Photo Manipulation

This is my project I did for photo manipulation. I took 5 photos and put them in one. I had to use the magic wand tool and a lot of cropping tools to make this picture successful. I took 2 pictures of my sister and one of my cat to place into the picture of the fan. I also took out the background in the door to put a picture of the sunset I took.

Final

           As a young graphic designer, I think “First Things First Manifesto,” means that people see graphic designs everywhere we go. Everything you see at the store has something designed to fit the product. But graphic design is more than that: we should be using our talents to create awareness for people. Not to say designers in the advertising world are wasting their time because they aren't, but these designs do not do much for the world. We could be putting these graphic designers to work where their work could be appreciated in many different ways. Let’s create designs that want to make this world a better place, not to just get people to buy things.

            I've grown a lot as a graphic designer this quarter, because my perspective on graphic designs has broadened. I didn't really know what ‘graphic design’ was coming into this class, but after seeing several examples and creating some of my own, I now understand what it is all about. I go out into the world now and notice more things and how they could have been created just from being in this class. Photo shop wasn't my strongest suit at first, but after working with it a lot, I feel a lot more comfortable using it. At first I didn't know how to take my ideas and design them, but as I continued I got better.

           

            I feel like I should get an A in this class. Even though my projects weren't top notch, I feel like I have grown as a graphic designer. I've really grown to like designing things on the computer, and this was the perfect class to build my foundation as a graphic designer. I think I could have put a little more into my projects, but I was just trying to get comfortable with the software we were using and actually transfer the thoughts in my head onto the computer screen. I would also like to thank Ben Gosnell for helping me in this class and with my photo shop ideas. 

Perks of Being a Wallflower

This is my movie poster I created for "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" based on the style Saul Bass used in his movie posters. Because it was a "wall" flower, I took it literal and used a brick wall as my background and used flowers. I used only a few colors just like Saul Bass would have. I took a famous quote from the movie and put it in the infinite symbol it represented. It's a very simple poster but it fits the movie well and it kind of looks like a poster Saul Bass possibly could have created. 

Photo Manipulation

This picture just started as a bare night sky, but after manipulating it a little bit, it turned out as this. This one photo is made up of ten different pictures. When finding pictures to put in here I had to take into consideration the lighting and the angle of each picture. I had to use the eraser and magic wand tool to get ride of the background that I didn't want. I also had to change the opacity of some layers so it would flow better with the whole picture. I'm pretty happy of how it all turned out.

Environmental Design

This is my environmental design project. To create this I had to use photo shop and majority of the time used the same tools over and over again. I create each individual object in a separate window. I then took every object and put them into one single file. To make it fit each spot I used the transform tool to make it fit and look legit. I arranged it how I wanted it to look like and ended up with this. Hopefully it's "brightens" someone's day if they ever saw this.  

Photo Collage

I think environmental design is when you take something around you and make a plan to make it better. Environmental design is used everywhere whether we realize it or not. Environmental design takes a boring spot and makes it a lot more interesting. There are people that major in this type of design and try to make some cool 'art' out of a simple thing. They use a lot to create a certain design, such as 3-D or even use floor and the ceiling to give it another look.

Magazine Cover- DAC

This is my magazine cover that I created for the magazine "Digital Art Creation." In order to create this I had to take the logo that was already there for me and use it somewhere in my cover. I also had to choose a main cover picture from the selection of other photos I was given. I chose the tree branch picture because the colors were brown and blues and I really like these colors together. I put the logo in the top left corner to take away from the branch. When typing 'What's inside' I had to put a background behind it to be sure it was readable. I like this cover becayse it's all browns and blues, but the logo really pops out.

Softball Illustrated

This is my magazine cover I created myself based off of  a Sports Illustrated template. To get the template I had to measure all the dimensions for all the lines on the cover. I had to measure the text boxes and the border. When I got all the dimensions, I went to photo shop and used the ruler and grid tool to assist me on getting the dimensions accurately. I then decided what I wanted to have my magazine about and got the information that would be fitting for it. Then I used the template I created when I put all my information on photo shop.

Typography

This poster is for the Broadway Musical "Beauty and the Beast." When creating this poster I used the pen tool to create the title. It took majority of my time because it was a little time consuming creating my own letters. As for the other text I used a provided font on photoshop. For the background I took a picture from the internet and overlaid it with a gradient background to give it that look. I think the font fits the poster well, and would entice people to come to the Broadway Musical "Beauty and the Beast."

Identity Standard

Killer Floral

Identity Standards

2013 Edition

Introduction:

We are Killer Floral and we strive to give you the prettiest bouquets of flowers. We use our talents and skills to give you quality flowers for your loved one or a special occasion. We can create bouquets for all sorts of events.

Having an identity for ourselves is important. It gives us a name for ourselves and who we are. We try our best to look and sound professional at all times whether it’s in the store or our name being heard. We hope when our logo is seen it is seen as an original design and also a great floral shop.

Typography:

Killer Floral uses their logo on many of their advertisements, and was created with a radial blur. The font ShowCard Gothic is used for the title of our business. As for the secondary text, MoolBoran font is used. When creating messages for our bouquets we create, we use a wide variety of fonts and layouts to please the customer.

 Colors:

For our business, we stick to five colors; black ice, pure white, pretty purple and mist blue.

Black Ice:             R0        G0        B0         HEX000000

Pure White:       R255   G255   B255    HEXFFFFFF

Pretty Purple:   R117   G48      B203    HEX7530CB

Mist Blue:           R0        G239    B239   HEX00EFEF

Logos:

Our logo is original and represents only our business. The logo is a pretty purple “K” over a mist blue “F”. Our logo will either be on black, white, or a pretty purple background.  

The appropriate logo will only be seen as displayed here

The inappropriate logo as seen below will have altered colors or stretched out.

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Promotional Material:

We want to get our name out there that we are a strong floral business. We use various promotional materials which includes business cards, envelopes, and stationary. Even though they are different they still follow our identity standards.

Web Content:

As a business we want to reach as many people as possible. We have created a facebook page and a twitter account for our business. Our facebook page is facebook.com/kfloral and you can find us on twitter at @killerfloral. With our business on the web we reach a lot more people. We use the default themes on both facebook and twitter, but our logo will be used as our picture.

Conclusion:

Killer Floral ensures quality flowers and bouquets and that is why we feel it is important that we demonstrate professionalism in all that we do.  Whatever is seen with our logo on it we ensure is an original and quality product.  

Business Stationary

This is my business card, letterhead and envelope from the company logo I created. I had to use a lot of layers to create the effects I wanted. I repeated a floral design and my logo to give it some repetition. I kept the colors similar so it looked the same. I used the same font for all of them so it'd look the same. I used the line and curve tool for majority of the time while creating my stationary. I think my business card, letterhead, and envelope all turned out pretty good for the logo I created. 

Initial Logo

I chose this design because not only was it my favorite, but my classmates feedback agreed with me. In the real world, creating a logo for a business could be way more difficult. Sometimes it's not what you want, it's what the business wants as a whole. To create this logo, I had to take into consideration what I wanted to include and what would be best fitting for myself.

What is Graphic Design?

Graphic Design is used in many things whether you think so or not. Graphic Design is a way to show something in an original way and is usually creative. These designs are found in many places such as on the social media and a way to advertise. Businesses hire special people to create or design their very own graphics to help their business. Graphic design is important because it's used everywhere, it gives us a name to call all the "artwork" and designs that we create.