Midterm Portfolio

|INDESIGN|

The magazine redo was my favorite assignment thus far in this class. It really made me think about becoming a magazine layout artist. I loved messing with the different shapes, sizes, and especially the text. I think I will thoroughly enjoy taking Typography. I really got the hang out it and went to work. I really liked working with the girly magazine as well. I have tended to like the projects where we get to pick the material or base images and things for the projects instead of the ones where, at the end, our project will look like everyone else's. Which is probably why some of my favorites were this one, the car,and the photoshop 4 images. I really learned a lot about indesign doing this project. This was the first Indesign project where we had to recreate something exactly as it was, which forced me to explore more of the tools and options within the program.

|PHOTOSHOP|

I really love this picture because each of the four elements is personal, or really makes me...happy. Fist of all, the picture of my 

friends I is obviously personal. I love how in that one picture all of our personalities are captured so well. Starting from the left with me, anyone who knows me, knows that I am constantly laughing and having fun. Next is Kirsten, who THINKS she cool and "gangsta" is throwin' up the peace sign. Next to her, Chantelle would be doing an over exaggerated expression, due to all those years in cheerleading. Lastly, Erin, who is extremely calm, cool and collected is looking at us like we are all insane. The next picture, is the sailboat line drawing. This is personal as well, because sailing and being on the lake is a HUGE part of my life and probably one of the most exhilarating and relaxing things I've done. I chose the bridge photo because I recently read a book called "The Bridges of Madison County" that really grabbed a hold of me. The last picture, of the graffiti, was taken from a Cosmopolitan magazine. I think it brings out the liveliness of the photo of my friends and I, as well as bringing together the entire piece. I also really like how the colors work together. I remember this was the first assignment in Phot

oshop, and when I completed it, I felt so accomplished.

The indie poster was fun to work with because of the cool fonts and the laid back atmosphere of the overall project. I liked the

 audience that the poster was directed toward, so it made the overall project a lot of fun. I also think that this project probably taught me the most for photoshop because I learne

d a lot about clipping paths, paths, and file formats. 

|ILLUSTRATOR|

This is one of my favorite pieces from Illustrator, mainly because I really tried to jazz it up and personalize it with what I know about art, mixed with what I thought looked good. I used a lot of effects and different techniques that I learned from in class and from the book, along with tools i just bumped into a long the way. I also really like how I know this particular project won't look like anyone else's, mostly because I didn't make mine look identical to the original. The colors really work well together and I think that it really creates the cultural mood and setting that the original piece was making.

  

The project was really fun for me. Again, I got to use my sailboat which was really fun. I was really glad that I got to be unique and not do the norm with the car. There are a lot of little pieces on this sailboat that took a lot of time. For example: All the ropes. It really tested my patience as well as my skills in Illustrator. I'm definitely more comfortable with the program after this assignment. I really like how one can tell that this is not just a sailboat, but it is MY sailboat from home. I put a lot of details in, and my family was way impressed. I also really liked being able to mount it and hang it in the hall of OP so I could display my work. It really made all that time and effort worth it.