logo

My Logo

My logo is very simplistic and has a professional and organized look. i wanted to make my logo with out over doing details so that it would appear good on a letter head or on a building or sign. only using one color eliminates cost of printing with multiple colors and can be changed with out a problem. it is very simple and could easily be recreated. 

  The steps to make my logo

 1.  the box

first you take a box and the color dose not matter because a later step changes it anyway. the size should be big compared to the text.

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2. get text

i used my name for this and i went through all the text to find a better text that has straight lines but still has serifs.

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3. position the text

i positioned the text in front of the box and changed the color of the text so that it is easier to see.

4. pathfinder

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now that you have positioned the text and the box make the text a object by creating outlines than select both the text and the box and use the difference tool to pop the text out of the box and make some empty space were the text used to be.

5. potential purposes

this is a simple logo and could easily be recolored or be textured and would look good almost any were and you could combine any text with any shape.

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Photoshop painting

Painting

I learned that you can use different brush presets in Photoshop and blend colors and pictures to make a painting look-alike of the image. i used a mix of wet and not wet brushes to blend and make some colors stand out from the picture. i chose Yosemite because that is the background picture for every mac in the e-communication classroom.

My first Photoshop tutorial

 Sky Mountain

I used Photoshop and a tutorial from the internet to make a mountain look like it is floating in a dark sky. i put a moon in the top left and all of the images are de-fringed to look smoother and i used high res pictures for every thing. i put a shadow on a cloud that i moved to the front of the mountain to hide the bottom so it wouldn't look bad and darkened everything to look more mystical. i downloaded text and used a serif text and a sanserif text to contrast each other to draw the viewers attention.

Postcards

   Postcards And Photoshop

I used Photoshop to take images and use clipping masks and text to make some holiday postcards. i used a tree on the right and snow for the text. and i used snow for the back on the left and used Christmas colors for the text.

professional article review

Belly Busting Content

the article i read was focused on comparing the restaurant business world to the animation business world. in truth they are similar in many ways and the blogger points these things out with many different comparisons. 

   he says that in the world of restaurants 

The Post

Bottles

My 3-D bottles 

I had used illustrator to make a line which we would than make a 3-D image of and move it around in a three dimensional space and put a cork in the top. i later went back in and messed around with the colors and other tools to get a glass look. i also made a name tag like symbol and than put it on the bottle so that it would movie with the bottle as it moved in the 3-D space.

Creative anarchy

the anarchy of creativity

   this article explains to the reader what some of the rules of graphic design are. the author uses circular reasoning to show that their is rules but their are times that you should and shouldn't follow them but, with that he does bring some good points with him. 

 

   as a designer you must be creative but still fit into the clients demand. you must push the acceptable without breaking it. when designers get together we must collaborate to reach a goal but we also need leaders to help us get there. leaders need to help manage projects and help communicate to the group and, all designers need to know how to use programs and understand technology and trends that are happening right now.

 

Tomato Shadow

My Shadow

   I took a image and than duplicated it and transformed it to make a realistic shadow. I used the gradient tool and a Gaussian blur with a feathered edge. i used a tomato because i wanted to do something easier for my first try. i will definitely use this skill for many of my future projects.

My Patterns

Brandon's Pattern

I made a simple pattern that would lock in or appear in a way that looked like that than i used Illustrator to make it a pattern that i could drop into any box or line if i needed to do so. 

Stop Hitting Yourself

Stop Hitting Your Self

     This bloggers post was about dealing with the stress and creative block that comes with a fast approaching deadline. The blogger suggest four easy solutions that will help with relaxing and allowing your creativity to flow.

    His content/argument

  The blogger has a very good argument he talks about a problem that all designers face eventually creative block and stress. He as a graphic designer knows of the troubles that comes with taking on projects and work and he wrote about trying to look at websites to try and get some sort of inspiration and how if you do that it never works. Instead you should woodshed your ideas and really work on it tell you find something you think the client will like. He also mentioned that you will probably never feel like you did your best on a project before you ship it out and that sometimes you might fail but, that is okay.

     His Strengths/Weaknesses

  The blogger has a good amount of content and has a nice amount of support for his subject. The blogger repeated himself more than he should have in his text and restated a lot of his content.

      The Roundup

  I like the article and think it hits on some important subjects for any up and coming graphic designers. In a nutshell this is a thing for any one that is thinking of working in similar areas of work were the opinion of your client heavily outweighs yours.

the blog

My Pencil And Cup

my personal pencil and cup

My Pencil and Personal Creations

 My Creations This project was about following simple instructions to make a basic cup and pencil and all of my fellow class mates made the same exact pencil and followed the same instructions as me. To the right is my personal pencil and cup. I made a mechanical pencil and a idea cup. At the bottom of the text i had made a apple keyboard and mouse. 

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My Process I had used the rectangle tool a bunch but once i had a row done i would just select as many as i needed and than i would copy and paste them to make it easier. i used the paint bucket on all of the pencils and cups and the mouse and keyboard. i used the pen to connect the mouse to the keyboard and i used a lot of text boxes to make the symbols and even more shapes for all of the f1s through f12. I used the rounded box tool to make the erasers. The cups were made by direct selecting the bottom of a circle and copying and pasting  it to make the bottom and than using lines to connect the top circle to the bottom half circle.

keyboard and mouse

The Idea of Graphic Design

The Idea Of Graphic Design

   

   Graphic design is a form of communication, its a way of expressing feelings and ideas in the form is a image or billboard or sign. To me creating something should be thought out, and you should consider how people will view it but don't let someone else's opinions stop you. Also on the other side you should value others opinion so that you can grow and develop as a person and a designer.

 my life

      As i am pursuing design and animation i am also in band and jazz band. I perform solos in jazz and others opinions really matter to me and i want to show how i feel about the music in my on way but i also want others to enjoy it. i enjoy listening to music and playing it and i also in-joy viewing other peoples creation and giving my opinions on it. being creative and expressing your self is a goal that i have and i like to use it in every day life.

My future

    I would like to continue doing animation and graphic design for a job or at least a hobby i don't want it to just fall out and just not be able to do it anymore. i will continue to be creative in all aspects of life every day.

                                  
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My Final Of Freshman Year

 For our finale in e-comm we made a realistic fake product. the product that we made was the SHADO a automatically shading window. I came up with the idea and we started to make the shape of the product and the market for it and what it would cost. we decided that it would need to be manually controlled and that it should be able to be controller from a distance and that you wouldn't need to get up. our product is for leisure and won't steal power from your house and raise your bills it will even cool your house and lower your a.c. bill. i did the animation and made the sketch up model and packaging. i also helped with some of the video and logo and made the banner for our website.The group as a whole voted on our decisions and if it was uncertain we would have a outside opinion vote so we could choose what to do.