I have a very interesting story about how I got here in my life. I have had a love of designing and creating scrapbooks when I was really young, this is all due to my mother. But I did not have the confidence to draw and go forward with this in college.
Then I got married to my high school after he served a full time mission in Birmingham, England. Soon after we were married, he told me of his desire to go to school and get a degree. I worked full time and helped put him through this goal of his. But then children came and I worked as much as I could. My husband also worked up to two jobs to help make us get through him going to school, having a home and raising our three boys. It was not easy.
After a few years of my husband graduating, he talked me into going back to school. It was the best thing I had ever done.
I am currently going to Salt Lake Community College. My major is Graphic Design.
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Friday, April 14, 2017
MAGAZINE: Beware of PLUMBERS CRACK
This assignment was fun to step back in time. I had the opportunity to research the year of 1944 and see what happened in Hollywood and to the actors at this time. Here is the catch… I had to make it a modern magazine highlighting that year. This was interesting to say the least. I discovered a lot of great and exciting things happen in this year. But it also helped me to make better sense of things. I am a very visual learner. So reading history books is not my cup of tea. I like to experience the places and step into their shoes to really understand what happened at that period of time. I am strange… I am quite aware of this, but this is who I am. I tell you this, because reading about the year 1944 was a bit of a challenge for me. Especially since I can’t sit through one of the older movies. I slept through White Christmas. Again - I am strange! I do not need to be reminded over and over again.
What helped for me was to read through the California archives and pretend that I am spying on their lives. Almost as bad as listening to the gossip of the olden days. This helped. I was able to find some great things on Clark Gable. I only new him in Gone with the Wind. Now, I admire him a lot for serving in World War II. Then I learned about the Mr. Hawks and looking for the perfect woman. Aside from researching for who to do the magazine on, I needed to do research the type faces, style and color that were used at that time. With time, a lot has changed and altered. But then I had to research modern day magazines and blend them to make the magazine work well together with the different time era’s.
What helped for me was to read through the California archives and pretend that I am spying on their lives. Almost as bad as listening to the gossip of the olden days. This helped. I was able to find some great things on Clark Gable. I only new him in Gone with the Wind. Now, I admire him a lot for serving in World War II. Then I learned about the Mr. Hawks and looking for the perfect woman. Aside from researching for who to do the magazine on, I needed to do research the type faces, style and color that were used at that time. With time, a lot has changed and altered. But then I had to research modern day magazines and blend them to make the magazine work well together with the different time era’s.
Friday, April 7, 2017
FORM: Devilish Specialty Cake Co.
This assignment from Advanced Typography was to make a cupcake order form for a pretend cake company. We voted in our class what the name of our company was to be called. It was decided to be Devilish. My first thoughts were horns, fire and brimstone and the many different things that come with devils. But this was a sweet cupcake company. My first thought was actually, what kind of person names their cupcake company devilish. But then I thought how smart! It sounds like “delish" with a catchy twist of fun. It is unforgettable.
Now if this pretend company came to me asking to have a form set up with all their specifications needed to portray their company and making it look pleasing. The list that is needed to put on an order form is more than what I thought. But after doing some research - come to find out that this is common to put so many things on a form.
My goal was to have a design that invites my pretend customers to want to buy cupcakes from this company. This is what I came up with. I learned that it takes a lot of work in trying to figure out where to put everything on the form without making it look messy. Not just with the layout of the form itself, but with the company’s title and logo. Everything needs to work together and not be mismatched. This assignment also helped me remember the tables in inDesign. Can’t imagine doing this form in all layers. Yikes!
Now if this pretend company came to me asking to have a form set up with all their specifications needed to portray their company and making it look pleasing. The list that is needed to put on an order form is more than what I thought. But after doing some research - come to find out that this is common to put so many things on a form.
My goal was to have a design that invites my pretend customers to want to buy cupcakes from this company. This is what I came up with. I learned that it takes a lot of work in trying to figure out where to put everything on the form without making it look messy. Not just with the layout of the form itself, but with the company’s title and logo. Everything needs to work together and not be mismatched. This assignment also helped me remember the tables in inDesign. Can’t imagine doing this form in all layers. Yikes!
AD: Seas the Day
For this assignment, I was to design a newspaper ad. Our theme was Travel. Doing my research and brainstorming, I came up with the best idea for a vacation idea.
People can buy a ticket to get on a Riverboat on the Mississippi River and experience a murder mystery. It will last a few hours and then return back to the dock. It would be a romantic experience.
Figuring out the idea was difficult all on its own. The subject of travel is very broad and many, many things can go under it. What made it easier for me, was the inspiration from my previous vacation that I did with my family.
We had just come home from a Mexican cruise. We were there for seven days. But I realized that there really isn’t any cruise brochures out there. Yes, you see a lot of travel agents and advertising themselves and what they can do for you, but not the vacation itself. This was my goal to see how I can portray this in my assignment.
Putting together an ad needs to be simple and to the point. But it also has to be catchy to draw in people to look at it. Looking at an ad looks very simple but behind the scenes, can be very tricky and time consuming. The color, typeface and the picture all have to work together in a way that it is pleasing to the eye. As my other instructors here at Salt Lake Community College have taught me…. it is all about the presentation!
People can buy a ticket to get on a Riverboat on the Mississippi River and experience a murder mystery. It will last a few hours and then return back to the dock. It would be a romantic experience.
Figuring out the idea was difficult all on its own. The subject of travel is very broad and many, many things can go under it. What made it easier for me, was the inspiration from my previous vacation that I did with my family.
We had just come home from a Mexican cruise. We were there for seven days. But I realized that there really isn’t any cruise brochures out there. Yes, you see a lot of travel agents and advertising themselves and what they can do for you, but not the vacation itself. This was my goal to see how I can portray this in my assignment.
Putting together an ad needs to be simple and to the point. But it also has to be catchy to draw in people to look at it. Looking at an ad looks very simple but behind the scenes, can be very tricky and time consuming. The color, typeface and the picture all have to work together in a way that it is pleasing to the eye. As my other instructors here at Salt Lake Community College have taught me…. it is all about the presentation!
TYPE FIGURE: GECKO
I started with Vera Ellen in White Christmas. If I had a little more time to build up my confidence, then I would have loved to complete this photo to a beautiful type figure.
The other option I picked was a leopard gecko. My heart goes out to this type of animal. I have two lizards at my home. I never would have thought that I would like or have a reptile as a pet. Of course I would change a lot of things with this assignment as well.
Changing a picture to all type, gives the picture more class and more definition. Just changing the type face could give the image a new look. Changing the size, depth and height would also give the image something more pleasing to look at. The options are endless in how to alternate a photo or an image.
Surprisingly enough, the “type figures” are all around, we just don’t notice it. I was doing homework at my kitchen table and I happened to observe my sons’ shirt a little more closely. It was a Star Wars figure made out of only type. I am quite sure that he has worn this shirt numerous times. This tells me that it can look normal if done correctly.
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