This is a part of the Object Poster Series.
I firstly added some more little circles and a hand-drawn (with ink) stroke to help integrate the wave and drop.The contrast between the drop and the background was too different, for text to be really readable, so I added a hue/saturation layer in photoshop. Then I added the text in white. At first I wanted to play off of the stability in the drop. But after a few times and consulting the pages of Typographic Systems of Design: Kimberly Elam, I felt that the “Random” structure was for this poster.
This is a part of the Object Poster Series.
I went with this little gem. I wanted to keep it simple, but when I talked to Jill, she wanted to see more “horror” (see the title of the lecture: Brian Skerry reveals ocean’s glory — and horror) and we looked at some images of cresting stormy waves. I drew this wave and scanned it in and colored it and I rendered the drop in Photoshop. Next step: Add text.
Text I need to add: Brian Skerry reveals ocean’s glory — and horror, Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 7:30 – 9:00pm, Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street. $5; free for UW students with ID.
Today, we experimented with pen and ink. Using the content from this website, Six Word Stories, we illustrated.
This is a part of the Object Poster Series.
The assignment: Window Display for the Mitchell Activity Center (the MAC)
Team: Michael and I
Due in 3 weeks
Today, Michael and I had our first design meeting. We had a meeting with the Mitchell Activity Center manager where we had a tour of the facility and spoke about the project’s parameters and expectations. We want to emphasize the facility’s offerings as well as improve public awareness of the fact that the gym membership is open to the community.
The aesthetic: We wanted to be inspired by the graphic and energy Swiss Ski Posters and tie it together with the sports/activities of the MAC. We drew out some thumbnails and general concept. After meeting together and trying to find a color palate we agreed on (just swatches) we found that we could not. So, we’re going to design first and separately, then consolidate the palette afterwards and integrate our designs. A limitation to keep things simple for when we come back together is to use only 5 colors and black and white. We’re going to start with the 13 windows that are lining Broadway avenue, then use those successful ideas to inform the main entrance’s windows.
The Portfolio Show is June 12-13th at Seattle Central Creative Academy and I signed up for the Video Editing Committee. The Portfolio Show is like prom. We voted on a theme and us upperclassmen are working hard to make it the best Portfolio Show ever. There are plenty of committees to go around, social media, exhibition, identity, web… I am on the video editing committee because I thought it would be fun and interesting to work with other video loving people and try my skills with After Effects. We also have a steering committee which means that each committee has a leader that reports to/ takes part in a big overseer committee.
The video committee has had four meetings now. The first meeting we established that we wanted to do a long video and a bunch of short ones. The second meeting we had a brainstorm as to what the series would be like with no clear results, but it got us thinking. The third meeting we came up with a great concept (more like a hook, really) and the fourth meeting we invited the Video Shooting Committee to further elaborate.
Yeah, there’s a video shooting committee, which would lead me to think, What does that collaboration look like? How do we synchronize? We talked about our ideas, the photographers explaining their visuals for the head-shots and how we can tie that into the video series. We were at loss for the story at first, but through a series of spoken aloud thoughts, we put stuff on the board. I’ve never been in a committee before, but I don’t think I like it for ideation. With around thirteen people, the room felt crowded and I kept thinking to myself that in a lot of firms, there is just a copywriter and an Art Director sitting in a room for three hours.
Lately, I’ve been thinking how nervous I am about how things will turn out and then they turn out great. I’m a fairly pragmatic person. This nervousness merely indicates that I am doing something I’ve never done and I don’t know how it will turn out. I hope that our collaboration improves the ideas on the table instead of diluting it to please everybody, but so far it seems harmonious and we’re off to a great start.
