Infographics

My first infographic was typography based. I used a pink gradient background behind each group of text. My title was in a curly font much like a piggy tail and the O's represented a pig snout. I incorporated one vectored image of a pig to lighten the infographic up.





My second info graphic was image based. I used a black background so the images and text would pop out more. I also vectored images of pigs to display the basic things you need to know in order to take care of a pet pig.

VML Field Trip

 Mrs. Lofquist's 6th/7th hour class had the opportunity to ask questions and talk one-on-one with the Executive Creative Art Director, Aaron Evanson, at a global ad agency. It was a very eyeopening experience on what our areers may look like in the future if we stay in the Graphic Design field. I thought you would have a little bit of freedom on how you do things and it would be kind of fun! Before going to VML, we all prepared quite a few questions to ask Aaron. Many of my questions were answered. 

Notes:

Important things while working on a project:

- Delegation

-Group work

- Communication

- Only having one leader

-K-State and KU have great design programs

-In college, make an awesome portfolio

-You'll know when you see a great portfolio

-5-7 great portfolio pieces are good

-360 work is good to see

Quarter One Presentation

In quarter one, I did various small-medium projects. For the first few weeks of school, we focused on cubes in Adobe Illustrator. Afterward, I didn't have a big project to focus on, so I made my own (The James Franco face). I found a vectoring tutorial, chose a photo, and started vectoring little four sided shapes to make one photo. I used the same color scheme as my cube projects.

For my second project, we started with the apple mesh project. We used the eye dropper tool and the direct select tool a lot. After we did the apple photo, we got to choose a photo of our own. I chose a crescent moon and Saturn.

For my final and largest project, I did a tutorial on photoshop and Illustrator similar to the image trace tutorial. We basically traced over each little segment of the photo and then used the eyedropper tool to color the exact segment. It really came together in the end. 

Field Trip

The artist who displayed his work at the Bill Brady art museum was Michael Manning. He did a lot of abstract work using digitals and prints that hung from the ceiling. He used  a multitude of colors ad textures, all similar. He adds in real textured pieces (such as the chimes and stones  on the ground), with the digitals and prints hanging from the ceiling.There are many abstract lines you can see in the work. You can also get many different emotions from his pieces. The light and airy digitals might show happiness and softness, but the one with the darker colors might represent lightning bolts and something more intense. I think he meant for his work to have different meanings, so everyone can relate to it in a way and feel something when they look at it. I think Michael Manning’s work has value because the colors and textures are beautiful, and it is set up in a very nice way.

Photoshop Paintings

For my paintings, I did one mixed palette, two paintings on a picture, and two paintings on a blank page. I essentially used the same type of brush for all my paintings, just different sizes and blends. I used dry paint, wet paint, light mixes, and heavy mixes to create the right colors and blends.

Gradient Mesh

For the gradient mesh project, we all started off doing an apple. Then we had to try the tutorial on an object we liked, so I decided to do a crescent moon and a planet. 

What "type" are you?

I took the "what type are you" quiz and got the font Dot Matrix as my type. My four words were emotional, understand, progressive, and relaxed. Dot matrix has the highest popularity out of all the fonts. 

Cubezzzzz

First, for my skill cube, we all made a cube out of a bunch of cubes. We learned the basics of the line tool and how to join line segments together. Next, we were supposed to make a personalized cube. I made mine using the basic skills I learned from the first lesson, I made a cube then went over it making stripes. I used colors for a 3D allusion. And lastly, we were supposed to make a creative piece utilizing the line tool and others. I got the idea online, then I re-did it with my own colors and shapes, mainly using the line tool and the eyedropper tool. 

What Is Graphic Design?

Graphic Design is an art style that combines visual skills in areas of communications, technology, and business. Graphic Design has to communicate something to the reader, in a creative way. To me, Graphic Design is just art made on a computer. It has taught me to work on projects with others, and combining our skills to make amazing artwork. Overall this experience in Graphic Design has been fun and informational, and I can't wait to use these skills further on in my career.

The story of my logo

When creating a logo, you want to tell your story. I started off experimenting with an alien themed logo, but found that it wasn't professional enough and it wasn't how I wanted to represent myself.
So, I started messing around with different shapes, and studying shapes and found that circles and squares were most common. So I decided to go with a triangle, because it is unique and not used very often. I incorporated the scribble effect and my initials being erased from the shape to express my creativity and how I love to draw/write. Then, I added a purple/pink gradient because I had to give it a fun and girly touch, just like me!

For my e-Comm poster, I decided to go with a comic book theme. e-Comm is a great 21st century program with 4 very unique and useful strands. e-Comm looks good on college applicatons and it gets you all of your technology credits. Plus, when you first start high school you might be a little nervous, and it feels good to automatically be a part of something so great.

My Top Ten Values

Everything I value tells a story. I may have an inside joke or a memory connected to it. For example, if I said I valued my bike, it wouldn't just be the bike I valued. It would be the memories of me riding my bike as a child and growing up on that bike. The things I value are very special to me. Each and every one of them makes up me as a person and I wouldn't be the same without these things.

The Nerman

The Nerman Museum is a Contemporary Art Museum at Johnson County Community College.

Jerry and Margaret Nerman decided to fund $1.5 million into the art museum in 2003.

They designed the building out of Kansas limestone and the architect was Kyu Sung. Artist Dylan Mortimer made three large motion censored halos at the museum that he takes a lot of pride in. Mortimer grew up in a christian school and attended the Kansas City Art Institute.

I can Kern!!

What is Kerning? You might ask. Kerning is adjusting the space between (letters or characters) in a piece of text to be printed. The word kern is from the french word carne, which means 'projecting angle, quill of a pen". In metal typesetting, kerning was a lot of work and a lot of money!

eMagine

eMagine is a time where everyone in the e-Communication program comes together and shows what they've put all their hard work into. You can submit your projects in a chance to compete against teens from all over the state and win a shiny little award. Although all parts of e-Comm are great, I prefer the Graphic Design portion because you really have a chance to express your creativity. 

I portrayed the kittens from the movie The Aristocats for my poster. I compared it to the One, Two, Three poster by Saul Bass. My reason for this is they both have three main objects in the center and they both use the rule of thirds. The main color of each of the posters is a shade of red and they both use black and white. Also, my poster and Saul Bass's both share an abstract, simple look. 

Google Logo

Google Logo
The font they used is Catull. "We ended up with the primary colors, but instead of having the pattern go in order, we put a secondary color on the L, which brought back the idea that Google doesn't follow the rules." Ruth Kedar developed the final logo. Google changes it's logo whenever there is a holiday or occasion. White versions of the Google logo are used during times of great tragedy.