Printing Inspiration

Printing Project

For our LAST PROJECT we are using a Vandercook press and polymer plate to create prints. This is going to be AWESOME! Anyways, our class is going to create designs that relate to the theme of "-made". Each of us were given a prefix for the term, and mine is 'man'. Therefore, I need to create a concept around the word man-made. We need to embrace the immediacy of our reactions to the term and for our next class we need some rough concept sketches. I have been brainstorming many ideas, and I thought of wrapping my concept nature vs. man. For instance, there are many things in our world today that we find nature has made, but what about the trees that are aligned perfectly in a row? or the fruits that are injected with chemicals to make bigger? I have been thinking of other instances where people have taken advantage of the beauty of nature. Skyscrapers, Powerlines, etc. There are so many things man-made, or (hu)man-made that I have no idea how to narrow this down! If you have any suggestions, let me know!

Series Inspiration

This is our group's final brochure for Theresa and the Greenway community. After sending a rough draft, she critiqued and sent us comments on what she would like improved in our brochure design. Some of these comments included a lot of blank space on the design, front panel was not descriptive enough, the layout on the inside text doesn't capture her very much, etc. After taking her comments into consideration, we reworked the rough draft and created a final product. We added more visuals, edited the text inside the brochure, and re-worked the front cover. We even added a biker to our path (I was pretty excited about this)! Overall, I think our design is very cohesive and would make me want to become part of the movement of the Greenway.

For my series, I have decided to create a campaign for a product that I have created. These line of products are called Youthanasia and their slogan is "Never get old, never die". Youthanasia is a spoof off of Euthanasia, which is medically-assisted death. I have created three posters to advertise for this campaign and I plan to make changes after our critique on March 11th.

Greenway Promo Piece

Our newest project being worked on is a piece for the Midtown Greenway Coalition. Theresa Nelson, a Greenspace and Art Programs Director, came to speak to our class about the Midtown Greenway Coalition. The Greenway is a 5.2-mile trail connecting the Mississippi River with the Chain of Lakes. It is used as a bike and walking trail as well as an ecological connection for people and birds. For this piece, we were asked to create a possible campaign for the Greenway and our group has decided to create a brochure to promote its organic nature as well as available community involvement. Posted are beginning computer sketches that our group has created for this project. We plan to add hand-drawn elements to create the organic feel of the Greenway as well as promoting how to become "Part of the movement".

Final Persuasive Poster

Although nothing is every finished in the design world, this is my final for the persuasive poster. There were many things that were said during the critique. For instance, the message wasn't coming across clearly enough. Also, there were issues with the bald man therefore I put his original hair on the man to re-enforce the be happy with yourself message. I changed the font, and made it into a more artistic piece in my poster. This emphasized more on the vintage feel that I was trying to maintain throughout my poster. I also added the dotted border, and made the face come out of the picture plane. Overall, my poster was fairly successful. I would still love to make more changes because this could potentially be a future portfolio piece once the series is completed.