The assignment for this poster was to create a poster that students and parents would like. This poster represents all strands and also explains them. This project really helped me understand what each stand does too.

New Personal Logo

The logo above is my original logo that I made at the beginning of the year. It has all the of my initials, C, M, and R, and they are all connected to make one. I like this logo a lot because it is simple and modern.

The logo above is my recent logo. Because of my love for the beach I decided that my logo should have an ocean theme. My logo is very clean and modern, and the starfish represents divine love. I chose for the font to be a light blue because it resembles the ocean. It also resembles peace, trust, loyalty, and integrity. I like this logo a lot because it represents me and what I love.

My mood board consists of logos that I really like. I had logos of anchors, seahorses, waves, and starfish all in my art board and got some of my inspiration from these logos. 

The business card above has my final logo on it. This business card represents me because it incorporates the beach. I also really like how it is very settle but still makes a statement about my work. 

VC Tutorial

The tutorial I chose taught me how to make a graffiti animation in After Effects. I started by typing my name using the text tool, shown in the picture to the left, and then animated it.  The first step to animating it was to draw over the letters using the pen tool, and then used the stroke tool to make it appear like I am writing the letters.



To finish animating it I turned the stroke effect end down all the way, which put a Keyframe in the beginning of the animation. I went a couple seconds in and pushed end all they way back up, this put another keyframe in and I had my animation. I also added a wall and a floor, and used the rotation tool to make them seem 3D.

Next, I added a light to make the wall and floor seem even more 3D. The light added a lot of depth to the animation and made it look grungy.








The final step was to add paint blotches so that it looked like someone was spilling paint on the wall, like a graffiti artist would. The hardest part of the tutorial was getting the walls, floor, and letters to move at the same time.  




I can use this project in the future for a video, animation, or a graphic design project. Overall I really enjoyed this tutorial and would recommend it. I do like my final product. I wish that there had been more color added into the tutorial so it would look more lively and fun. I changed a couple things about the tutorial. The first was the color of the paint. I changed this because in the tutorial it looks more like blood than paint. The second thing was the wall and floor. 

Kerning is when you adjust characters spacing based on a proportional point. While kerning you usually place the characters closer together than normal.

eMagine

     eMagine is a contest made for e-communications students around kansas. Students compete in a variety of categories including video, web design, graphics, and animation. eMagine is the only competition in the area that allows student to compete in web categories including making a web site and a blog. The eMagine festival picks the top five pieces of work in each category and picks the third, second, and first place winners. Students come from all around  to compete in this festival.

Movie Poster

My movie was the Parent Trap. The movie is about Two long lost twins who trade places to try to get their parents back together. My poster resembles one of Saul's posters because of the cartoon look of them. However my poster has more colors than the posters by Saul Bass and is not quite as simple. Saul bass made very extraordinary posters that were famous for their simplicity. The picture below is one of the more simple ones he did.

Google

Google changes their logo every day. They have a variety of looks that people everywhere can enjoy. For every holiday they have a  logo incorporating the holiday in it. For example they may do a chocolate logo on Valentines day or christmas trees on Christmas. Founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 Google has grown from a private company into the worlds favorite information source. Millions of people every day use google to get information.Google even has a competition where people can send in their own creations. The colors are used to represent playfulness without having bulky objects or symbols. The logo represents that Google isn't a company that plays by the rules.