Business Card

For this project, we were told to create our own business card that had examples of our graphic design capabilities  I approached this by picking my favorite work I have done and then decided to pick a cool font to play with. I picked this font that made the letter look like they were hanging. I edited the text and the pictures to make it look like everything is hanging. I think this ended up looking pretty good and am happy with how this turned out.

Watercolor Blue Lightning

For this project, we were told to watch tutorial that taught us how to turn photos into a watercolor looking design. I decided to use this picture of new york city that I took over spring break while on a boat. It was interesting seeing how you can combine a bunch of filters and effects to make it look like this. I am happy with how this turned out.

Self Portrait

For this project, we were told to do a type of self portrait that wasn't a selfie that represented us in some way. I choose to us illustrator for this project. I took a photo of my face and then used the pen tool and a drawing board to make my face, my hair, and my eyebrows. I then used the line tool to make a soccer ball pattern on my face. This is supposed to represent my love for soccer. When I think of who I am I almost immediately think about soccer. I like how this turned out and I enjoy this style.

Graphic Designer Research Project

Eddie Opara

Opara was born in Wandsworth, London in 1972. He got his formal arts education from the London College of Printing and Yale University. After working for many different design firms, he created his own firm called The Map Office in 2005. Some of the people he worked for include the Studio Museum in Harlem, Architecture Research Office, the Queens Museum of Art, St. Regis Hotels, Princeton Architectural Press, Jazz at Lincoln Center and New York University among many others. In 2010 he joined the well known design firm, Pentagram. His work tends to be very modern and involves many interesting shapes. My piece is similar to that type of art. I based this design on a piece that he actually designed but he made it 3D.

Sources:

http://www.famousgraphicdesigners.org/eddie-opara

http://www.designindaba.com/profiles/eddie-opara

 Milton Glaser

Milton Glaser was born in New York City in 1929. He attended an art and music based high school and went to college at Cooper Union. In 1954 he co-founded Push Pin Studios with some fellow college graduates. He worked there for twenty years while it led much of the world in design. He won the National Medal of Arts in 2009 from Obama. His most well-known design would be his I <3 NY design that is almost universally known. I took his design and made it for Virginia. It definitely represents his work being that his NY design is his most famous.

Sources:

http://www.aiga.org/medalist-miltonglaser/

http://www.miltonglaser.com/milton/#2

Puerto Rico Picture

 For this project, we were told to take many pictures of one thing and then using photoshop place the pictures together to make a larger picture. I took my pictures while I was on vacation over spring break. This scene below is in Puerto Rico and is a cemetery by the ocean that is placed next to an old fort. I used 10 pictures to create this scene. Besides editing the brightness and contrast, all I had to do was arrange the pictures correctly. I am happy with how this turned out.

Tattoo Project

For this project, we were told to create our own tattoo. I decided to go with a simplistic looking tattoo that would be done with just black ink. I think this symbol represents the illuminati and I thought it would be funny to make it and put it on someones forehead because of how eccentric it is. I made most of the tattoo using the pen tool with the stroke function. I made the triangle using the custom shape tool. I am really happy with how this turned out, even though I would never put it on myself.

Batesville Day Parade

For this project, we were told to create a T-shirt design for the annual Batesville day parade that happens near our school. We were told to make a design featuring some musical aspect because the feature of the parade this year is the Henley marching band. They also wanted us to put the design on a shirt so that they could see how it would look. I created a simplistic and clean design. I am happy with how this turned out and wish I hadn't been sick so I could've been in contention for the contest.