How Safe

Here is my 'How Safe" Spread.

I like the large, crisp image that jumps the gutter. Since there wasn't much text I needed to find a way to utilize the space in an effect and eye-catching way. The colors are great and even the article is pretty good. I like how this spread turned out.

Herpetology Poster!

I had so much fun doing this poster. I really liked the topic and what we had to work with. I think that makes a big difference in how well I perform. The more interested I am in the topic, the better I do!

Stress Layout

So incredibly glad we are done with this spread! I do like reworking my designs because they always look better by the end, but I also like the initial excitement of starting a new design. Not that I can say Rusty has ever left us without a new assignment to start! I have learned more in the past 2 months about design then I feel like I have in the last three years. There are so many things I don't know!!!

Here is my stress layout.

I originally had the title on the left side of the left page vertically. I really like the new placement of the title and the fist punching through the paper. I like this final layout quite a bit.

Jazz Combo Concert

Alright, I haven't updated in far too long.

This was my final jazz poster. The graphic went really well and i enjoyed making it. It was a little more difficult coming up with a catchy title and displaying the text and information on the poster as well. I really like the way the poster turned out.

KAA Poster

I really have enjoyed working with just black and white and making compositions. I like kerning text and rearranging it until it pleases my eye. After looking at this class, it was pointed out that this composition seems very divided between the text and the image, so it was suggested that I make it one composition together. I did this in my redo. It was also mentioned that my concept was a little unclear because I am trying to reach two very different audiences. 1. The students who might not think their work is good enough to submit and 2. The students who have an emotional attachment to their art and don't want to risk it getting sold. 

This was my redo of the original. 

The class as a whole liked this composition and concept much better than the first. I did a COB for the picture of the pot and I think that was really effective. 

Third Design:

This is my third design for the KAA poster. I changed the arrow to make it look more professional. I also align some of my text to make it a little more neat.

New Newsletter!

 

This is my revised newsletter. Since I made this design, I have done TWO MORE redos! Rusty wants us to design faster than we can type and think! :) I am learning loads from this experience. I also think that tracking the time is helpful because once we are out there in the real world eating mac and cheese trying to just stay afloat, we will have a better idea on how much to charge people for designs because we will know about how long such a project could take.

MAE Posters

All three of my MAE posters went pretty well. The class seemed to like my both my concepts and my designs. 1 poster was only text, one was with an image and one was with a vector drawing. All three were allowed one color: black.

For this first poster (vector only) I chose to have a more fun light-hearted concept. I got the idea from a teacher's quote page. After getting the quote, I thought of doing something cute and fun to tie it in. The birds were effective for giving off the summer feel that I wanted. Making things looks summery are pretty easy when you have color and can use all sorts of reds oranges and pinks but being limited on color, I wanted to make sure my graphic could hold it's own. The only problem with this poster was that the tree bleeds off the page and weren't allowed a bleed.

This was my second poster (photo only). I used a photo from thousand hills form last year. I also wanted to the concept to clear. the "blossom" goes along with the blossoming tree. I am not sure what this tree looks like to someone who hasn't seen the color version, but the tree is normally a gorgeous light pink beginning to blossom. Rusty said the transparent boxed worked well and that he liked the concept! Yay :)

This is the third poster (type only). My classmates and Rusty likes the composition and my use of a grid on this poster. I made a point to highlight the most important facts such as the date and time. The date is bolded and the time is pretty big. I was really happy with all three of my designs. All were approved by Rusty with a few tweaks of course.