Fantasy Scene Poster

I started my process by first thinking and sketching what I would like to do for my project. Since I enjoy playing soccer, I decided to start planning with a soccer player. I added a fantasy aspect to my soccer player by adding smokey rays around the player and the soccer ball. To finalize, I added the wings to the soccer player.

Once my sketch and thoughts were all planed out, I started gathering tutorials that would help me throughout my project. 

I learned how to do the rays for my soccer player by using this tutorial here. It showed how to curve and bend the rays which was very helpful in creating the rays for my soccer player. My second tutorial showed me how to correctly position the wings on a woman. For my project, it helped me choose the right wings and placement for my soccer player. To get to this tutorial click here.

I began by choosing a large picture of a soccer player kicking a ball. This is the picture I initially started with.

I used the following picture for my wings.

When all my rays and the wings had been added to my soccer player, I proceeded by making the contrast a little lighter. My fantasy poster was complete and this is what i finally finished off with.

Movie final

This is my final movie on color theory. I took much of the advice that was given to me and I added uniquslide transitions to my movie.

iMovie Color Theory!

This is my Quick Time movie on Color theory. I used
the websites bellow to help me out with my presentation.

http://www.worqx.com/color/color_contrast.htm

http://www.colormatters.com/colortheory.html

http://www.worqx.com/color/index.htm

http://www.worqx.com/color/combinations.htm

http://www.worqx.com/color/shade_tint.htm

My Three Logos

 This is my Initials logo. When I made this logo I wanted to reflect the J so it just look like an L on the other side. I shortened the both letters and extended them. Finally, I added a tip at the end to both letters.

I wanted to make my name logo a little goofy as I tried to adding some buck teeth. I created my own capital L by using a straight line on the side and a curved line on the bottom to add the effect of a smile. I created the eyes inside my o and p to finalize my smiley face.








This is my favorite logo as it incorporates two different aspects: letters and  pictures. I made this symbol logo by making two big capital letters that are just outlined. Then I got two pictures of how you make the letters in sign language.

Expressive Text

Project Description: This was my third Adobe Illustrator tutorial and I am learning new skills every class. Stack texted was the simplest thing in the tutorial. I just got short words and stacked them over each other. Figure ground reversal was a little more difficult because you had to plan on where your letters would be so you could could have the least amount of space between letters. The most challenging thing in this tutorial was the positive and negative space. Filling up a small rectangle with black and white letters sounds easier than it is. Finally, I finished off with ligatures.

New Skills Learned:  I learned how to create ligatures and figure ground  reversal with letters and words.

Shape Tools: Rectangle

Self Reflection: This tutorial was one of my favorites because of all the cool things you can do to a word. This will eventually help me in creating a great logo. The most difficult part of this tutorial was the positive and negative space as it took me the longest to accomplish.

Participation/Project: I did a good job in efficiently finishing my work. I could have tried harder on the positive and negative space but after spending nearly 20 minutes on it i thought it was good enough. 9/8

Adobe Illustrator Week 2

Project Description: This was the second week of Adobe Illustrator and I am learning many more skills before i begin my logo project. I played around with the gradient and also learned how to make my own pattern using stars. This week's skills will greatly help improve my over  all logo design.

Shape Tools: Circles, stars, and rectangles.

Drawing Tools: Paint tool and Pen tool.

Self Reflection: I finished this tutorial pretty quickly and i believe it is well done. I filled all the requirements and had a good final product.

Participation/Product: I would give myself a 9/9 for how effectively I finished the tutorial and how the results came out to look.

Cool Logos

I found these really cool and creative logos online. Check them out...

http://www.bittbox.com/illustrator/tutorial-web-20-logo-reflection-in-vector-format-with-illustrator

http://www.myinkblog.com/2008/09/02/design-a-grungy-circular-logo/

http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/text-effects/how-to-create-a-trendy-retro-type-treatment/

http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/how-to-design-a-logotype-from-conception-to-completion

http://www.ndesign-studio.com/tutorials/3d-logo

Im ready to create my own logos and take some of these tips and tricks when i start my own designs.