Updated Fronts

I changed my type to Myriad which is the traditional Adobe typeface, I changed the sizing of the paint splotches, and changed the color of the Adobe logos, I think the cover's are coming along.

Adobe fronts

I finally figured out what direction I want to go with my fronts, I really wasn't pleased with the beginning covers, I really like the splotches idea, I made the splotches from REAL PAINT!!!

Abobe Ad

Ignore the 5. Here's an idea of where I am trying to get at. Simple and with a lot of negative space. I don't know about the hierarchy though, I know I need more up, but there is so much due and so much going on in my personal life. I'll hopefully have more comps by the end of the week.

Guys, it looks like I haven't done much, but a lot has been going on with my life, please send any suggestions on how to improve on this project, my mind is just too tired with everything this year. Here are two ideas on concept #3.

Postponement of blog

Sorry guys for the late blog post because I got into a really bad accident, I thank God that I am alive, my car got totaled but it's a car, it's replaceable. I'm sorry Joe and everybody but I'll have two blog postings by the end of the week to catch up. I have otherwise been writing all my blogs on time, except for this one, so I hope that I will have one of the two weekly blogs up by early this week.

adobe comps 1.1

hey guys beneath adobe comp 2 is another batch of comps PLEASE COMMENT ON THEM.

Adobe comp 2

Adobe comps 1

British Poster Designer Abram Games

Most people would scoff at Abram Games's poster designs, but as a graphic designer I am amazed by the creativity that Abram Games shows through his World War II posters. Abram Games believes in his philosophy of "Maximum Meaning, Minimum Means". Abram Games used a lot of geometric shapes, but used them to an extent where they all had meaning. Abram Games believed that "[a] poster with a measure of intrigue engages the mind of the spectator and he looks again. You have to take him along with you as he follows your line of thought. The best way I can describe what happens is to say that as the designer you wind the spring, and it is released in the mind of the viewer" (Games). In my opinion Abram Games was genius in using memorable imagery within his artwork through combining multiple streams of thought into one poster.Games work is similar to surrealism, however he used it in a way to send a message to the people during WWII. Games is not only well known for his hundreds of posters but for his bbc logo, guiness artwork, and Emblem for the Festival of Britain. As designers we should all look to other artists in order to influence our own work through inspiration and awe. Graphic design wise, we all regurgutate and/or borrow our creativity one way or another with our own creative minds somehow, someway. Therefore, I feel that we should all look to artists from the past and present in order for our artwork to communicate better and to better our work as well.

Adobe Photoshop thumbnails

I chose Adobe Creative Suite 5ive particularly Adobe Photoshop. At first I chose Illustrator because I though we were developing a logo also, but besides the logo I felt that Photoshop had a lot more I can do with design wise as far as the packaging goes, so I chose Photoshop. From my own experience here is what I can tell you about Photoshop: Photoshop is a image editing tool for graphic designers and photographers particularly in order to retouch, touch up, crop, distort, add, and/or eliminate certain features of a photograph. Photoshop can also be used to develop patterns, textures, and gradients in order to add to a design or photo. Photoshop also is a great tool to put collages together as far as coming up with a design that speaks to the viewer, yet amazes even the most talented designers out there with precision in the different techniques used. Photoshop is a software application that designers use particularly in distorting "pixelated images" (I mean pixels within the image itself, not fuzzy pics), whereas illustrator is more developed with a grid system and mathematics. Therefore, I chose photoshop because it will not restrict me design wise. I just thank God Adobe has updated it's software because I don't know what we would do with photoshop 1 where you only have one layer to work with. :)

Graduation inching closer and closer

There is one more year left to graduate or should I say one more semester after this hectic spring semester that thousands of students including myself get out of the job world and become people looking for a career in graphic design. The more I think about the year winding down, the more I think that finding a place to work in graphic design is going to take a lot of creative intellect and perseverance. The thought of graduating with a less than stellar portfolio at this point is frightening (because I have only attempted and taken two graphic design classes the semesters before this one). In today's society there are several talented students and amateur designers who are jockeying for only a handful of jobs after graduation. The world today has so many tech savvy people that for graphic design students like myself trying to find a job in the career world will be difficult. As students we need to have a portfolio that will have our future employers wanting more. I hope that we all discipline ourselves to set up projects for ourselves that will challenge us daily into becoming better graphic designers and/or students.