Post #12

Alright this might be somewhat of a blog blast so bare with me folks. In this post I am going to talk about our last project, my magazine layout! I think everyone in my class did a great job and had some sweet magazines! But now you all get to be the judge of mine!

Tada! My final project. I know you guys can not see the text but that doesn't matter. Overall I think my project came out well. The presentation is nice and everything is aligned and there are no orphans or dangles. Although I am happy that it came out neat and tidy I wish I had done some cooler stuff and done a two page layout instead of a one page layout. I could have done some crazy cool design but instead I stuck to the boring route. Now I am not saying I hate my final product because I don't I definitely think I would read it if it were presented to me in a magazine layout. I just feel like there is something missing and it could have been improved somehow. Unfortunately I had a MASSIVE and when I say that I mean HUGE brain fart. I just ran out of ideas. I really tried to brainstorm before the due date but I just could not think of anything else that I should add to change the layout without ruining my overall design.

So there is good and bad with everything. The good is that it is really neat and readable. Yay! But it is not as exciting as some of my peers designs. And thats bad. Boo.  I think that this assignment was not the most fun because we didnt have as much creative control as I would usually like. I know that this might be what I am given some day by a client but it was not my favorite assignment.

Anywho thats all I have for you for this post, so till next time!

Post #11!

Long time no blog! So over spring break I was fortunate enough to take a trip to Florida! Not only did I go to Florida but I went to Universal Studios! IT WAS AMAZING. Especially since I am a huge potterhead I got to experience the one and only harry potter world! It was so fun! I actually felt like I was in hogsmeade and I drank so much butter beer it was so good! (non-alcoholic of course). Anyways you are probably wondering what it has to do with communication graphics? well that has nothing to do with it but I also went on a ride at Universal for the movie Despicable Me. If you have not seen it I highly suggest that you go see it! It is adorable and hilarious!!! But while waiting in line for the ride I noticed several posters and there design for this specific ride so lets take a look at a few!

So this is the first "poster" that I saw and I thought it was the coolest thing! It shows you what a minion is made of and how they are designed. Its basically the blue print to creating the perfect minion. I thought it was done very well and you can even see in the lower right hand corner guru's signature. 

The second poster I saw was very simple but visually appealing to me. The reason it says "join us" is because in this ride you become a minion. I think it is adorable and perfect for the audience they are trying to reach for the people waiting in line. They wanted to make it fun and nice to look at. Also if you notice they used the basic color scheme! Red, yellow and blue are all there.

So that is all I have for this post! Basically vacation was awesome and thanks to this class I payed attention to the little details such as the colors, kerning and the overall design of posters while waiting in line for some totally awesome rides! Till next time!