Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Project C: Conceptual Image


For Project C we were asked to pick a social, political or cultural theme to use as a source of inspiration for a poster. I chose the issue of Marriage Equality, it’s something I’ve been fighting for since, well, forever I guess. It’s an unfortunate truth that some people believe marriage is reserved for straight people only and that the rights and benefits of marriage be reserved as well. To deny these rights is not only unconstitutional, it’s also inhumane. Thankfully we have come a long way in the past years and marriage equality is almost recognized in every state and at the federal level. It’s because of the good hard working people over at www.marriageequality.org and many other volunteers and supporters throughout the country that this issue will soon be laid to rest. 

MIND MAP'N! OHYA

Couple of sketches 


When I brainstormed with Rafael, he thought the straight forward approach would be best. 
Use iconographies of men and women to make an immediate connection with the audience. 
Sadly I had to make my own icons as I could not find any same sex icons on the internet. 

Added texture to the background. 

Texture 2



Finished product with website.

I had such a blast doing this project. Unfortunately my skill level with the Adobe suite is at a 1 and my ideas are at a 10. Feels like I’m learning a foreign language sometimes. Can’t wait to hone my craft so I can redo these posters and get closer to the design I have in my head. Never-the-less, I believe the message is clear and thats what really matters. 

Project B: Graphic Translation

Had a lot of fun with this project. Candice thought it’d be different if I chose a tool as my object and I thought that would be a nice challenge so: challenge accepted. After some more brainstorming we thought of combining a saw with a comb and the company could be focused around mens grooming (which is ironic as I’m about the least groomed man in class, but no matter). Just makes my challenge more, uh, challenging. Crosscut is the type of saw used as the inspiration and I thought that would make a great name for a barber shop. Voilá - Crosscut Barber Shop.

These are the photos I found online and chose to use as the inspiration for the work.

Trace, trace, and more tracing.

Simplifying the image. Editing out the hard details.

Flushing out the idea.

Playing around with shapes and some early lock ups.

Type Specimen Sheet.
3 different lockups and exploring some type.

Logo: 1

Logo: 2

Logo: 3

Logo: 4
Color combo #1

Color combo #2






Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Project A: Great Mind


Deciding on which designer I wanted to choose for the Great Minds assignment wasn’t easy. I was instantly drawn to Lucian Bernhard because of the simplicity and scope of his work. Then I was drawn to David Carson because of his insane use of type and bad-boy image. Then it was Milton Glaser, then April Greiman, Chip Kidd, Paul Rand…the list goes on. After spending about a month researching designers and going back and forth deciding who to pick, I went with my instinct and chose Lucian Bernhard and boy am I glad I did. 

Bernhard: Spread 1

Bernhard: Spread 2

Bernhard: Spread 3

Bernhard: Spread 4

Bernhard: Spread 5

Bernhard: Spread 6

Bernhard: Spread 7

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Layers

Sequence of shapes

Finished piece


Added some texture

Inverted

Monday, November 10, 2014

Border Play

Border play using a W in Futura LT Medium

Specimen sheet

Palette sheet

Couple of crude sketches

Cleaned up versions