Graphic design semester final

                              Graphic design semester final

  Over the year in graphic design, i learned a lot. From how to make a basic logo, to a poster to be seen by hundreds of people. During the semester, i had the chance to express myself, make posters, flyers, and t-shirt designs. The first project i did, i was able to show what I'm about. All of my interests, what i do in my free time. I could express myself in many ways that were still understandable. Being able to have a chance and participate in making the homecoming posters was a challenge. I had a hard time showing and expressing what i was capable of. I started to learn from my mistakes and try to improve on it. Being able to make a T-shirt design was a lot of fun. I was able to have a design that would be worn around. It would show school spirit by having our colors and our mascot.  


  I really started to show off my talents when we were given a quote to turn into a story. For me, I gave the story about my life. From where i started, to where i am currently. With that project, I began to show a little improvement. For our latest project, we were given 4 things and we had to turn it into a item to sell. The whole idea must contain a number, two letters, mineral, and an animal. The project was given to us to show how creative we can get. unleash the imagination to make a item that people would buy. It was a big challenge for me to show what i was capable of. Making a logo and coming up with a name was the challenge for me, and so was being able to show it. Still being somewhat new to using adobe illustrator, i was capable of knowing how to use certain tools and shapes to help improve my idea and the way it was shown.

  Over the semester, i struggled with showing what i am able to do and how to express my sketches. I could not transfer my ideas because i was not capable to show it the way i wanna present it. I would use a basic idea instead of an attention getter. Thats what i struggled with, and i hope to improve on it.

 I learned a lot more than i did before while using the software i am allowed. I now know more about the tools and objects that i am given in both photoshop and illustrator. Thanks to the class, i am able to get helpful tips and ideas i could use to advance my concepts. Working in a group with some projects was helpful. It allowed me to see a basic idea of what somethings should look like and how i can turn it into something that i can call mine. It taught me that having concepts will be the start of every project and where you can make changes to improve the ideas you create.

 I hope to improve on a lot. Having more creativity and imagination in my projects. Make them unique instead of basic. Being able to express it in more than just one way,


 

My project here is what represents me. Each of the nameplates has a meaning, a reason for being there. From my old home state, to after school activities i do in my free time. When doing this project, finding the right font was a challenge. Before placing it all in illustrator, i drew them out. It gave me a base to start with. Drawing it out helped me choose what i liked, what i could change, and what it should somewhat look like. While doing this, i learned that playing with the font is a beneficial thing. Have it be creative instead of blank. It has to have character, having it stand out along with the art. Theres somethings i would do different. One of them would be the font. I need to play with fonts a lot more to make it fit right in. I'd keep the layout the same. it somewhat grabs the audiences attention.

This here is my product. I made gum that has the lasting taste of any flavor coffee of your choice. Since everyone enjoys chewing gum, and most people like drinking coffee, why not do both? It has a longer lasting flavor than normal gum does, but it also gives you the caffeine you need to get you through your day without having to burn your mouth on it. 

This is the label i made for it. Making it was fun and easy. But it also has the main idea of my product.  The challenge of this product was coming up with the idea for it all and coming up with a name for it. 

This here  the 3-D revolve. Instead of making a bottle for everything, i made it into a little carrying case so you can take it anywhere on the go. It comes in handy whenever you need your caffeine without burning your mouth. 

This here is my movie poster. I did American sniper directed by Clint Eastwood. I was inspired by Saul bass to make a movie poster like his. During the process of making this poster, I had to use the blur effect to get the image i want so it blends in with the background. It was tricky because I had to make everything line up correctly without it looking all funny and weird. I enjoyed making a movie poster to my likings.

This here is one of Saul Bass's movie posters for Back To The Future. If you look at this poster, you can notice how most of the colors are used more than once. His work is well know in the graphic design community. 

This is my floating mountain. I had made this in illustrator and i added a plane, and the moon. I thought this was challenging because i had to make sure everything lined up and looked cool .

This is my custom poster of things that i like and that represent me in my own way. From driving, to drawing and listening to music. Future career, and college, to traveling to far distances. These are the things i enjoy doing whenever i can

For my starting project in maya, i made a polything. I had to make a circle then make two separate cylinders and place them vertical and horizontal in the middle of the circle to make the effect of it looking hallow from both bottom and top, and side to side. In the project i learned howe to use mesh and booleans, and different to get the effect of the hallowness.

       

This here is my salt shaker i had made.  This was a fun challenge to do since we had to use different tools, making everything look like glass/plastic. Adding salt was a little easy, but making the bottle its self with the cap was the challenging part. Making everything fit into place to look real. 

 

This here is my hammer i made. the texture i made wood because why not have a full wood hammer. the hammer was really tricky when it came to getting the back side of the hammer where you take ou the nails. i enjoyed the hammer project when it came to textures. 

who doesn't like ice cream? this here i made an ice cream shop, well sorta. Theres a moving table that goes in a circle displaying all the flavors that are shown in the picture. I really enjoyed this project the most because i was able to make new and different textures than i normally do. 

For my project i tried to make the holy grail. Making this cup was really easy knowing theres a tools to help out. I learned how to use the EP curve tool and the revolve tool. the EP curve tool would only go on one side then you use the revolve tool to make everything equal and look perfect.