Final Project 9 - Old Maid Cards

Old Maid card - One thing that really hinders my creativity is stress and anxiety. So my old maid card is a very anxious character, called Anxious Bob. Back in middle school, there was one year where I was obsessed with Spongebob and everyone would always call me Bob. I’m just glad that only lasted one year.

 

(back pattern of the Old Maid cards) - For the back of the card’s pattern, I decided to make a pattern out of the Star of David because my background is a hundred percent Jewish.

 

The five personal events that changed my life are: Moving to Austin, Texas (Austex), getting my first guitar which was a Fender Strat (Fendie), my nephew Maximus being born (Max E.), going to my first rock concert which was Ozzfest (Ozzrock), and I got into a bad jet ski accident in middle school (Jess Key).

The five people that inspire me are the following: my little brother Austin (Austie), my grandma (Bubby), my best friend (Taylor), my other best friend (Corina), and the mean teacher, Erika Greenberg, that told me I would never make it as a graphic designer (Erik-UGH). 

The five inanimate objects around my house are: a bristle paintbrush (Bristy), a Nirvana vinyl record (Rickard), a hand-flip skateboard (Zero), a band hat that I got at my first rock show (Hattz), and guitar sunglasses my dad gave me (Elton). 

The ten things that help me create are the following: Sleeping or taking a nap (Shleps), listening to music (D.J. Soundz), making a milkshake (Steady Shakes), going for a car ride (Carl), talking on the phone to a friend (Collette), watching television or a plasma t.v. (Placid), playing with my cats Journee & Harry (J.Harry), playing my guitar (Mr. Geet R.), taking a hot shower (Shawn), and/or eating a piece of cheese (Chez-E). 

For the titles of the Old Maid cards, I chose to use very light san serif font (Gill Sans Light) and kerned the letters closer together. I believe this typeface goes well with the light and simple line work. I wanted to use light colors with a splash of highly saturated colors. I feel like it really brings the drawings to life. Each category has a common background color.

 

            Overall, I really enjoyed this project because it opened my eyes to the style I like to work in. It was fun and challenging to work outside my comfort zone and get really creative. The printing part is always a challenge too, but everything went all right. It is definitely an awesome portfolio piece.