the teabox I never redesigned...

Please forgive the size.  I wasn't able to find an exact duplicate of my teabox that was bigger than this one.  I never got redesign this, because one) I am slow with photoshop and two) I could not come up with any original ideas.

a flyer that goes higher

a party flyer.  nice assortion of colors :)

like a mesh

A black hole...I guess.  It appears to have mesh-like make-up.  In Illustrator, mesh is used to outline spherical, or funnel-like figures like this one.  Aside from that, it's just really cool!

posters and morals

We've probably all seen one of these, maybe at a Hallmark card store or something.  It's a mock-up of a popular poster franchise, and posters obviously make use of graphic design.  This one is obviously not going to be found at a place like that, or anywhere (except, maybe, Spencer's gift shop lol).  It is simply a spoof of the franchise, and it uses a highly recognizable character, at least for my generation.  So funny and so true is the message.  Hope a big monster attacks soon so he won't go to bed hungry! lol 

some simple yet effective art

This bumper sticker may look sweet and simple, but the message is positive and powerful.  A plain, yellow smiley face can make anyone's day.  And against a black background?  Who could resist that?  Not me!  (Have I mentioned that before?)

Project 3 - tea, anyone?

This is what my tea box design looks like so far.  There's barely anything there just because my imagination hasn't quite kicked in and I'm still quite Illustrator-challenged.  At least I can finally upload my Project 2 design, which I couldn't before (see last post).

About my Project 2 finished piece

Well, good news is I have the finished design idea for project 2.  Bad news is I can't upload it until school resumes.  The problem is I have to convert it to a Jpeg, something I can't do on my home computer.  So I will give a brief description - it is an arm extending from the bottom, going straight up, holding a Pepsi can.  The arm and hand are all black and the can is shown with the logo with the hand holding it from behind.  Behind the hand holding the can is an alternating red-and-blue three-layer circle with abstract, zigzig borders.  Each layer of red and blue is darker than the layer that is outside of it, meaning it gets darker as you go further in.  Finally, there are two captions - one that reads "Refresh Your World" and one that reads http://www.pepsi.com/.

I liked this picture, so I guess I'll use it instead...

Star Trek fans will appreciate it :)

what to post since I can't figure out Photoshop

The Pepsi logos throughout the 20th century.  I've been a fan of the Pepsi red, white, and blue.  My favorite has got to be 1973 version since it has the most solid color variety - red, white, blue, and light blue.  I am going to use Pepsi as the product that I am going to make a t shirt for.  With this, I know where its been and what I can do different.

HomeWork 9 (not finished)

I haven't been able to figure out all that I have to to get this done.  I hope to soon.

my cartoon network games page and other progress...

Hey all.  This is my inside page for Project 1.  As for Project 2, as of yet I still have no proof and I just have one drawing.  Progress on that has been kind of slow since I have had trouble deciding what I want to use.  Right now I am thinking maybe a Pepsi t shirt design?  I have this idea of an arm holding a can of Pepsi animated much like Saul Bass's Man with the Golden Arm.  About what I said before about the four-paneled piece - not bloody likely lol.  We'll if I can pull what I have in mind off..

for project 2 in GDS 120...

For project 2 in my Graphic Design class I have to choose a famous designer and an example of their that I find is the most outstanding, and finally use that design and put it on a t-shirt.  More complicated than it sounds ^_^.  Fortunately, I've chosen a designer and a piece of their work, so I got the easy part out of the way.  I have chosen designer Saul Bass.

Here is the example of his work that I am going to use:

A number of things drew me to this piece.  There's the four characters, each being a horror film character.  There's also how they are drawn - geometricly with a side view of their heads.  There's also the use of color in the four panels.  These colors do not clash with each other.  All of these characters have the same pose, but are differentiated by both the color and borders.  It can work in two ways - all four on one t shirt, or one character for a single t shirt and the t shirt be that particular color.  There's flexibility there.

my first website proof for GDS 120

Well, here is my completed rough draft or proof for my website design project.  Voila!

the website that I want to redesign...

The website that I wanna redesign for my Wesite Redesign Project is going to be the Cartoon Network website.

This organization, of course, targets children 7 and up to adolescents with cartoons and the like.  It began in the early 1990's when Turner Network purchased multiple libraries of cartoons from various production companies and stop airing movies.  The company was thus named Cartoon Network, and it has aired nothing but cartoons (and some movies) since.

While this site has a lot of cool graphics and games that the young audiences would enjoy, too much of a good thing can be bad.  As it is right now, the content in the site is very distracting, even disorienting.  All of the flashing graphics and their crowded proximity on the page makes it an adventure just to remember what it is you really wanted to do when you got there in the first place.  Also, the navigation bar and the very small logo are neglible.  I plan to make it so the graphics (even the background) are not so distracting, and make the logo and navigation bigger more noticable.  This can accomplished by changing the size of of some things and rearranging some things.  I even plan to take some things out or just move them aside, like the flashing graphics and background, which does not work with the content very well.  I might even go with different colors for the site pages.  I will, of course, keep characters as part of the site's content and design.  After all, it is a website about cartoons.  I just feel the site could more appealing if it were better organized.  

More cool designs

 I like both of these logos here.  First there's the Sonic logo on the left, which I chose not only because I am a fan of him and his games, but also there is something about the drawing and graphics that reels me in.  Perhaps its the early 90's air about it :)  Then there's the basketball logo on the right.  I am not really into basketball, but this team's logo has always been a favorite of mine.  It's probably the color and art work of the stars.  Could also be the basketball looking like a meteor lol.  Yep, the logo definitely looks magical!

What I think is a good piece of graphic design

Here is a picture of one of my all-time favorite cartoon heroes - Mario.  This is a Nintendo Power magazine cover for Super Mario Bros 3 for the NES.  This looks to be about 20 or so years old.  What draws me to this is, obviously, the central figure Mario.  But it's not just his presence.  He is also drawn particularly well.  Take his figure for instance:  his colors are radiant and he shines as if he were metallic.  Although he is two-dimensional, he is drawn with great depth and use of various saturations, giving a three dimensional illusion.  That is some definite 20th century animation right there - no computer generated 3D animation, what we remember from our childhood - a selling point for me.  Then there's that he takes up most of the page and yet, he is such a diminutive figure that it just makes you want to play with him, and he is at the very front of all the action on page, which is something we would want.  There's also his enemies that he must face in the background on this also well-animated cliffside, giving the readers the urge to play the game and defeat them, and if the racoon ears and tail do not make you want to be Mario for pretend, what would?  By the way, does anybody else like the red cover with the golden "Nintendo Power" title in contrast?  Seems like a good choice to me...