Poster Design

For this project we were asked to choose one of the four topics provided and then create an unique poster for the cause. The topic I chose was "Don't kill the world, use a _______." I did totally change the second phrase for my idea to work. I felt like the most challenging part of this project was finding the images that I wanted to use with my idea. It seemed like no pre-existing image matched the idea that was in my head. However, I kept searching and compromised on a few images including: two Photoshop images and three vector/ Illustrator images. The final product is shown below.

My idea behind the poster was that we, as a community, could come together to save the Earth's fresh water supply. By sharing a shower more water is saved on a daily basis. I went with a minimalistic approach because I felt it better suit the purpose. I am not a fan of posters that have too much going on, I find them distracting. I used Indesign to ultimately put this poster together with surprising ease. All in all, even thought the product is different than I imagined, I still consider it a success. It is humorous with a touch of seriousness that keeps it in a perfect balance. 

Photoshop Project

For this project we were asked to use a stock photo and a minimum of five other images to create our own unique image in photoshop. The stock photo we were to use is shown below.

The picture did not really match what I had been planning on creating for the project, so I decided to cut out the hands and part of the frames. The other pictures I chose were from Shutterstock and Google. 

We were not allowed to use the eraser tool for this exercise which made me nervous at first because it is so easy to use. However, it destroys the images that are used. In order to keep the original image pristine we used the masking tool. Thankfully, this tool is also very simple to use. With parts and pieces of these images I was able to create this original image. 

I created this image to show the unrealistic and drastic ideas of beauty and how ordinary woman feel pressured to conform to these ideas. I wanted to show the drastic methods of conforming with regards to brainwashing. I feel that the world is brainwashing women to feel that everyone needs to be a size 2 have full lips and perfect cheek bones. However, it is truly our differences that are beautiful. 

Logo Tag Brush

I was very grateful for being able to create this one in class with instruction. I think I would have had a difficult time figuring out the easiest way to go about creating the brush. The task ended up being fairly simple and gave me greater confidence to begin creating my own brushes in Photoshop. The final product ended up looking like this.

I wish that the white circle around my logo was a bit smaller, but that can always be fixed in the future. I like the idea of having a brush that is my logo so I can easily stamp my signature onto my photographs. I feel like this will add to the uniqueness of my brand.