Kick Butts Day

This poster features a picture of smoke intertwined with words about what happens to your body when you smoke. The words that are larger are the company's slogan. This creates emphasis on the important words. The movement of the smoke helps move your eye across the page. The background includes a pattern of "smoking kills".

This poster was designed for Kick Butts Day, a day to raise awareness of the issue of smoking and its effects on kids (and adults). I made it my own by adding the text around the image and layering it on top.

When making this poster, I knew that I wanted to use smoke. I also wanted to list off some of the health effects of smoking. By combining them, I was able to make an eye-catching design that has a strong message to it. I knew by making the more important words in the slogan bigger and brighter, it would help get my message across.

Johnny Rotten!

"You should never, ever be understood completely."

This poster is of Johnny Rotten, the lead singer of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Limited. The quote I chose to use is from his book "Rotten: No Blacks No Irish No Dogs". I used an image of Rotten with disappearing lines to help the meaning of the quote pull through. I used the colors to offset the bold black and white image. I wanted to use a love of variety to make it stand out.

The assignment was to create a poster based on ....to be completed soon...

Last Two Emotion Designs

Exploring Other Designers

While searching the web, I came across the Canadian company Emdoubleyu Design. As I looked at all the different things they do (posters, logos, etc.) I found myself intrigued with the messages behind their designs. This one piece in particular caught my attention. I love how they disguise an ear as a rock. Their use of balance really pushes your eye to the ear and the bikers. The poster flows very well with the background mountains as well. The fact that this is in support of something really adds to why I like it. If you want to check out all of the incredible artwork from this company, click here.

Emotions

The image on the left is representing the word "pumped". It uses bold colors to convey the meaning of the word. The pattern of the design helps to provide motion and energy to the piece. The image on the right is representing the word "longing". The color blue is normally associated with sadness, so it fit here. The word itself is going into the background but stays bold to represent something that you can't have but desperately want. There are eyes are eyes in the background for a pattern to add a hidden layer to the piece. The large eye helps to push the strong sense of the word.


The assignment for the design was to convey emotions using text. I made this my own by using the pencil tool, as well as the text tool, to create images relating to my subjects. Everything on the page, minus the fill in the background, is made using text. I believe the images help enhance the meaning as well as provide a subject to relate to.


When I started "pumped", I immediately knew that I wanted to do a fist to convey excitement and power. I adjusted the opacity of the image to give it life and added bright, bold colors in the background to add to the upbeat air of the image. With "longing" I wanted it to be somber. The blue seemed natural, as did the crying eye. When I fiddled with the word itself, I found that the eye and the "L" seemed to have a similar shape, so it became connected. I chose to flip the text on the eye on the outermost part to create lashes.

Design Book Color

Design Book Pattern

Design Book Gradient

Design Book Cover

Logos Logos Logos

The logo on the left is my first and middle name with a picture of the Even Star, a necklace found in the Lord of the Rings movies. I chose to do this design because I love LOTR. I used green in the image because green is my favorite color.

The logo on the right is for www.angryyoungandpoor.com a website that has punk music, clothing, hair dyes, etc. They didn't have any logo minus their name and it was difficult to know what the store is about. So, I designed a poster-like logo that has two members of a well-known punk band, The Casualties, on it. This shows who this website traditionally appeals to. It shows that it's about punks and music. The website name is on either side of the picture.

In the name logo, I used negative space to focus the image towards the middle and bring attention to the flow of the logo. I chose to have negative space in the Even Star to to make it a little more difficult to understand which also aids the meaning behind it.

In the AYP logo, I used negative space to create my poster-like feel. This brought the people forward, creating more of an emphasis on them. I also chose to not have full color on the people to aid the poster feel.

The hardest part of making my logos honestly was just what to design for both. I felt stuck at several times while making them. However, I like my finished product.