truman art adventure }: VIZ COMM II WHOOOOHOOOOO

No really, I'm super excited. Having one viz comm course has been wonderful since I now can focus all of my graphic design energies into one class at a time. Since I've had Rusty before, I know the format of the class (not to mention this is at the same time and place as illustration was), which is a plus. I'm also enjoying the constant review and revision of our work coupled with the fact that we are taking skills from Typography, Illustration, and Viz I constantly and using them in each project we have. So...yeah. Yay Viz II!

Time to go over what we've done so far. 2 weeks into school and we've begun FIVE projects. Woo!
Everything (except maybe the 1st project) is in revision and will have to be finalized before they are due. When they are first "due," Rusty goes around with his trusty red pen and tells us what we need to change. I'd like to post those eventually as well.

Okay, 1st was revising a campus-found poster that advertised Truman's MAE program. We had to come up with 3 b&w typographic 8.5x11 layouts with no bleed. 2 of the posters needed to use provided stock photos. This is what I have so far.

Next was.....uh....TYPEFACE POSTER! Promote a typeface with a poster. After going through Helvetica, Futura, & Garamond, I ended up happy with Baskerville. B&W no bleed. Current version lacks the line on the right. Oh, we also had to put it in the Monotype web site!

Numbuh 3 is a revision of a Jazz combo poster with vector-focused illustration. Black and 1 spot pantone color. Bleed allowed. Limited copy. We had to make up a headline. I played around with edgy puns. Yay puns. Very punny. Here are the 2 versions I have had so far.