Propaganda poster
This propaganda poster took me a little while to do because I had trouble coming up with a topic to do it on. I had decided that I wanted to make a war propaganda poster but that was still such a broad field. I eventually had the idea to draw some planes and from there came the idea to make those planes chasing another plane. After that the ideas just kind of snowballed and I ended up with what you see now. After I finished with all of the planes and had them positioned the way I wanted, I struggled to figure out what to do next. I could tell that something needed to be done, I just couldn't figure out what. I added some more details on the planes like the shark's mouth and the smoke and decided that it looked good.
Illustrator Tutorials
All of these images were assignments that I had to complete in Illustrator. I had a lot of fun with most of them. They taught me some good skills that I will use later on when I am designing images. They all had their individual challenges though, there were parts on every one of these that I could not get what I was doing to look like the tutorial. My favorite one of the is probably the live paint, and it's also the one that took me the longest. I had to break up the image by hand into a series of small geometric shapes but the end result was worth every minute I spent on it.
Logo Design Project
I used a landscaping business for my logo design project. The name of my business was Groundhog Landscaping. I based my logos off of things related to landscaping. These were things that pop into your head when you think of landscaping or things that when you see it makes you think of landscaping. One of the larger difficulties I had was with the last logo. I had a very hard time getting the leaf that extends from the G to look realistic. I was proud of the first logo I had, the one of the tree that transforms into the shovel. I think the design looks very clean and neat. I used illustrator to make all of these logos.
Remix
This project was to take a scene from a tv show or movie and remix it to a beat. I chose the wushi finger hold scene from Kung Fu Panda. To make this remix I took the audio from the scene and put it into GarageBand. Once it was in GarageBand I could cut the audio up and rearrange it. I took a dubstep beat and set the remix to that. I had a little trouble with making the remix line up with the beat. I found it difficult to find parts of the scene that I could cut up and remix. The last thing that I had some trouble with was making it meet the time requirement.
Flat Design
For my flat design project I was tasked with picking five things that described me and drawing them in illustrator. For the first thing that describes me I picked a running shoe because I like to run. For the second I picked an Xbox controller because one of my favorite things to do is play Xbox. Third, I picked an image of Captain America's shield and Thor's hammer because I really like Marvel movies. For the fourth one I drew a Converse shoe because I like to wear Converse. Lastly I picked a target because I like to shoot and I couldn't do a gun. I had a hard time with the hammer because the head of the hammer was sort of difficult to draw.
Desktop Project
For my desktop project I had to create a desktop that shows who I am using photoshop. I put things that I like on the table. The Xbox controller and Fallout phone case are to represent that I like gaming. The notebook, pencil, and pens are to show that I like to draw. The Marvel sticker shows that I like Marvel movies. The baseball shows that I like to play Baseball. I had difficulty with finding enough objects to describe me. I found it easy though, to take the backgrounds off of things.
Resume
For my resume project I did a Super Mario themed resume. I put all of the information on the resume in a font that resembled Mario. I had difficulty with the images, I had a hard time finding images that worked with the resume as a whole. I had success with the background of Mario. I think the ground and the sky worked well with the theme of the resume. I used photoshop to make this.
It's All About The W
For my It's All About The W project I chose carpentry. So I chose objects that related to carpentry. I used photoshop to make a design that conveyed the main ideas of carpentry. I used hammers, saws, hardhats, and paintbrushes. I made the W look like it was made out of wood and the letters look like they had been painted. I made the saw look like it was sawing through the W and that gave me a little bit of trouble. I had a hard time making it look realistic. I did something similar with the hardhat, I tried to make it look like it was hanging on the center of the W. I had a little bit more success with that.