29 Sep 2010

Critique

Today we had a peer critique of our in-process persuasive posters.  I presented this design for my food. I got a lot of positive feedback on the concept and persuasive method.  Recommendations were made on how I could simplify the design (removing the type background, reducing the text).  I am going to experiment with the orientation of the page, the size and scale of my images and how to display my type in a way that gets my message across in a more creative way.  Expect revisions soon!

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22 Sep 2010

Persuasive Poster

Our next assignment is a persuasive poster.  We are to choose a pure food and design a poster that persuade the audience to adopt you opinion on it, whether positive or negative.  I chose kiwi because I love it and want everyone else to love it too.  Today we had sketches due. For this I simply put my immediate ideas on paper and tried to expand on them to help the content relate.  From these I plan to continue on to my digital designs.

In one of the sketches below, I tried to come up with why a person would choose a kiwi over another fruit in a concise way and presented are the phrases I came up with.

Ange suggested using the idea of a kiwi bird and as promotional character in the poster so I tried sketching one out.  Unfortunately mine looks a little sad and slightly frightened.  If I go with this idea I will definitely need to do some research!

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My next steps are to take pictures of kiwifruit, and start working digitally with my refined sketches and new ideas.  Stay tuned for my final design!

20 Sep 2010

Book Review

The Graphic Design Exercise Book was really fun to present.  I love the way it breaks things down into specialities in order for the reader to either build their current portfolio or expand it to beyond their familiarity and practice.  The different leveled briefs allow you to pick assignments with varied difficulty ratings.  

For my powerpoint I used Indesign to develop my slides, exported them as PDFs and used powerpoint to arrange them and insert slide transitions and effects.  I also created graphics in Illustrator, exported them as PNGs and arranged them cohesively on my slides as featured elements.  Take a look and let me know what you think!

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18 Sep 2010

My in process powerpoint presentation

I have been exploring with various ways of presenting my chosen book The Graphic Design Exercise Book.  I started working in Illustrator, tried moving some of those files into powerpoint and now am starting to createmy slides in InDesign.

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I like the idea of using "talk boxes" to provide small snipits of information while I am presenting more in depth explanation.  I plan to have a subtle effect applied to them so that they stand out on the slide.  Enjoy reviewing my in-process work.

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13 Sep 2010

Getting the ball rolling!

I'm testing out my new blog! Don't be startled by changes as I experiment with different styles.