Market Collateral

I chose this market collateral because I found the design to be very consistent and appealing. It does a very good job of exemplifying the main proponents of market collateral by using a unique sometimes copyrighted theme to market the product to a certain audience.

Friday 1/18

Today was the last day of class. It was a bittersweet day to be honest. We worked on our last project, the iphone case and image gallery. Using texture derived from the internet we were able to create new designs and pictures for the phone. We then opened up an adobe program and began to work on creating a image gallery to view our pictures. I enjoyed the last day of class.

Thursday 1/17

Today I finally finished my yearbook cover. In order to do this I had to be able to place pictures within the correct parameters. Instead of trying to acquire pictures from the internet and having to go through the trouble of making sure they were not copyrighted, I instead decided to use my very own pictures I had previously taken. Doing this allowed me to work relaxed and effieciently. I used pictures of Fireworks and a senior mentors picture for the main front cover. I enjoyed it.

Wednesday 1/16

Today was undoubtedly the most difficult exercise. We had to create our very own picture out of scratch. We were not allowed to use copyrighted material from the internet or other places. We were also given a template which we had to create our picture around. I used the crop tool to take images from my facebook page and cut them to be able to fit into the template. I hope to finish it before friday,

Tuesday 1/15

Today I finished up my movie poster for the yearbook. I found creating the background a tad more difficult that the other portions of the project. I have to create a gradient then add symbols. I did however use a downloaded graphic for one of the other poster. I made sure to save it separately to not get them confused. In the end it was very fun and I enjoy putting the finishing touches on my work. It came out looking great!

Monday 1/14

Today was very fun. Our assignment was to recreate a movie poster. I was first thought that this would be a task that was simply too difficult but after starting and messing around with photo shop I was blown away with how close I could make it to the original. Ofcourse there were several limitations to my work including camera and picture quality but I am quite happy to be able to see myself in the pose of one of my favorite movies. I used the mask and transform applications for that anything. I really enjoyed it.

Friday 1/11

Today we finally finished the radial design. The exercise really helped me understand the way the path tool works and how I can use it to my advantage. I learned the most stress free way of wrapping text within a spherical medium and I honestly do believe I will use this knowledge again. The radial design steps also made it very easy to follow and easy to understand the process.

Thursday 1/10

Today I learned how to create paths for text to flow through. I found this to be extremely helpful when desiring unnatural flows within ones photography and picture. I learned one could either use the paint tool to create a path for the text or one could use the "Create Work Path" through another placed option. I also enjoyed taking pictures and trying to match the desired facial expression.

Wednesday 1/9

Today was very interesting. We pretty much put into use everything we have been learning. I got to play around with shapes will creating new pictures with cool designs. We also played around with different types of fonts that all really contributed to the unique experience. I created my picture by using a blend of structures and pictures, using different colors to bring contrast to the overall climate. I really enjoyed it.

Tuesday 1/8

On Wednesday we actually got to take low key and high key pictures. I really enjoyed getting to work on creating low key and high key pictures. I learned about hue&saturation, black and white layers as well. I also liked being able to use the tools we learned in class to edit my own pictures and the pictures of my friends. It allowed me to finally see the skills I've been learning in class pay off.

Monday 1/7

Dear Diary,

I learned quite a bundle in terms of editing pictures and touching up aspects I may have disliked. I honestly never really knew you could seemingly remove our natural bumps and blemishes away. I learned about the important it is to never really overdue the touching up. You never want to change the way some looks completely. I also finally saw that almost all of the pictures of celebrities how been touched up. I now finally understand what many activist say when they claim the women are subjected to these unrealistic expectations. Its because the people they see, the celebrities they want to look like because of the pictures they've seen are all edited and touched up.