Movie Poster

I chose the movie musical "Into The Woods". I think I did pretty well at retaining Saul Bass's style in my poster, the only thing that does not represent his style is the font I chose, it I chose that font because it's sort of my staple font. It represents my aesthetic and I think it accurately plays off the fun- comic movie I chose to do. I used the colors navy blue, gray and white with accents of black, green, and brown. My objects I chose to represent the movie was the tree in the middle representing the woods in the movie, and the small little accent "thorns" poking out of some of the letters in the title and descriptive text to represent the struggles that the characters in the movie must overcome. The movie is about finding trust within the people you surround yourself with among many many other valuable life lessons. This is the second poster I created for this project, but I wasn't completely satisfied with the ending project so I redid it to make it more simple. Overall, I am very happy with my ending result. I was inspired by Saul Bass's 2-D art style and i decided to take a modern take on retro style. While still applying his style of solid colors and outlining, I added some fun type with a custom made stroke. I used the pen style to apply a chunky effect to my tree and the lines on the side to create a frame to represent Saul Bass's style.

Top 10 Things Poster

My values reflect my work and products in the way that everything I do is positive and fun. Who else would put doughnuts on their top 10 poster? I enjoy being positive and I believe that is reflected in my work. This drives consumption because nobody wants to indulge and spend their time and money on negative, dull things. I believe these qualities will help me in the future because I want to be a successful graphic designer. My values reflect the fun-loving person I am and hopefully clients will appreciate that when choosing who to hire. I chose my fonts based on my personality and what I liked. My headers and sub headers are a Sans Serif font and my body font is a Serif font. A huge tip regarding typography is opposites attract, and I took that seriously when deciding on what fonts to use. My type pallet looks fun and interesting just like my personality and that's why I think my top 10 poster accurately and professionally describes me.

Postcards Galore

This first postwar I created with Photoshop. I started by downloading a font off of dafont.com that I liked. I liked it because it was simple but also modern, much like my personality. I then created a new layer for each letter in my name. I added a clipping mask to each letter after I had chosen the five images I thought best represented me. I chose images of times Square because that's my favorite place in the world and I want to live in New York someday. Then I chose some sheet music because music has been the greatest influence on my life thus far. I chose an empty auditorium because I live my life through theatre and I spend more time performing than I do at my house. Then I chose a picture of a beach in Hawaii because I aspire to have a vacation home on a beach in Maui when I get older. And last, I chose a picture of watermelon because it's my favorite food in the world and some of my greatest memories from childhood stem from indulging in the glorious fruit. After that, I went into the Blending Options and added a stroke and drop shadow to make it have more depth. I decided it needed even more depth and I added a Bevel & Emboss Effect.

The second postcard I created was my Christmas card and this one is my favorite. I downloaded a wonderful font from dafont.com because I wanted something that looked Holiday-inclined. I then looked up images that translated what I wanted to Photoshop. I used a blur on the background image to make the text more acknowledgeable. I found images on poinsettias and gold bows and used what I've learned to make it look good. I added a gradient to the text so that it looks better than just a plain color. I enjoyed this postcard the most of all