Assignment #1- Icons
The icon assignment was in introduction to using Adobe Illustrator. This is my first vector graphic, so exciting but it shows how much art someone can make with the simple shape and line tools in illustrator. We learned that even though a designer may be limited with a certain tool, Illustrator can help manipulate shapes and lines, and with a bit of creativity, someone can make a design they like. I chose the photography icon right away because polaroids to me were always beautiful and I wanted to make something out of it. The bakery was my second choice because cupcakes have always been an obsession with how cute they can be or how different cake decorators design the cupcakes. I chose a rain icon because harsh rainy weather when I am sitting at home has always been one of my comfort zones.
Assignment #2- Textures
Assignment #3- Color
This assignment taught me how to make the colors out of cyan, magenta, and yellow. I also learned how to use guidelines to place the images exactly to make a circle out of them which was not difficult. The pen tool was incorporated again to make the different shapes.
Assignment #4- Pop Art
This was my absolute favorite assignment because I love to color. The objective was to learn about color and the schemes such as monochrome, triadic, split complimentary, and complimentary.
Assignment #5- Photo Mosaic
This assignment took patience to get all the little images the same size to make the mosaic. The objective must have been exploring photoshop and layers to see what kinds of designs have been created.
Assignment #6- If I Crossed the Road
The assignment was to use porportion scale to create a page from Stephen Kroninger's book If I Crossed the Road.
Assignment #7- Blend Yourself
This was a random, fun assignment to blend yourself in a picture with celebrities. This actually showed me how easy it is to manipulate pictures and slander celebrities.....
Assignment #8- See What I'm Saying
The assignment was to take a word, take the letters, and recreate a picture using unity and variety.
Assignment #9- Design With Type
The assignment was to take a capital letter, lowercase letter, a number and execute designs with different principles of balance figure grount, repetition, and formal balance.
Assignment #11- Type + Photo
The purpose of the assignment is to take a photo, add a paper texture, and add text in different blending modes for contrast. I like how the different colored text creates contrast and the dark small text with the light background create the contrast, but arranging the larger text differently would make the design better.
Assignment #12- Alphabet Poster
The assignment was to take the alphabet photos and make a poster. I'm honestly not a fan of how this one turned out. The main difficulty was to align the photos, so I overlapped them like a collage.
Assignment #13- Exquisite Corpse
My part of this assignment was the torso. I like how mine turned out, but it would have looked much better with the head and the legs if the bottom part of the body was more in the center.
Assignment #14- Career Posters
The assignment was to create a poster with a career or an organization
Assignment #15- Illuminated Manuscript
The assignment was to create an illuminated oldstyle manuscript with song lyrics or any words of choice. I feel like I got the style incorrect because it looks modern but I like how the paper texture turned out.
Assignment #16- History Timeline
This assignment was to create a timeline with the history of visual communication. I like how the typography turned out and how the rainbow created rhythm but the bottom text is messy in my opinion.
Assignment #17- Combimark
The assignment was to create a combination mark which utilizes pictures and type for a company (this one being Metropolitan Art Gallery) I am honestly happy with how this one turned out.
Assignment #19- Stationary Package
Stationary packages need to reflect the style of the place, in this place a casual dining restaurant. The assignment was to create an envelope, a letterhead, and a business card.
