I had with the book jacket 2 is getting the shapes to be place the right way in the out line of the book jacket. I tried to solve the first problem by placing the words in the white square, but the words kept getting closer to the edge of the white square. I tried to solve the second problem I had by placing the shapes I use in the out line of the book jacket the right way, but I still could not get the shapes to be place in the out line of the book jacket the way I wanted it to be. Later I went on to another graphic design blog called youthedesigner.com. I felt that blog was helpful to me because the blog show me good examples on how to create a log in page for a website.

http://www.youthedesigner.com/2010/05/14/30-examples-of-login-form-designs/comment-page-1/#comment-28846

Week 8.2

The assignments for the eco-resort logo design was to concept and develop branding for a new luxury eco-resort in Costa Rica, come up with a branding statement about my eco resort in Costa Rica, and do research on Costa Rica. The concept I use for this design is I made a list of ten facts about Costa Rica that I could use to help me create my eco resort logo design. I drew thumbnails of plants, vines, and leaves; which that help me to chose to use vines and leaves for my eco resort logo design. I only use one program for this design. The program I used to create the eco resort logo design is Illustrator. The reason why I chose the color scheme of using different shades of green is because I wanted to show the logo going green. Then I chose the colors black and white because one of the logos had to be black and white. I chose the color white as the background color because I felt white would make the vines and leaves stand out in the design.

Another thing is I chose Harrington front for the word Botánico. I chose the front Harrington for the word Botánico because I wanted to show the word looking like vines. I chose to name my eco resort Botánico because the resort will be near Costa Rica’s two national parks where they both have rain forest. After that I had problems with the eco resort logo design. The first problem I had with this logo design is I could not decide on what design to use for the logo I was creating for my eco resort. The second problem I had with the logo design is picking a front that will work for my eco resort logo design. I solved the first problem by deciding on a design that would be good to use for my eco resort. I solved the second problem by finally finding a front that would be good to use for the eco resort logo.

Week 8.1

The assignment for the triangle monogram is to create three monograms sets using your three initials, and format each design using three shapes like square, circle, and triangle. The other part of the assignment is to allow the letters of my three initials to appear intertwined, overlapped, and consider positive/negative space, alignment and value. The concept I used for the triangle monogram design is I drew several thumbnails of triangles and I drew my three initials to come up with different ways to place my three initials in the triangle. I only used one program for this design, and the program I used for the triangle monogram design is Illustrator. The reason why I chose the colors black and white is because I thought the colors black and white would show positive and negative space. The reason why I used the front Helvetica is because I felt the front Helvetica would make my three initials stand out in the triangle.

Another thing is I had problems with the triangle monogram design. The first problem I had with this design is using colors for my three initials and the background. The second problem I had with the triangle monogram design is choosing a typeface. The third problem I had with this design is placing my three initials in the triangle the way I want it to be. I solved the first problem by deciding to use the colors black and white for the triangle monogram design. I solved second problem by finally finding a good typeface to use for my three initials. I solved the third problem by finding a way to place the letters of my three initials in the triangle. After that I went on the graphicdesignblog.org website to read Charlie B. Johnson blog on redesigning famous logos. I wrote what I like about his blog, which I wrote I like the fact that the pictures on his blog were place in the center. Also I wrote that I the new logo design for skittles.

http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/famous-logo-redesigns-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-11834

Week 7.2

The assignment for the circle monogram design is to create three monogram sets using your three initials, and the letters of your three initials should appear intertwined, and overlapped. The other part of the assignment is to consider positive /negative space, alignment, and value. The concept I used for this project is I drew thumbnails of my three initials in different arrangements to come up with three sets of monogram designs. I had to use three shapes like square, circle, and triangle to place the three designs in. The circle monogram design is one of the monogram designs I created in Graphic Symbolism class. I only use one program for this project. I used Illustrator to create the circle monogram design. The reason why I chose the colors black and white is because I felt the colors black and white would show the positive and negative space of the three initials of the circle monogram design.

Another thing is the front I used for this project is Lucida Calligraphy Italic. I used Lucida Calligraphy Italic front because I felt the front would fit the inside of the circle better. I had one problem with the design. The problem I had with the circle monogram design is I had a hard time fitting my three initials in the circle. I solved the problem by finally being able getting my three initials to fit the curve of the circle.