Business Design

Company

Company Name: "Life In the Aquarium"

Mission Statement: Don't just buy your fish -- get to know them!

Purpose: To allow customers to interact with Aquatic life and to also purchase Aquatic life as well.

Store: Half aquarium, half retail.

Audiences: Middle-aged adults (because of their kids) and retired elderly.

Face Illustrator Project

Homework #6 ?

In graphic design, there are classified must-know rules for success within a design.  These rules were established to help with visual and emotional appeal to an audience.  When creating an image, it is key to remember font consistency in a design, what colors not to mix, common sense, what is supposed to stand out in the image, and even making sure that the designer is using the appropriate combinations of colors/characters/symbols for his or her target audience.  Quality is another important factor to consider, which includes vectors versus pixels and ensuring that no parts of the image are stretched out of proportion. Using guide tools (such as a grid) makes a significant difference in instilling the proper alignment of an image.  All of these design tactics are very important to consider, but I personally believe that the most significant tactic is design originality.  Consider the designs of others, reflect certain styles in your own work, but be a leader; not a follower.

Movie Poster Project

Homework #5: Mystery Box Video

In this video, Abrams spoke about how significant the concept of mystery was to him ever since he was a child.  He told a story of a time that he went to a magic store and bought a "mystery box" but has never opened it.  In a sense, he is saying that some things are better off left as a mystery in life; he also explained how everything in life has a mystery box of some sort, especially in movies.  In every movie, you do not know what you will open up to see inside of the box; sometimes, the meaning runs deeper than what the actual plot seems to be conveying on the surface.  All plots make up a concept, hence all items in a box make up a mystery. 

Movie Poster (Tutorial)

Homework #4: Movie Poster

In all honesty, I am in love with the appearance of this poster.  I love the comic book effect of the image and how the characters and background are complementary colors.  There is so much going on in this poster, but not in a bad way; the way the characters and colors are arranged give me this strong feeling of power.  For some reason, looking at this poster inspires me to never stop reaching for my goals as an artist because some really amazing images are bound to be created through time and thought process.

Album Cover: A Jazz-Old Fashion

Homework #3 Response

After reading this article, I realized that Dave pretty much picked up a love for graphic design just through simple everyday activities.  A lot of his inspiration developed from other artists in how to approach his work and classes in college that went more in depth of how to create a pleasant design.  I appreciate that he recognizes the fact that everyone should be their own unique artist in the way that he or she should always consider originality as part of creating a piece.  Every artist is different, so it is best to use our unique qualities to the fullest extent possible.  Rather than taking advantage of someone else's idea, take advantage of your own artistic mind because it can certainly lead to awesome places,

The Rain Sprinkler

The Drop N' Dry (Invention)

Alien Invasion

HW #2: Rethinking the Way We Sit Down

In this video, Niels talks bout how as a child, he fell in love with airplanes.  He explained how there was a certain "romance" about them, meaning that there was a factor of airplanes that truly made him happy.  Unfortunately, getting a job in the field of airplanes allowed him to discover that he did not feel the same about airplanes that he once had felt before.  The romance was gone, so he quit and went into the field of furniture since he spent a lot of time designing the interior of airplanes.  In turn, he designed a chair to conform to the human body that creates comfort for people so they do not have to keep adjusting themselves due to discomfort.  He designed this chair to have a headrest for cranium support and to recline a certain way so too much pressure is not put on a person's tailbone while sitting for extended periods of time.  The chair was designed with the same materials as bicycle seats so the weight of the person is evenly distributed throughout the chair to avoid eventual pain due to elongated periods sitting.

Project 1

First Day Photoshop

HW Response #1: How to Ruin a Great Design

While reading this article about bad designing, the most important concept that was discussed was consistency among designs.  For success, the key is consistency, especially if a logo is redesigned or updated every now and then.  It is important to withhold the same idea, but introduce it in a more invigorating, modern portrayal and still be captivating.  Whereas idea consistency is important, lettering is also another huge significant factor in designing. Lettering is what speaks to the eyes in terms of presentation and is also something that can either make or break a design.  For example, a logo could contain an image that meets the standards of perfection, but the lettering that goes along with could completely obliterate and stand out in a very unappealing way, such as caps where they do not belong in the word(s).  The only thing that would be noticable about the logo would be the poor consistency in the word, rather than the beautiful, captivating image.  Basically, you want your viewer(s) to be interested in your design and not revolted.

Image

T.O. Question Answers

Questions

1. My computer experience includes Adobe Illustrator 4 and 6 (more familiar with 4), Paint.net, and Adobe Photoshop 6.  I took Computer Graphics 1 in High School as well as Digital Paint II, where we took our Photoshop creations and transferred them onto objects such as rocks, animal skulls, glass, metal, etc.  I also have computer experience with more general things like gaming, file management, and internet use, but I do not think it relates to this class.  

2. I personally hope to be able to sharpen my art skills with graphic design and photoshopping to somewhat professional ability.

3. (Skipped)

4. I used these programs in tenth and eleventh grade (2014-2016 during school time).

5. I do have a computer at home, my brother's iMac has Adobe Photoshop 5, but not Adobe Illustrator.

6. I used both.

7. I am not a Visual Studies major, but I am a Graphic Design major.

8. I personally hope to excel with my major beyond college and to get into designing logos, signs or entertaining images for public locations and or for websites.

9. My favorite artist would probably have to be Leonardo Da Vinci because I appreciate the mystery he portrays in his paintings.

10. My favorite musician is Brian Height.

11. I have been an airbrush artist for six years and I paint murals in my house.

12. Way back in 2008, I discovered a website called ROBLOX.com with my brother.  There was this membership called Builder's Club, so we begged my mom to buy it for us because it allowed us to design clothing for the avatars.  When I got the membership, I created clothes nonstop on MS Paint, but I made them really badly and ended up terminating my account.  My mother banned me from ever playing again when I was ten for this reason, so I decided to just draw cartoon characters on Paint.net for the heck of it.  Eight years later, I am sitting in a Computer Graphics class all because of that one website.  I would have never known how much I love graphic art if I did not start playing it!