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.

Week 7.1

The assignment for the quotation type design poster is to choose a quote, poetry, haiku, song lyric that has twenty-five words or less, and it has to very expressive of emotion, history, personality, or of a place and time.The other part of the assignment is to do the opposite of what the quote said. The concept I use for the quotation type design poster is I chose the song called "Life is a Highway". Then I wrote the song lyrics out on a piece of paper going diagonally one the paper;which I did this because I wanted to see way I could place the song lyrics on the poster. I only used one program for this poster. The program I used for the quotation type design poster is Illustrator. I used Illustrator to create the quotation type design poster. After that the reason why I chose to used the colors red, neon green, blue, neon yellow, and black is because I felt those colors would be the opposite of night colors.
Another thing is I chose two different fronts for the quotation type design poster. The two fronts I used for the poster is Banco Std Roman and Impact Std Roman fronts. I chose those fronts because the Banco Std Roman and Impact Std Roman fronts look like roads on a highway. I did encounter problems with this poster. The first problem I had with the quotation type design poster is deciding if I wanted to have the song lyrics criss cross each other on the poster. The second problem I had with this poster is deciding on a good front to used for the poster. I solved the first problem by finally deciding that it would be a good to crisis cross the song lyrics on the poster. I solved the second problem by deciding on two fronts I thought would be good to used for the quotation type design poster. Later I went on the graphicdesignblog.org website to Charlie B. Johnson's blog on taking photographs during the day and night. Also I wrote on his blog that I like the fact that he talk about the difficulties of taking pictures during the day and night.


http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/contrasting-day-night-photography/comment-page-1/#comment-11726

Weeek 6.2

The assignment for the brand and personal logo design is to develop our own brand and logo design. The other part of the assignment is to look at three websites that will help us get an idea how to started creating our own brand and our own logo design. The concept I use for my brand and logo design is I went to the websites that my professor told me to go to. Looking at those websites gave me the idea to look at the logo designs I created in Graphic Symbolism class. I had to write my three initials out to come up with a good logo design. After that I thought about what I wanted my brand name to be, and my brand name is TVJ Designs. TVJ Designs is a design company that creates posters and t-shirts designs. I only used one program for the brand and logo design. The program I used to create the brand and logo design is Illustrator.

Another thing is the reason why I chose the colors black and white to used for the logo design is I felt black and white would help logo design stand out. I used the color white for my three initials because I wanted to have the letters fill out the negative space of the background color I used. I chose Helvetica front because I used black for my brand name because I thought the color black would make my brand name stand out better. I used the front Helvetica because the front made my brand name and logo design stand out better. I had problems with creating a logo design. The first problem I had is I could not decide how to come up with a good logo design to create with using my three initials in my name. The second problem I had is I could not get the letters to be place in the square the way I wanted them to be. I solved the first problem by finally coming up with a logo design that would work for me. Also I solved the second problem I had by placing the letters in the square the way I wanted them to be.

Week 6.1

The assignment for the first book jacket is to design and comp a series of three book sleeves/book jackets for related titles. The other part of the assignment was to have the book jackets to be full color, full bleed allowed, and I had to design the front, back, spine, and the front and back cover insert tabs. The concept I use for the book jackets were I had to pick a three books that were in a series, and I had to create book jackets for them. Then I drew thumbnails for the book jackets I was going to create. I had to use a concepting checklist for this project. I use a creative/production est. worksheet to write about the book jackets. I wrote on a project description sheet for the book jacket project. I use two programs for the first book jacket. This is the first book jacket I created for this project. The first program I use for this project is Quarkxpress. I use Quarkxpress to create the book jackets. The second program I use is Photoshop, and I open the picture used in Photoshop to see if it was a good picture to use. I search Google to get a picture of a Greek temple to use for the first book jacket I created.

Another thing is the reason why I chose the color red, black, and white for the first book jacket is because I felt that the colors red, black, and white would be good to used for the background for the first book jacket. I chose gold, and black for the words because I thought gold and black would make the words stand out on the background. I used two fronts for the first book jacket. I chose the first front for the book title because I felt the front would bring out the title better. I chose the second front for the description of the book. After that I did have problems with the first book jacket. The first problem I had with this project is I could not get the rectangles to stay in place the way I wanted them to. The second problem I had with the first book jacket is getting the book description on the back cover tab to be place the way I want it to be. I solved the first problems by finally getting the rectangles to be place the way I wanted them to be. I solved the second problem by finally placing the book description in place on the back cover tab. Later I went on the website graphicdesignblog.org to write what I thought about Charlie B. Johnson blog, and I wrote that I like the blog he had written about clients not paying graphic designers the money they are worth.

http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/money-vs-quality-for-clients/comment-page-1/#comment-11639

Week 5.2

The assignment fro coughing jet poster was to create a list of twenty nouns and twenty present tense verbs to form word pairs. The other part of the assignment is to choose three provocative word pairs from the twenty nouns and twenty present tense verbs. The concept I use for this poster was first I created a list of twenty noun and twenty present tense verbs. Then I had to match the twenty nouns and twenty present tense verbs together. Next I had to decide which three word pairs I wanted to use the poster, and I looked at pictures I wanted to use for the backgrounds for the coughing jet poster. The programs I used for this poster is Photoshop, Illustrator, and Quarkxpress. I use Photoshop to open the pictures I was going to used for the coughing jet poster, and I used Photoshop to change the Hue/Saturation of the pictures. I open the coughing jet poster in Illustrator to type the words on the poster. I used Quarkxpress to save the coughing jet poster as a PDF file.

Another thing is the reason why I chose the front Burlington Std is because I felt this front would make the words coughing jet stand out on the poster. After that I chose the color scheme light green, and purple-blue for the backgrounds is because I thought those colors would work good together. I used the color red for the words coughing jet is because I thought the color red made the words coughing jet stand out on the background colors yellow-green, and purple-blue. Later I had problems with the coughing jet poster. The first problem I had with this poster is picking the right pictures to use for the coughing jet poster. The second problem I had with this poster is rotating the pictures the way I wanted them to be rotated. I solved the first problem by picking the picture of metal, and cobweb to used for the backgrounds of the coughing jet poster. Also I solved the second problem by opening the pictures in Photoshop; which I used transform to rotate the pictures the way I wanted them to be rotated.

5.1

South University Columbia Student Exhibition poster assignment was to create three posters using two modular grids and one deconstruction grid to set up the designs. The other part of the assignment was to use black and red colors for the designs. I used one program for this poster. The program I created the South University Columbia Student Exhibition poster in Quarkxpress. I save the poster as PDF file in Quarkxpress. The reason why I chose the color scheme black and red is because black and red were the only colors I could use to create the designs for the South University Columbia Student Exhibition poster. Then the reason why I chose to use the Helvetica front is because I felt that this front would make words on the poster be easier to read. Another thing is this poster is the second South University Columbia Student Exhibition poster I created. I did encounter problems with this poster. The first problem I had with the South University Columbia Student Exhibition poster is I had a hard time coming up with a good design for the second poster. The second problem I had with the South University Student Exhibition poster is getting the rectangles to cover most of the positive space on the poster. I solved the first problem by finally getting good design that I could use for the poster, and I solved the second problem by getting the rectangles to rotate diagonally in the center of the poster. After that I went on a website called graphicdesignblog.org to look at another graphic designer blog, and I wrote what I like about the graphic desginer blog. The graphic designer name is Charlie B. Johnson, and I wrote I like the fact that he had place the pictures in center of his blog.

http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/interesting-facts-about-graphic-design/

Week 4.2

The assignment for the Word and Image Juxtapose was to create a list of twenty nouns, and create twenty verbs. The other part of the assignment was to create three word pairs that were provocative, and we had to pick pictures that we felt would help out the word pairs. The concept I used for this project was I had to look at pictures from an art folder,and I had to decide what pictures to used for the Word and Image Juxtapose project. One of the word pairs I chose was fighting cabbage. The reason why I chose the colors green and black for the two pictures is I felt the colors green and black would go good together. I chose the color gold for the words fighting cabbage is I thought gold would make the words fighting cabbage stand out on the backgrounds. Then the reason why I chose Blackletter front is because I thought this front would be good to used on the pictures. I encountered problems with the Word and Image Juxtapose project. The first problem I had with this project is I had a hard time finding the right pictures to used. The second problem I had with the Word and Image Juxtapose project is changing the pictures to different colors.I solved the first problem by finally finding the pictures I felt would be good to used for backgrounds. Also I solved the second problem by finding the right colors to change pictures to.

Week 4.1

The air race poster was assignment I had to do Graphic Symbolism class. The assignment was to create iconic poster graphics without the additional text and other elements you might normally find on a poster, and we had to look at art nouveau, art deco, and psychedelic posters to decide what type of posters we wanted to create. The concept I used for the air race poster is I first look at poster.com website to see how art nouveau and art deco posters looked. Second I decided to pick three events I wanted to create posters for. Third I looked at mourguefile website to look for pictures to used for the three events I was going to create posters for. One of the three events I chose to make a poster for is Air race.
Another thing is the reason why I chose the color scheme I chose is because I wanted the colors match the colors I saw on art nouveau posters I looked at. The programs I used for the air race poster is Photoshop, Illustrator, and Quarkxpress. I used Photoshop to look at pictures I was going to used for air race poster. I open the picture I chose for the air race poster in Illustrator; so I could live trace the picture. The live trace allow the picture to look like an art nouveau poster. I open the air race poster in Quarkxpress to save the poster as a PDF file. I did not use any front for this poster. I encountered problems with this poster. The first problem I encountered with the air race poster is I had a hard time finding a picture I could use for the air race poster. The second problem I encountered with this poster is I could not get the live paint in Illustrator to trace the picture the way I wanted it to work. I solved the first problem by finally finding a good picture I could used for the air race poster, and I solved the second problem by the live paint in Illustrator finally tracing the picture the way I wanted the picture to look.

www.graphicdesignblog.co.uk/graphic-design-resume-and inspiration/

Week 3.2

The concept I came up with for this Hero Character project I had to decided what kind of character I wanted to create, and I did this by drawing sketches of a running carrot. Then I drew a sketch of a carrot facing forward. The reason why I chose to have a vegetable as a hero character is because my professor one day in Digital Illustration drew a hero character named Broccoli Man. The reason why I named my vegetable hero Larry the Carrot is because one day name just came to me in my head. I created Larry the Carrot in Illustrator, and Photoshop. The reason why I chose the colors orange, and green for the carrot is because I knew that most carrots were orange, and most carrots had a green top on them. I chose the dark shade of blue, light blue,orange, and gold because I felt that those colors would go great together on the toy box.I chose to draw stars on the toy box because I felt that the stars would help bring vegetable hero out more. The reason why I chose the front I chose is because I thought that typeface would be a good typeface to used for the words I was going to write, and I chose to make the words gold because I thought that gold would make the words stand out.
Another thing is I had problems working in Illustrator with Larry the Carrot because I could not get the legs fit together like they were suppose to, and I could not get the curvy lines at the bottom of the carrot to come together. Then I had a problem working in Photoshop with Larry the Carrot because I could not get the diamond shape to look like it was plastic covering the toy. I solved the problems in Illustrator by finally getting the legs on the carrot to actually fit together, and I solved the other problem I had in Illustrator by getting curvy lines on the bottom of the carrot to come together. Also I solved the problem I had with working in Photoshop with Larry the Carrot by just letting the diamond shape just stay like it was because I could not get it to work the way I wanted it to work.

Week 3.1

The concept I use for the Art Deco Project is I first to go to poster.com website to look at Art Deco posters help me decide how I wanted to create my own Art Deco Poster. Then I started to draw triangles on sketch paper. I chose to draw a Christmas Tree because when I took Digital Illustration it was closer to Christmas time. The program I used to create the Art Deco Poster in was Illustrator. Illustrator allow me to created this illustration the way I wanted it to be. The reason why I chose this color scheme is because when I felt that the colors red, green black, white, and gold would be good colors to use in a Art Deco poster. I chose the calligraphy typeface because see this type been used before on Christmas cards.

The problems I had with the Art Deco poster was I had a hard time deciding if I wanted to keep the triangles I used for the Christmas tree completely green, and I had a hard time deciding were to place the words on the Art Deco poster. I solve first problem by realizing that it would be good to have half of the Christmas tree to be black and the other half to stay green. I solve the second problem by coming to the conclusion that the words would best fit coming down from each other on the poster.

Week 2.2

I created the Pattern project in Graphic Symbolism class. The Pattern project assignment was where we were to create a pattern with using nature, and we had to chose a plant we wanted to use for this project. I started my concept out by looking on Morguefie.com for plants. Then I download the plant pictures that I like to used for the Pattern project. Next I look at the pictures in Photoshop to see which plant picture would be the best to used. I pick the picture with vines that had leaves on them. The picture I picked came out looking like a pattern when I first open it in Photoshop. After that I change the color of the picture with using Hue/Saturation. I chose the purple background because I felt that purple would make the vines and leaves stand out more.

My professor told me that I should make a copy of the vines and leaves pattern, and my professor told me that I should change copy background color to a different color from the original one. I chose those colors because my professor told me that the picture would look better if different colors, and my professor told me that it would make the patterns stand out more.
I had problems with the Pattern project because I at first had a hard time find good plant pictures that would really work for the Pattern project, and I had a hard time deciding what colors I wanted the pattern to be. I solve the first problem by finally finding a good plant picture that I could used for the Pattern project, and I solve the second problem by deciding to change the background color to purple. Also at the end I end up enjoying the Pattern project because I was allow to created unique patterning.

Week 2.1

The Self Portrait poster was an final project assignment I had in Concept Design Class. My professor wanted us to take pictures for the Self Portrait poster, and we had to dress up like we were going to job interview. I took several pictures of myself for the Self Portrait poster. The concept used for the Self Portrait poster is I had to look at several pictures of myself. Then I had to chose a picture that I wanted to used for the Self Portrait poster. After that I open the pictures in Photoshop; which I look at the pictures to see which one I wanted to used for the Self Portrait poster. I open the picture in Illustrator to create the background I wanted for the Self Portrait poster. I open the picture in Indesign to create a PDF file that would be printed.
Another thing is the reason why I chose gold for the background is because I felt that gold would the picture of me stand out better. I chose the dark and bright colors for the stars because I thought the dark and bright colors would make the stars stand out on the gold background. I chose to draw the stars in different sizes because I wanted the stars to look different from each other. Also the problems I encountered with the Self Portrait poster is I at first had a hard time making a choice on what picture I wanted to used for the Self Portrait poster, and I had a hard time changing the poster design I originally had because l like the first design I had. The other problems I had with the Self Portrait poster was my professor wanting me to add different types of flowers to the poster, and I had hard time adding different flowers to poster. I solved the first problem I had by finally picking the picture of myself that I felt would be the best to used for the Self Portrait poster. I solved the second problem I had by adding the different flowers to the poster at first, but I had to finally change the poster design to a different design from the original one because the original design did not work as well as I thought it would.

Week 1.1

I created the tea labels for this project in Package Design class. The assignment for the tea labels was we had to pick one of the four compaines that we wanted to create package labels for. The concept I did for the company Trendy Teas that I chose is I first look at package label pages. Then I drew thumbnails for Trendy Teas. I drew the coffee cups, and leaves in Illustrator. The programs I used for this project is Illustrator and Quarkxpress. After that I drew the coffee cups and leaves in Illustrator, and I open the Trendy Teas labels up in Quarkxpress to saved it as a PDF file.
Another thing is the reason why I chose the colors dark blue and hot pink is I wanted to show different type of teas that Trendy Teas has to offer. The reason why I this front is I thought this front would be good to chose for the labels.
Also I had problems with the package label project. The first problem I had with this project is the first company I chose did not work out the way I wanted it to work. The second problem I had with the package label project is I had to decide were I wanted to place the leaves on the labels. I solved the first problem by changing to a different company. I solved the second problem by placing the leaves on the corners of the labels. I learned from this project that package design is not easy to create because you have to think of a package design that will really work for your product.

Week 1.1

I in Digital Layout class had to create three posters for a event called South University Columbia Student Exhibition. This is the first poster I created for the South University Columbia Student Exhibition.The concept I used for this project is I had to think how I wanted to design the South University Columbia Student Exhibition poster. I had to decided what shapes I wanted to for this poster. I came up with the idea for the South University Student Exhibition poster by thinking about the design in my head. I used Quarkxpress to create the designs, and the front for this poster. I chose these colors because my professor told me that I can only used red and black for the South University Student Exhibition poster. The reason why I chose the front Helvetica is because I felt the front would be good to used for this poster.
Another thing is I had problems with the first poster I created for the South University Student Exhibition. The first problem I had with this poster is I did not know the right place to put the rectangle shapes on the poster. The second problem I had with the South University Student Exhibition poster is I did not find a good place to put the words for this poster. I solved the first problem I had with this poster by placing one of the rectangles up top, I place the second rectangle on the bottom, and I decided to have the other two rectangles cross each other in the middle. I solved the second problem I had with the South University Student Exhibition poster by placing the words under the first rectangle. I also found out that I liked creating posters.