Graphic Design Final

Projects

Event advertising

In this project we had to pick a musical artist or art artist and make a event! With this event We made a poster, 2 postcards and a ticket. I ended up choosing 3 Kpop artist/groups being: Nct127, Loona and Holland.  This project lasted about 3 weeks. I faced some challenges during this project. The main challenge was going back to adobe photoshop after not using it a while. After some trial in error, I got used to it again. From this project I learned how to integrate graphics from photoshop and graphics from illustrator in one project. During this project, I took a lot of feedback revolving alignment. It was originally left aligned but, Beaoudin suggested it to be center aligned since my graphic was in the center of the poster. Also my friend Caitlyn suggested to use the font "Lemon Milk", so I used it and loved it! I made some changes to the design; the poster was originally just gonna be 3 circles with the artist in it. I changed it to the 3 circles on the sidebar and added a vector graphic in the center.  At the end I thought my work on the poster and ticket was meh. Although I was really impressed with my postcards. If I did a similar design as my postcard on the poster it would be 10 times better! Overall this was a really enjoyable project and I loved sharing something I am passionate about through graphic design! 

 Branding

 In this project we were required to make a personal logo. First we made 30 sketches. With the sketches we were required to make 5 different logos. We had to make many variations with different color schemes. This project took me about a week to complete. The main challenge was converting my sketches to graphics but I eventually figured it out. From this project I learned the importance of trying multiple variations to pick the perfect logo. Some of my friends gave me feedback regarding to color. I took in the feedback and it helped a lot. There were many changes in all the logo from the original idea. It is important to make changes in variations so that you can pick the best one. Overall I was really impressed with most of my logos. They fit me really well and I definitely will use them in the future!

 Vector Portrait.

In this project we had to create a realistic portrait of a pet or family member using the pen tool in adobe illustrator. This project lasted about a week and a half.  The main challenge of the project was that I was new to the pen tool and had to figure out how to properly use it. After this project I mastered the pen and curve tool, and I now feel confident using it. I didn't get much feedback as I was making this; I just kinda figured it out. I did not make any changes from the original idea. I was really proud of this piece and I learned a lot from this project!

Productivity

In this class I'm usually pretty productive. I don't usually finish early but when I do I try to better my skills. For instance: I worked on a whole other vector project. When I have a vision but do not know how to do it, I will google it and try to figure it out.  Outside of class I am involved in lit mag to help get endorsed and better my graphic design skills. I do critique my projects to help improve myself.

Strengths

After being in ecomm for 2 years I have noticed my strengths. One of my strengths is my creativity. I'm always good at coming up with unique ideas. I am also good at using my time wisely and entering a deadline. One strength is that I have developed a style for graphic designs. Most of them have a distinct style that would make you think "Shaylee"

Weakness

With strengths there are weaknesses. The main weakness is the technical side. I don't have access to the adobe products at home so I can still struggle with it. Another weakness is my ability to handle stress. When things go wrong I usually freak out.

Conclusion

My favorite part of graphic design was that in most of the projects you got to pick to do it about something you personally enjoy. In this class I would take away the more tutorial based projects. My goal for next year is to improve my skills in video for entertainment next year.

Movie trailer

Pre-production

At first groups were chosen for us. When we got grouped we watched a bunch of movie trailers that were based in a High School settting. My group ended up chosing the Breakfast club. We then made Beat sheet, script and storyboard. This became very useful for production.

Production

During the production period my group faced a lot of struggles. The main struggle was working around conflicts. Also at the end a lot of actors dropped out and we had to refilm a lot. We ended up efficiently problem solving and the video still looked decent. From these struggles I learned the importance of making a proper schedule.

Post production

Editing went very smoothly for this project . It only took me about 2 hours to edit. I am really getting used to premiere now. ;)

Reflection

This trailer is not my best work but I learned good problem solving skills from this. I am still proud on how this turned out based on my circumstances.

Vector Portrait

Pre production

At first we had to find a nice high res photo of a family member or a pet. I decided to use a really nice picture of one of my dogs smiling. Ten we had to resize the picture and posterize it so that it would be easy to trace over.

production

During this production went really smoothly for me. At first it took longer then it needed to but I slowly learned more. After this project I felt like I became a master of the pen and curve tool.

Final Product

I am very proud of my piece. The only thing I would do is change minor details. In all this is my favorite piece from this whole year.

Music video

What is the project ?

In this project we were required to choose an existing music video and recreate it shot by shot.

Pre production 

Choosing a MV

First of all we had to choose the music video we wanted to do as a team. This took a while because we all had different taste in music and, it was hard to agree on something . We also had to pick something we had the ability to create. At the end of this we ended up choosing "Young, Dumb and Broke" by Khalid. This was the perfect choice because it takes place in a school and it also had a lot of cool and impressive cinematic shots.

Beat Sheets, Story Boarding and Such

next we had to work together and do a beat sheet, film scape and a story board.We also had to decide where and When we were gonna film.  During tis time my group dreaded doing this , but during the production process it really came in handy.

Production

Filming

For this music video filming took a decent amount of time and a lot of time after school. The reason was it included many locations as well many extras. First of all it took us a bit to find extras that would be willing to utilize their time. Our biggest struggle was being able to film outside due to inclement weather, Because this project ended up being during the snowpocalapse. However we persevered and ended up filming in the cold weather anyway. It was all worth it

Editing

After all the filming I had no class time to edit, so I again had to stay after school a couple of days. This was worth it because I didn't need stress out about finishing in class. During this editing I faced no struggles. I also feel like I have been really comfortable with premier

Overall Reflection

This has been my favorite project so far in ecomm and really proud of the outcome. I am blessed to have such an amazing group with great talents, and im looking forward to working with them. We will enter this in emagine so, im exited to see how that turns out

.https://youtu.be/zVS5IaJ_cpo

  

Typography project

The project

For this project we had to pick four quotes to turn into a piece of typography by changing fonts, colors, stroke, alignment etc. 

Choosing My Quotes/Fonts

The first step in the project was choosing quotes. For this part I decided to look at songs from my favorite artist and musicals and choose the ones that stuck out to me the most. I also had to go find fonts on the website given to us from miss beaudoin. While looking for my fonts I thought of the themes of my songs or musicals. I also looked for some nice simple fonts and downloaded a bunch. When I Was typing out the quotes I would try multiple different fonts too see what looked best.

Production

During this project I didn't learn anything new from illustrator. While arranging my type I basically tried a couple of layouts and did what ever looked best. Working with color was different from working with black and white. for me it was easier because I could control the stroke and text much better.

Finished pieces

I'm pretty proud of the finished pieces especially my twenty one pilots and bts quotes. However the other two could be a lot better. I would change the color choices for these two and spend more time and put more detail in my rent quote

My work

Black/white

Color

Projects

 Pop Art

 This project was one of the first project we did.  In this project we had to photograph other students I our class. Then we had to turn it into a pop art themed photograph in adobe photoshop. This took about a week. I felt this project was the easiest. The only thing I struggled with was cropping it at the end. This pretty much stayed the same as my initial idea. The only thing that changed was the background. While making his I learned more about the effects offered in photoshop. At the end I was very happy the way this turned out

Poster Contest

This is a out of school project I worked on for endorsement points. I made this for a civil rights poster contest. This project only took about three hours. While making this I reviewed the skills I made on illustrator from last year.  At the beginning I struggled using it because I didn't remember everything from last year. This changed quite a bit from my initial idea because I tried a bunch of different things and choose what looked the best. I am very impressed with the finished result.

What I have so far :) 

Infographic 

Most recently in class we have been working on infographics. In this project we researched a topic and made and infographic for it. This is a long project because it takes a lot of steps from research, sketches, graphics and the final. I'm yet to be finished with this. I have been working it on about a month and I'm almost complete with the finished graphic. I have changed a lot from my original idea along the way.  In this project I learned how to make proper color swatches and how to use the pen tool. My main weak point in this project was getting too much information and, not being able to lay it out properly. So far I'm really liking how my graphic is turning out :)

How did I use my Time in class

Most of the time I have been quite productive. I usually spit the whole class time to finish projects. Sometimes I got done later so I would come in before school and power 50. Outside of class I would take endorsement opportunities to enhance my skills such as the poster contest, and lit mag. My main strength in this class is project management and my weakness is technical skills.

Final Summary

My favorite thing in this semester was the infographics. One thing I would do differently is to focus less on photoshop. I felt as a lot of those projects were more photography based over graphic design. I mainly learned skills on photoshop. My goal is to always improve my graphics!

Behance - selundy2798a3

Water Color Prints Step By Step

1 -  Crop your project into a good size for your paper then  print !

2 -  Make a water color painting! Make sure you think about color scheme! Let dry!

3.   Put a very thick layer of mod podge on your printed paper, then put it on the painting.

4- Use your squeegee to get rid of excess lumps of mod lodge. Let dry!

5-  Get your fingers really wet and rub your print until your transfer print is completely translucent. Then you rub off all the excess fluff. Let dry and then your done!