Devi Coco Project

Out of all the projects we've done so far, I think the packaging project/ the Devi Coco project was my favorite.

There was a lot that I went into the project already knowing and even more things I learned about design that I'd never known before. The construction of the pieces in the project was horrible I hated making that bag and I know I had a ton of construction errors but all in all I'm happy with my designs and I think they turned out well.

My favorite thing about it was (ironically) the construction though; I hated having to put it all together, but creating my ideas and building up to the final piece and getting to see it physically come to life was really cool and I would like to do more with packaging in the future.

~Pattern Excersize

4 pattern variations from the class excersize. (shape, scale, and color)

Cute bag!

My practice bag outline for class :) I might make a fat bag (horizontal) instead of a vertical one, or both, depending on how easy it actually is to make them.

~Indian Images

For the upcoming project, I chose to

use Indian culture as my inspiration. I

love Indian culture because of it's

rich history, brilliant colors, fashion

and ornate architecture.

I have already complied my 15 images, but here are 3 news ones that I might use

to gather colors or ideas from during

the project. The first is of four women dancing in decorative Saris (their gowns), the next one, of colorful spices, and the last,a beautiful shot of the Taj Mahal and a reflection of it in the water.

I'm not sure whether I'm going to

do chocolate or candy for the project,

so far all I've done is my brainstorming exersize, and have also

begun considering possible color

schemes, typefaces and basic logo

designs for it.

~Symbol design

I learned several things from the symbols project; it was a fun, yet time consuming and a bit difficult.

Throughout the project process, I had to not only sit down with my partner and learn things about her, but also had to figure out a way to represent those aspects in an easy to understand and aesthetically pleasing way.

For the overall look of my symbols, I wanted to do a black and white "clipart" looking style, with choppy lights and darks. At first some of my symbols were a bit sloppy and didn't read right, but after some careful revisions I think I have the look I'm going for.

I think what I learned the most was about how much effort and tweaking of a piece it takes to make sure that it's read/understood universally, ex- it doesn't read as toilet paper to one person, photography to another and making a movie to me. And sometimes that means going back and completely redoing an image, even if you like it as is.

~Color scheme practice exercise

~Hello again! :) I picked this image for my color scheme exercise because beyond the generic (easy to see) colors like the light blue, red and yellow, there are a lot of nice in-between colors that you can make palettes with. I actually did 2 color schemes, one using all green tones on top and one that utilizes the primary tones and some darker variations and blends of those colors.

~Illustrator Redraw Project

Hello again :) So, here's my original picture and illustrator redraw from today's in class assignment~

Paula Scher's graphic design~

Hi again :) So for the upcoming project for class, I got Paula Scher as my designer. I looked up some of her work at it's pretty cool. A lot of it is REALLY intricate though, because she incorporates lots of type into her work and uses it to make entire pieces and pictures. I still haven't come up with a definite plan for what my project will look like since I have such busy work to go off of, but it is cool too look at :)

I've posted two of her pieces for you to look at; the one that says Art Is... is completely made of small letters but I'm not sure if you can zoom in on here. And the map of Florida, which is also mainly compiled of letters and words.

Hey there! Art to go with my first post :)

Title: The Anemometer Sky

Medium: Digital painting, done in Photoshop CS4 with Wacom Intuos 3 tablet

Size: 30x36, 300-dpi

Date completed: June 8th 2010

Hi! I'm starting this blog for a communications class assignment, but I have a feeling I'm gonna have a lot more fun with this than I originally thought, haha!

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So, for my first post, I've given you guys a sample of "my style" as an artist. I am a graphic design major, so you know the drill, logos, clothing, business cards, the works; but I also LOVE digital painting and comic design. This particular piece (above this post) is what I named my site/blog after, I did it sometime last year and it is entitled "The Anemometer Sky." I'm not sure what exactly compelled me to do this particular piece, I've always just found anemometers (cupped wind vanes) to be very captivating and beautiful, and for several reasons, they remind me of my childhood. Originally, this piece was done to go into a spread in the first volume of my comic/manga series, "By Daybreak," but I just ended up elaborating on it more and more and ended up with this :)

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So yeah! That's it for my first post, hope you guys enjoy the blog and the art, and I'll post again soon :)