A Is For Amanda, or Adulterer, Depending On Whom You Ask

For my fourth project I was asked to choose a book from a list provided by my professor and design a book cover for the chosen title. As I was skimming through the list of suggested book titles, The Scarlet Letter immediately stood out. I'm not much of an illustrator; so when I saw the title, I thought about how I could use the significance of the scarlet “A” through an exploration of typography. I also thought with the right usage of typography, my cover could be fairly simplistic, which seems to be a graphic style I'm drawn to.

In choosing the font for the book title, I wanted something classic and in all caps so the “A” in the word “Scarlet” could be capitalized as well. It didn't take long to decide to go with Trajan Pro. I also wanted the “A” to stand out, both by making the font color scarlet and by using a script font. I chose the font Alex Brush, a script font I found on fontsquirrel.com a few months ago. The last change I made (thanks to my professor’s advice) was creating a stitched effect on the giant “A” on the cover. I found a great tutorial on abduzeedo.com, and the rest is history.

As Long As I've Got My Suit & Tie...Well, As Long As Justin Timberlake Has His Suit & Tie

For my third class project, I was asked to design an event poster. I chose to design a poster for Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience World Tour stop in Atlanta. I knew I wanted to use Justin's iconic suit and tie image, but I wanted to put a twist on it. Instead of using a photograph of someone wearing a suit and tie I decided to take a more minimalist approach. Then to create a variation from the simplicity of the design I used the lyrics to Timberlake's song Suit & Tie to create the bow tie. Here's the final product:

Better Late Than Never

I think my blog post titles are beginning to share a common theme -- the tardiness with which I post class assignments. So tonight I will be posting two class assignments, one I presented two weeks ago and one I presented today.

For my second class project I was asked to create a series of three ads based on a product, service or organization utilizing found images in magazines. First I narrowed down a subject; I chose Bose, more specifically the Bose SoundLink Mini. Then I flipped through magazines to find images to use in my ads. I happened to have quite a few fitness magazines at the time, so that's where I pulled my images from. Finally, I let my creativity run wild, and here's what I came up with:

The Wait Is Over

I've been slacking on my posting again. My apologies to anyone following my blog. Without further ado, here are my personal logos which I presented for my first class project:

Still Playing Catch Up

After creating our mood boards, we were asked to present two preexisting logos -- one we liked and one we disliked. Here are the ones I presented:

 

I like the Diet Coke logo because it's simple and elegant, yet bold. (It also doesn't hurt that I love to drink Diet Coke.)

 

I dislike the Pepsi logo because I think the text is too light, making it appear as if the circle is going to fall and crush the text.

This exercise paired with our mood board exercise prepared us for our first project -- creating our own logo. Stay tuned to see what I came up with.

Sorry For The Delay

It's been entirely too long since my last post, and of course that means you've been missing out on what I've been working on. Hopefully I don't bombard you with posts as I try to catch up.

During the first week of class we were asked to create a mood board to display our likes in order to get us thinking about how we wanted to express ourselves in our first project -- a personal logo.

Below is my mood board:

Love What You Do

This quote by Steve Jobs explains why I am currently studying graphic design. I picked up graphic design a few years ago, and I've been in love with it ever since.