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. 

Project 8 - Mix Tapes

"Cello Suite No. 1 in G" by J.S. Bach

"Sad Sad City" by Ghostland Observatory

"E.S.P." by The Miles Davis Quartet

"Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Part 1 " by The Flaming Lips

For this assignment, the teacher gave us a list of 4 songs - (listed above) - and we had to listen to them and create non-literal imagery for it. (Thinking of symbols that come to mind through the lyrics or the "mood" of the song) 

For the first song (Bach) - I drew a violin using "Baroque" floral pattern forming the violin which reminded me of that time period. 

For the second song (Ghostland Observatory) - I drew a sad dark city in the background, while the ghost figures are trying to stick together.

For the third song (Miles Davis) - The song didn't have any lyrics, just a lot of upbeat trumpet playing. So I drew a couple swing-dancing using bright colors.

For the fourth song (The Flaming Lips) - This song was about a girl Yoshimi who had a black belt in karate trying to not let the robots take over the town. Still confused of what this song is really about.. But I tried my best and drew an illustration expressing it to the best of my ability.

In Class Assignment Wk 8 - Storyboard

For this in-class assignment, we had to pair up into a group of 3 people and were given 3 words by random (Jupiter, Twins, and Bouquet of Flowers). We had to design a 24-panel storyboard for an animation that has a narrative based around the 3 'things'. It was a very interesting assignment.

Project 7: The Bard

For this assignment, we had to jump into a 'Pseudonym role' from an earlier project - (Jon Mess), and illustrate a program cover for one of the Royal Shakespeare Company's productions. 

I chose to do "The Comedy of Errors". I felt like I captured the spirit of the play by using theater masks and making one angry and one sad to express the wild mishaps that happened throughout the play. I used a soft-pastel medium to give off the messy characteristic of my Pseudonym. For the typography, I turned the "r" the other way in the word "Errors"to express the 'errors' or mishaps throughout the story.

Here is a short synopsis of the story: The Comedy of Errors tells the story of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated at birth. Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio of Syracuse, arrive in Ephesus, which turns out to be the home of their twin brothers, Antipholus of Ephesus and his servant, Dromio of Ephesus. When the Syracusans encounter the friends and families of their twins, a series of wild mishaps based on mistaken identities lead to wrongful beatings, a near-seduction, the arrest of Antipholus of Ephesus, and accusations of infidelity, theft, madness, and demonic possession.

In-Class Assignment: Editorial Illustration

For this assignment, we had to design an editorial illustration for an article we read about Metlife ads. If you ever have received a Metlife e-mail and have opened it, they have cookies in their e-mail to have 'Metlife' ads open in any browser on your computer. So I drew this illustration to show that there's no escaping ads in general and the cookies from spam e-mails are taking over!!

THE END.

Project 6: Simplification Through Symbolism

"Every rose has its thorn"

"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get"

Version #1

"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get"

Version #2

"Nobody puts baby in the corner"

For this assignment, we had to make up 10 quotes and narrow them down to the best 3. They had to have good visuals to work with too in order to make them into a logo. For the first logo, I did "Every rose has its thorns". The 2nd and 3rd logos are different versions of the same quote, "life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get". The 1st version is an actual heart-shaped box of chocolates and the 2nd version is a hershey kiss coming out of a box. (it was quite the challenge, and couldn't decide which one worked). The last logo is of the quote "nobody puts baby in the corner". These are all big versions and small versions of the logos to show if they can keep there form when size adjustments are made.

In-Class Assignment: Between Ugliness & Beauty

For this assignment, we had to show the midway point between ugliness and beauty through our own perception.

She's a beautiful girl, but has to cover it up with her fake boobs, and too much plastic surgery which makes her ugly. 

Elderly people are beautiful because they have lived a long-lasting life, but they end up getting wrinkly and things start to sag which turns ugly. 

Rich, snobby people basically can buy anything to make them "look" beautiful. In return, it could get ugly because people start to use you for your money, and could get hard to trust people.

Pregnant women are beautiful because they are able to give life to a new human being, yet it could be ugly too because their body goes through many changes, especially gaining weight.