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"International Accordion Festival" (Adobe Illustrator CS6/Poster Design/Typographic Design)
Project Description: A poster to promote the International Accordion Festival. The goals for this poster were to develop strategies for typographic layout design that utilize non-linear systems such as radial and dilatational systems, to create a visually dynamic poster that relies heavily on typographic design for its visual impact, and to experiment with contrast, proportion, & emphasis as mechanisms for creating visual interest and establishing hierarchy within a typographic design.
Thumbnail Design Time: 6 Hours
Poster Design Time: 13.5 Hours

"Hold That Thought" (Pencil and Paper/ Typographic Journal Entry/ Typographic Design) - Daily journal entry for my Typographic Design class. All entries must be typographic and contain very little illustrative images, pictures, etc. I got the idea for this entry when I was talking on the phone with my mom. She needed to put me on hold and interrupted me and said,"Hold that thought, Lindsay."

"Illuminated Initial" (Adobe Illustrator CS5/Illuminated Manuscript Design/History of Communication Graphics) - The objective of this project was to design an initial following the style used in the designs of the Illuminated Manuscripts. Illuminated Manuscripts is a manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated initials, borders (marginalia) and miniature illustrations. These richly decorated manuscripts were popular in the middle ages.

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Introduction Page

Poster Page

"Turn of the Century Posters" (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Fireworks, and Dreamweaver CS5/Turn of the Century Posters Website/Web Design I) - The objective of this project was to create a website dedicated to Posters that were created during the turn of the century.



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"Helvetica" (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Fireworks, and Dreamweaver CS5/Helvetica Website/Web Design I) - The objective of this project was to create a 4 paged website dedicated to the film "Helvetica."

"Protect Our Animals" (Adobe Illustrator CS5/Constructivst Poster Design/History of Communication Graphics) - The objective for this design was to design a poster using the "Constructivist" design styles and motifs. Constructivism is a style or movement in which assorted mechanical objects are combined into abstract mobile structural forms. The movement originated in Russia in the 1920s and has influenced many aspects of modern architecture and design. In this design, I chose to create a poster regarding a cause for environmental preservation.

Art Deco Stiletto

Plakatstil Stiletto

Cubism Stiletto

"Modern Art Styles Stiletto" (Adobe Illustrator CS5/Modern Art Styles/History of Communication Graphics) - The objective of this project was to select an object and incorporate it into three modern art styles including: Art Deco, Plakatstil, and Cubist. Art Deco is the predominant decorative art style of the 1920s and 1930s, characterized by precise and boldly delineated geometric shapes and strong colors, and used most notably in household objects and in architecture. Plakatstil was an early poster style of art that began in the early 1900s and originated out of Germany. The traits of this style of art are usually bold, straight font with flat colors. Cubism is an early 20th-century style and movement in art, especially painting, in which perspective with a single viewpoint was abandoned and use was made of simple geometric shapes, interlocking planes, and, later, collage.

"Art Nouveau Dance Company" (Adobe Illustrator CS5/Dance Company Post Card/Flyer/History of Communication Graphics) - The objective of this project was to design a post card, invitation, or announcement for a dance company using the Art Nouveau design style, motif, pattern background, and type. Art Nouveau is a style of decorative art, architecture, and design prominent in western Europe and the US from about 1890 until World War I and characterized by intricate linear designs and flowing curves based on natural forms.

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Gallery Page
(when you click on one of the thumbnail images on the right, an enlarged image would preview of that particular work of art, as well as the title and description of the work).

 

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"Dedicated to Mark Rothko" (Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Fireworks, and Dreamweaver CS5/Mark Rothko Dedication Website/Web Design I) - This was my first webpage design!!! The objective of this project was to create an homage page dedicated to a particular artist that included an introduction page, a gallery page of that artists works, and a biography page. I am very inspired by Mark Rothko's work!!!

"Pyramid" (Adobe Illustrator CS5/5 Sided Polyhedron Design/Typography) - In this project, the goal was to create a 5 sided typographic polyhedron (a pyramid) using only typography, to explore the use of typography on a 3-dimensional geometric surface, and to continue to explore typographic relationships, particularly in the areas of hierachy, emphasis, value, and space. No representational images were allowed. Each side had to consist of a certain part of my life regarding: quantitative data or factual information (my age, birthdate, etc.), words associated with my personality or behavior, words and or phrases associated with my childhood, words associated with my present day life, and words that speculate my future.

"Fruits & Veggies" (Goauche Paints, Various Pilot Pens, Bristol Board, etc./Children's Accordian Book/Illustration Techniques I) - COMING SOON!!!

"Insanity" (8 Paged Book of Quotes/ InDesign CS5 & Adobe Illustrator CS5/ Typography I) - An 8 Paged book exploring a specific subject using 8 different quotes to express the chosen subject. My book is on Insanity. This is my first book and is by far my favorite project and my greatest of works (in my opinion). The case is a self made cage like enclosure and the binding of the book is also self made with straps of leather. (Design running time: 96 + hours)

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"Happy Holidays" (Gouache Colour Paint / Still Life Painting / Illustration Techniques) For this project my objective it to create with commercial intent in mind.  The final drawing for this project will be photographed or scanned to be used for a holiday shopping bag or holiday product wrap. There are 2 phases to this project: a graphite study (graphite pencils with various weights) and a color study (prisma color pencils). And the color study will help to demonstrate techniques with blending, shading, color values, and hues.

"SAPD Academy Logo" (Adobe Illustrator CS5/ T-Shirt Logo / Freelance Design Job) - Two t-shirt designs for class 2011 B of the SAPD Police Academy. (Design running time: 16 hours)

"Dark Chocolate Design" - (Adobe Illustrator CS5/Typography I) - For this project my goal was to use the entire copy from the "Hoja Verde Ecuador Fino Arriba Dark Chocolate" package to create two typographic compositions; one utilizing a grid for a structured layout design and one utilizing a dynamic non structured layout design. (Design running time: 19 hours)

 

 

 

"Merry Christmas" (Woodless Graphite Pencils HB, 2B, 4B, 6B / Still Life Drawing / Illustration Techniques) For this project my objective it to create with commercial intent in mind.  The final drawing for this project will be photographed or scanned to be used for a holiday shopping bag or holiday product wrap. There are 2 phases to this project: a graphite study (graphite pencils with various weights) and a color study (prisma color pencils). The graphite study will help to explore shading, and tonal values, to experiment with scale, shade and shadow, and surface detail.

"Quote Poster" (Adobe Illustrator CS5 / Typography I) - For this project my agenda was to design a poster with a quotation (of my choice) as its centerpiece and to identify the quotations structural deconstruction and the anatomy of its typographic elements. Within the poster, I had to identify at least ten anatomical parts, the type face name and font classification family, and at least one of each of the following: initial cap, base line, mean line, descender line, ascender line, cap line, shoulder, x-height, point size/s, and leading. (Project time: 12 hours)  

I Love You, Mom.

 

"Mom" (Various Weight Graphite Pencils / Life Style Character Development / Illustration Techniques I) A drawing of my mother using only cross-hatching and graphite pencil.

"My Color Wheel" (Various Prisma Colors / Illustration Techniques I) - The objective of this project was to create our own unique style color wheel. We had to incorporate the different tones, shades, and tints of each color, as well as experiment with the blending of certain colors.