First for my portfolio, I have my Typeface Poster : Baskerville w/ web page
Time allotted : 6 hrs
Total Time used : 2 hrs 20 min
I very fondly worked on this poster. It feels like it was so long ago that we worked on this since it was the second one we did. It reminded me heavily of Typography class as well since we had a very limited pallet and were limited to one typeface as well. My webpage for this was probably the only thing I've shown Rusty that got approved from first glance. Hooray! I didn't spend nearly enough time compared to what was recommended. However, I don't think it ever would require 6 hours to do. I went through several typefaces before I got to Baskerville - many sans serif. But there is something about the lone Serifed font that looks positively artistic and regal to me. I would have loved to see this printed, but I wanted to print things that offered more color. Hm...maybe if we had been allowed 3 prints?
Second, I have my Jazz Poster & iPad pages.
Time allotted : 10 hrs
Total Time used : 8.5 hrs
Jazz was fun....and I felt really really puny while I was making this. Ha! I think it could be offensive if one doesn't have a sense of humor but I mean it in the best way! I love listening to live jazz and wanted to do a really suave vectored musician for this poster. Very poppy and sharp and as energetic yet laid back as jazz can be. I went through quite a few revisions for this and struggled a bit trying to reformat it for iPad pages especially since I lost the original file. I think it ended up nicely though. I'm glad we were given 10 hours....for some reason I spend the most time on this work - despite my memory.
Time allotted : 6 hrs
Total Time Used: 5 hrs 40 min
I must be weird. I didn't think I would like this because it is so copy-heavy but I actually liked this finished design. I'm not sure why....it's gotta be that thing about lone type again. I'm glad I got everything to fit and think it would have been much harder to do if we actually had graphics that we needed to try to fit in. I enjoyed printing it out on 11x17 and actually physically feeling it's completed and folded version. Laserjet is how most flyers are printed so it really felt like a finished product. I got super close to my time requirement while still needing revisions so I view this time use as a success!
Fourth is my Yellowstone / Tetons Poster w/ iPad pages
Time allotted: 6 hrs
Total Time Used : 5 hrs 45 min
So puuuurrrrrttttttyyy! This one was pretty simple but I focused on eye-catching color for this poster. The tagline took a while to think of and kind of just came to me when I was looking for fonts. The triangles were inspired by the rainbow in the foreground of the photo. I think it works pretty well and is a very dreamy element but also mirrors the awesome colors of (pulled straight from) the photo. For the iPad page, I had to make the tagline white so it could pop from the detailed background.
Fifth I have chosen my Detours Newsmagazine Spread
Time allotted : 10 hrs
Total Time Used : 7 hrs
I kind of like my Detours spread. I think the story and concept wasn't exactly what I would prefer to work from, but hey! That happens all the time as a designer. I did the best I could and came up with something I was nearly going to print. I really liked my first two pages, while the second just got reworked and reworked so much that I can't really stand to look at it anymore. I know the serif face is easier to read, but I secretly still really like sans serif in body copy. Came under the recommended time but I still put a lot of elbow grease into this. 10 hours seems a little over what it should have taken.
Sixth is my Herpetology Poster and Animated Banner
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Time allotted: 6 hrs
Total time Used : 5 hrs 20 min
Herp Derp Herpetology! I immediately knew I wanted to do an illustration and came across a photo of the cutest rainforest frogs. Loved doing them in watercolor and plopped them into the diagonal layout I had created. I felt it was still missing something so I put in a watery-parchmenty bg that I scanned from the library. The banner took a while but I really enjoyed making it. That Flash project in Type really got me used to using keyframes and such. I can't wait to use this for personal banners! I came close to the allotted time, but part of me still feels I could have used another hour or two to figure out a more pleasing design. I like this, but maybe it should have been horizontal or something.....IDK but it's bugging me!
Seventh is my Native American Heritage Poster series and banner.
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Time Alloted : 6 hrs
Total Time used : 6 hrs 40 min
I went over budget for this, but I think I should have considering all the many elements of these THREE posters. Holy cow. I'm glad images were provided but I had to doctor a few for the banner or poster so that the composition or darkness would be right to suit the type. I like them and the concept except for the banner that I made at the bottom. I like the banner but not how I aligned the type. I had to make that when I had my pc with no nice fonts on it and didn't have enough energy to edit all that in all 3 posters on my refurbished mac. Meh. Maybe that is why I like the banner so much more.
Last but not least is my Stress Magazine Layout.
Time Alloted : 6 hrs
Total Time Used : 3 hrs 35 min
What the hell!??! This came out of nowhere and was literally the last thing I worked on, but it turns out to be the best, the thing I like most, what I printed, what took little time to do, and even Rusty said it looked cool! Maybe.....omg...just maybe I am getting better? Or this is my once-a-semester burst of inspiration that struck me? Anyway, I think it was really all based around the photo. The man was surrounded all by black and cut off on his left side, so I had to edit it to allow for white on the right and a continuation on the left. The white was definitely needed for the type to be readable. After more adjusting, everything finally fits and looks great. I really like the modern feel that it has. It's very different from everything else, but I think this is a big turning point for me.
HOORAH! I'm very excited for next semester. I have a feeling that it is going to be very package heavy vs the print heavy we had this semester, so that is scary. But now that I know how everything works, I'm actually going to be missing having stuff to design over break. Maybe I should start that food layout.....?
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