Blog 2 January 22, 2014 | 4 Color Process Poster

     This creation is a four color processed poster project for a fictitious event. As instructed by my professor at South University, I went through a folder of images he had specifically for this project and I chose two to merge into an intriguing visual. To do so I took both photos into Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop to perform various image treatments, i.e. transparency/opacity settings, color choices/placement, and some distortions here and there. When finished with the scenery portion of the project I moved onto deciphering what font to use and where to put it all, as well as only using two shades of black. I eventually stuck with the BigNoodleTitling typeface. Positioning the title and extra information took me some time, there was a lot of trial and error involved, but I was able to place everything in a visually appealing manner. Even though I had to further think about the outcome of this particular piece, I still got the job done in a timely manner and received approval from my professor on the entire design as well as a positive statement about it.

Blog 1: January 22, 2014 | Mr. Crimson & Creme and Miss Jabberwock Flyer

     This flyer was Pro Bono work for Vorhees College in Denmark, SC. The client let me have freedom with the overall design, but requested that I use specific colors and include important information. The event is about voting in a new king and queen for 2013. So I brainstormed about royalty and crowning and came to the conclusion that an empty suit and dress seemed appropriate for the client's message to be conveyed to the audience. So I used Adobe Illustrator to draw out two outfits from scratch which was extremely arduous, time consuming, and tedious all in one. After creating the suit and dress I used the required colors, which were crimson and creme, to liven the drawings up. Next I constructed an elegant background to compliment the drawings and then I set the title in a script typeface for display and the important information in a San Serif typeface to be the last thing looked at on the flyer. Afterwards I sat back to look over the design and when a couple of minutes passed I decided to add sashes to finish it off. Finally, I sent the client the finished product. A few days later I received positive feedback through email stating that many students as well as faculty and staff were very impressed with the flyer.