Juxtapose Project!

This is the juxtapose project I made. It has a clear message and a lot of symbolism. The heart is actually serrated into three pieces and when the paper is folded it looks like one immage. The ribs were placed where there are folds so that they would stick out. The words say, "sticks and stones... will break bones...hurtful words... will break souls."( sorry about the backwardness)

These are the various layers in my project. I used layer masks to hide and reveal certain parts in my artwork. I used adjustment layers to make certain components in the work stand out.

Juxtapose Project (folding pattern)

This is the folding pattern for my juxtapose project.

This is how my test fold came out

This is a map of what I plan on doing with this folding design. The theme of my project is internal conflict.

5 Component Photoshop Picture

This is an image that I composed of five other images.(the desolate looking landscape, the werewolf, the moon "it's really just a picture of an eye with the earth in the middle", the clouds, and the raven.) The tree is a part of the landscape layer, but I selected its branches and used the mask over the clouds to reveal certain branches; blending the tree into the picture nicely. The werewolf has a contrast/brightness adjustment layer over it that I used to create shading. The "moon" has an invert adjustment mask over it. I used the mask over the clouds to hide and reveal parts of the "moon" as well. The raven has a black and red gradient in it to create the illusion of moonlight.
The picture below shows my layer pallet. The layer pallet shows the layers themselves, as well as what i used to put effects on different layers.

Fire Department Patch Design

This is a patch I have designed for the Bungay Fire Brigage. It was requested that our class include the name of the department (Bungay Fire Brigade), the number of the station (77), the town where it is located (Woodstock Connecticut), and the Brigade's slogan (neighbors helping neighbors.)
I used a shovel shaped border for the patch. The patch mainly consists of a red, blue, and yellow color theme, or in other words: the patch uses primary colors. I used these colors because it draws the eyes to the main component of the patch which is the maltese cross with an eagle head in the center ring. Behind the eagle head is an american flag design. These images are symbolic of bravery and service to our country. The maltese cross is surrounded by a two point white line to bring it out from the dark red background.

These are a few images I found on google while looking for inspiration for our next project. We will be designing a new patch for Bungay Fire Department.

So I recreated the D.C. logo through Art Illustrator. I was pretty proud of myself because it came out pretty much identical! Can you tell the difference?

 The logo on the bottom left is the one I made. The logo at the top right is the original.

I also recreated the MSN logo using pathfinder and the anchor point tool in Adobe Art Illustrator. The logo on the bottom right is the one I made.

I created this image of the WWF panda using mostly the pen tool. I am pretty happy with the results. It isn't perfect but it's pretty close. The panda that I've recreated is the bigger logo at the top right. The original logo is at the bottom left.

Here are 20 logos, used by different companies, I have found on www.goodlogos.com

These are pictures of my 4 Designs book from different angles

4 Designs Book Cover

This is the cover to my 4 designs book. It is titled Please Elaborate because the theme of my design book is very chaotic and random. I used a lot of vibrant colors. They are the same scheme as my color design. I used a piece of my line design in the background with a gradient just like I did in my fills design.

Color scheme

These are the colors I used in my color design. I used what is called the square color scheme.

The colors used are different shades of: Red, Orange, Blue, and Yellow

4 designs books

These are four designs I had come up with. In the line design the focal point is the white wing-like pattern overlapping the black swirls.  I used shapes and gradients and actually put my line design with gradients underneath a live trace to make the face stand out in the Shapes/ fills picture. The star to the top left is the focal point of the pattern fills design. It is bigger than the rest of the stars. I also used different lighter patterns that I custom made to have it stand out. In the last picture (color) the focal point is the circle with the gradient as well as the star with the gradient. The are covered with a blue shape that also has a gradient. They stand out because they are the only shapes with gradients.

Stefan Sagmeister

I chose the artist Stefan Sagmeister because I find his work interesting. I like that it is controversial and provokes emotion. These are four pieces of his work that I find particularly intriguing. I am most inspired by his way of creating a bigger message through many pieces of artwork.

This picture and "Always" are both parts of a bigger message that was in an Austrian magazine spread. There are a series of pictures with different words which spell out, "Having guts always works out for me."

This creation is called "Obsessions Make My Life Worse but My Work Better" Sagmeister goes on to describe how this illustrates that he doesn't really obsess over much but his artwork.

The Butterfly Effect

This is my Vote for the Environment poster. The visual texture in the background is actually a butterfly wing. I used color swatches to create the boldness in the poster. I used complimentary colors as well as contrasting colors to create movement in the poster. I used a gradient to make the words stick out from the background.

And I shared it! Here's a screenshot!^.^

My Monogram Folder's Outcome

These are photographs of the folder that I made. The most helpful feature I used in Illustrator to create this folder was the "create outlines" option. It helped me manipulate the text further and customize my desired look. The font of the lettering makes me think of graffiti letters because of the bubble-like curves and smokey shading in the background. Others may interpret it as cloudy.

Brainstorming map for "Vote For The Environment" poster

These Are Some Images That Represent My Brainstorming Process

This butterfly represents my idea of the ripple effect that us as humans can cause in the food chain because of our destructive tendencies

Pandas are endangered, hence being representational of the harm we have already caused on earth by endangering species

This picture clearly represents my ideas of what could happen to Earth if we don't change our ways

This picture represents the fact that people are ignorant to the actual damage we cause to the environment

My Visual Texture Experiment

Cool visual textures

muscle fiber

 lilies

muscle fiber 2

folder

My monogram

Cool Monogram