Week 9 June 4, 2012: Mood Cards

This Conceptual Thinking project shows 3 of 4 cards that had to be designed around 4 different words and show what major the designer is taking up (Graphic Design). We had to come up with sub words and a graphic that would fit the main word given to us (Anger, Love, Joy, and Fear). I enjoyed this project because it gave you room to think of a style that fits your personality. In each design, I tried to give off a tattoo and smooth feel. To keep the design from looking dark, I added white in each picture to give the eyes some time to rest while it moves across the design. This is the second time I have redone this design and to make this one different I have added stars and shadows to make the cards have a foreground and background adding depth. 

Week 8 May 28, 2012: Visual Narrative- Information Graphic

In this visual narrative for Concept Design, we were instructed to concept and design a display that graphically describes for the viewer a complicated process,procedure, or set of directions. I decided to describe how to make a pair of custom skates. I tried to keep it simple while trying not to skip information or making it looked cluttered with information. I was going to make this look like It was broken down in 8 steps with 8 pictures but decided to use one big picture and describe how to assemble the skates. I started where it can be read in clock-wise rotation to make it seem like the steps need to be repeated. This set up is a little more spacious then what I had in mind, which is easy for the audience to read. I used colors that would attract viewers and to make it look somewhat fun.

Week 7 May 21, 2012: Coffee Tri Fold Brochure

This coffee brochure was re-designed in a way that I thought would get the attention of an older target audience or grab the attention of coffee drinkers. While attending the Art Institute of Charleston, my Graphic Symbolism class had a client who needed a logo and a re-design of their coffee brochure that would help raise more money for a Baptist School (Charleston Development Academy) and get more people to join their coffee club.

The original design looked very unprofessional and had no color. I decided to go with browns since that shouts out coffee in some peoples mind. For the fact that this is for the benefit of young kids, I put in a fun element of swirls to add movement and to represent steam of coffee. I added white text to the important information and to make that part of the brochure legible. Lastly, In order to represent that this is a Baptist School I added the color purple since Baptist churches are represented with a nice purple.

( Note : I DID NOT come up with the logo featured on this design. Logo used on brochure was made by Jae Dollason of The Art Instutute of Charleston by teachers choice for mock up. )      

Week 6 May 14, 2012: Quote Poster

This is a poster design describing a quote by Mark Twain. In this design we had to describe the quote without using any picture graphics but describe with only type. I enjoyed this project even if I had to change a few things to make the poster come together. 2/3 of the way down I had a problem with making the design balanced. I was thinking instead of having the design where it say cat flow of the page like I did in the first design, I would center it and make the nine lives part extend a little upwards to make it seem like it wasn't two parts.  

Week 5 May 7,2012: B.Smith Presents Logo

In this logo design the client wanted a logo that reflected his major in film. The design is a mimic of a wide screen shot with the light helping lead the viewer to the real focal point which is the "B Smith Presents". I chose a type face that gave off a feeling of flow and calmness as I think the type represented the client. I set up a few examples with different colors as they give off different feelings or moods that possibly could be changed depending how serious the film presentation is.     

Week 4 April 30, 2012: Poster Design (2)

This is my 2nd (of 3) Paul Renner poster. For this design I also used a bleed technique as a design element. The main design element I was going for was movement and depth. I achieved the movement by adding lots of diagonal lines flowing off the page while using light gray lines to create depth. The type used is Paul Renners Futura. The focal point for this design is not intended to be the red lettering but the symbol that Renner would use on his designs randomly on his artwork.

Week 3 April 23, 2012: Poster Design

While attending the Art Institute of Charleston one of my class projects (not sure of the class) was to pick a Type Designer and use one of their graphic type to come up with a poster design that illustrates their style while executing some of our own style as a designer. Paul Renner is known for the Futura type. It is known to me to have a clean, smooth look and feel. In my part of the design I used his quote as a design element and not something to really be read. The only thing I wanted to be clear as the focal point was the name of the designer and the type name. I added red to surround the name because red is a loud color and has a feel of urgency which helped my design a lot because of all the white space. I also love to make designs that flow off the page. It makes a design that's not much, look bigger then it is. Because of his type design, I wanted to give off a clean and not so cluttered look.  

Week 2 April 16, 2012: Kitchen Shower Water Labels

In my next design I have created a water bottle label for a kitchen shower (Bridal Shower). Tying to make the design targeted for women, I used a feminine type of swirl pattern with a flowing type font. To keep the bridal shower labels as close to the design of a real water bottle label, I have added nutrition facts with a touch of humor as a fun creative design element. I enjoyed this project with not that many problems. The client only asked that the colors of the wedding (champagne & brown) be used.        

Week 1 April 9, 2012: Business Logo

In this design I wanted to create a logo that was fairly simple and represented my business Spontane9-de-1. The name is a mixture of the words spontaneous and designs including the year I was born. I've wanted to change the design just a little to make it more appealing to the eye without overdoing it. The colors will be the same but a design element may be added to the actual logo that can stand alone (sde.)