walls and barriers-Homophobia

hey!
so for my walls and barriers project, I'm thinking about doing homophobia as my topic, and maybe touch up on religion. so homophobia and religion. And when I think about hopmophobia and religion, I think are people homophobic because of religious beleifs? or is it just ignorant people using the bible to justify their hate? both I guess. But yeah. I'm not necessarly going to make it homophobia AND religion, but its just my idea that my topic is based on. so maybe I can do something along the lines that represent both homophobia and religion together. Its just a thought.

Blood Wedding Logo

Original Photo

This was my idea for the T-shirt. A line drawing of the three of them. It was a challenge to do, especially their hair lines (which I dont really like how it turned out on Jasmine and Torry's photo. But it was the best I could do.) I put to linked rings as the O's in blood, just to be a bit more creative. then the quote at the bottom. I think that it resembles the actual photograph well enough to know what you are looking at. (And you can look at the actual photpgraph to compare if you'd like.)

This photo I didnt lighten it or anything, so it may be a bit dark, but thats what I traced in Illustrator. I think they look alike.

Blood Wedding Poster

So, here is my Blood wedding poster. It took a while to do because i didnt have any ideas for it. After a while, I decided to do bloody text to represent the blood in the play, and there photographs, I think, says enough. Its pretty intense. I love how each charector has a different expression on their face that kind of shows what they are like in the play. Torry-completelty in love with this girl. Jasmine-confused about what and who she wants, and alex-the well built one who wants and is passionate for jasmine. or their charectors. They did a great job posing for this photograph. its says alot. like conflict.

The process was actually quite fun. Especially the photo shoot. We got the three of them on the poster to dress up, and we directed the photo shoot. We told them how to pose and what not. we also let them put in a couple of poses of their own. The photograph I used was a picture that I took. After that, we sat together in class, and we looked at all the photographs we took, then individually chose the photos we would like to work with. Then we hoped on the computers and got it done.

I didn't want to put a moon, because thats seemed to be a popular topic, so I just put creative text. and I used the gradient tool for the background. I did not origionaly know how to do the bloody text effect so i found a tutorial online, and it REALLY helped. heres the linke if you want to give it a go as well:http://www.photoshop-dragon.com/Tutorials/Text_Effects/Dripping_Blood_Text.htm It really helped me, it's easy to follow, and it was also fun learning how to do something new on photshop.

i would say it met some of the elements and pricipals of design, like color, emphasis, balance. I like the titlte emphasis's (in a way) what the play is about. Its bloody text, so if you look at it, i would asume that you would asume the play has blood invoved. which makes it interesting, and more people may want to see it.

color, well the poster is in color. i would say the red text and the grey-black background matches it well because it kind of gives of that "dark" or "something bad is going to happen" vibe.

balance. well the charectors are pretty balanced. torry and alex are both cut of near the same places (the side of there heads) so it looks even. and i like the position jsamine in in. I would say it was well put together. everything kind of fits in a way, i guess. unity. If i could change anything, i would probebly position the text so its not behind torry; so you can see the blood thats dripping behind him.

judging by the "thank you's" on the anouncements by Mr. Danakas, I would say that my poster and the others posters (and by "others" mean my graphics class who did awsome posters as well) were done well enough for him to like.

I like it and I think it turned out pretty well, but i cant help but feel i could have done better....

Lakeshore Idol Logo

So this is my logo for lakeshore idol. I'd be lieing if i said it was easy; it wasnt. It was a bit of a challenge, but in the end, I would say it turned out pretty good. I like that its a piano winding into a J (one of Jasmines favorite instraments) I'm hoping the end product met the requirments.
The process was quite fun. we sat together and went through all her photos. After we that, we brainstormed ideas of what we could do, and got to work.
The whole idol process and competion was pretty cool, and im glad graphics got to be apart of that. Im also glad we only spent, like, two weeks tops on the graphics work, cause after a while it would have gotten fustrating.

Tutorials

Well, for starting graphic designers, it’s probably a good idea to learn the basic’s of graphic design; the elements and principals and such. So here’s a link that teaches you some of these basics about graphic design, starting with elements and design; like an introduction to…:

http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/designelements/a/elementsintro.htm

There are different lessons that can help you build your way up to graphic designing.

After learning the basics, you may be ready to work in a program, like Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign but you may not know exactly what your dealing with, so try using a tutorial to help you learn some cool tricks. Here is a link that has some cool Photoshop tutorials for beginners.


http://psd.tutsplus.com/articles/web/50-great-photoshop-tutorials-for-clever-beginners/
At this link, there is a list of 50 tutorials for beginners to do in Photoshop.
You can choose whatever tutorials interest you, and work your way through it.

Zepplin and Idol poster analysis

Zeppelin and idol poster analysis

For this assignment, we had to design a 60’s themed poster for orchestral zeppelin, with a modern-ish look, Mike’s photo, and a visual representation of orchestra meets rock. And I think that my poster pretty much meat those expectations. However, did they meet the articles criteria? Let’s see:
The articles I read said what criteria’s are needed for a good poster design, like
Structure
Less is more
Background and such
Delightful and different
Big designs grabbing your attention

Well I think that my structure is pretty good. I would say the main focus is Michael; the way he is place in the poster, with only half of his face showing; I think that’s pretty eye catching. And he’s a different color than the background. Speaking of colors, I think that because it has to have a 60’s feel to it, the colors kind of make it pop a bit more, along with the text that’s all warped and twisted.
Because we had to make it kind of 60’s it may look a bit cluttered because the photo of mike takes up half the poster, then text. But that could be a bit of a good thing, and a bit of a bad thing. Because mike is big, it helps with my advertising of him, which falls under “big designs grabbing your attention”; you see it and you wonder what its for, the text is also big and colorful, which is good, I think the colors help it look somewhat psychedelic which was one goal hopefully achieved, but for some it may be too much text, maybe, and “less is more.” But I put the right amount of text needed to communicate my message; Time, place, where and when. Nothing that’s not needed, so I guess that would be debatable. (Whether or not it’s too much)
I think in terms of meeting my goal in advertising orchestral zeppelin in a 60’s feel, overall it turned out pretty well. I got the color schemes, the warped text; his photo altered in a funky way, and also a small visual representation of orchestra meets rock, with the double guitar and cello. It looks different and I like that about it, and that also falls under delightful and different.
I guess I’m pretty satisfied with it.

For the idol posters, (I’m analyzing both) I didn’t actually do a poster; I did the logo, which is on the poster. I think there fabulous by the way. I love that they both match in more than one way. They match in color, text, and information. I would say they met the expectations of poster design.
There not cluttered, the text is enlarged and easy to read, there’s an image that advertises the product, but in this case it’s advertising Jasmine Jewel being in TDSB idol competition, its gets the intended message across which is “vote for Jasmine Jewel” and it has a date when you can start to vote. The background is pretty plain; it has some pink behind it, which helps her image pop out a bit, and then just white space; and that good thing, because her picture, the pink, and white all work together, and that falls under background, figures, and blanks. (All three elements should work together.) The structure is great. Her image is not just plopped in the middle; it has some composition to it. The text added is big enough to read, and it gets the message out. The logo is creative, and it also gives the name of the competitor. The posters are simple and I think that’s what makes them so great. If anything, I would probably add the website you would go on to vote to make it easier for the audience, because everyone may not the website. But other than that, I really think they are fabulous and came out great. And as a team, I say we work really well together.

poster analysis and artical summary

Poster Analysis and article summary

The articles I read talked about different criteria for designing a poster like:

Structure
Focus areas ; the points that catch our eye
Distributed alternately on the space-its important to know what elements are going to be the main focus of attention
Diagonals-negative or positive, horizontal or vertical

Background, figures, and blanks
· The three different elements that work together in a poster design
· Blanks are the empty spaces in a design that surrounds images and typography and emphasizes the element that is meant to be the focus of attention

Big designs grabbing your attention
The elements and text in your poster should be large in proportion
Its important to be able to read the text and understand the visual message from a distance and at a glance

Less is more
Don’t distract the audience with unnecessary imagery and text
Stay focused on the intended message
Good poster designs use less than 10 words and only one image
Keep it simple because more can be confusing

Delightful and different
A poster design that is humorous or different from anything else out there
No need to be extravagant in order to be different

Always know your posters goal, and use your poster’s design to get the attention you want. Draw your audience to it.