Designs and Such: 2016

Friday, May 6, 2016

Monday, April 4, 2016

For the collage, I used a few different images to create a dream like wave. I used a quote from the song Strawberry Fields Forever by The Beatles. The first layer is a photo I took in the city in Chicago last year. I wanted a city background and this was the highest quality one because it was taken by me. The wave on the bottom and the strawberries on top are from google, the girl from flickr, and then the second layer of sky is from instagram. Since I used the blur tool and selected a paint brush style, it eliminated any look of pixelation. I had a wispy look to the brush to make the dream like state feel even more real. I also edited some of the colors like in the waves, the girl, and the strawberries to make them match up by lowering some of the contrast.

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Magazine Cover

Here I have my friend Courtney as the feature with a monkey, my boyfriend with a puppy because why not and of course myself because we had to and my dog because she definitely is the cutest. I thought that the pictures on the side were fun to add and also made it to where I could easily throw in a caption that real magazines tend to do. But I also included a barcode for authenticity and although some of the tools gave me trouble, it really was not as hard as I thought it would be. I think that the hardest part was cutting out my friend with the monkey and trying to make that look realistic but all it took was a combination of the lasso, polygonal and magnetic tool to get her onto the background section by section.

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Mini Assignment

I found a picture of myself sitting on a wall by bayshore and thought that it was a perfect fit so that I could place myself sitting down somewhere. Although I don't know exactly the name of this location, it is a castle somewhere in Ireland. It was hard trying to get myself to match up to the color of the rest of the vibrant scene, but I think the sun coming in from the same angle as the photo and enhancing the colors helped to match to the Irish scenery.

Monday, March 21, 2016

HTML Design

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<script>
window.onload = function() {
var canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");

////////////////////////////////////// start below this line ˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇˇ

//context.bezierCurveTo(controlx1, controly1, controlx2, controly2, endx, endy);

//background
context.beginPath();
context.rect(0, 0, 800, 600);
var grd = context.createLinearGradient(0, 300, 800, 300);
grd.addColorStop(0, 'rgb(0, 255, 255)');
grd.addColorStop(.4, 'rgb(255, 255, 255)');
grd.addColorStop(1, 'rgb(255, 0, 255)');
context.fillStyle = grd;
context.fill();
context.stroke();

//top half//
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(155, 200);
context.quadraticCurveTo(146, 209, 195, 175);
context.quadraticCurveTo(225, 150, 245, 115);
context.quadraticCurveTo(255, 97, 280, 70);
context.quadraticCurveTo(300, 46, 345, 38);
context.quadraticCurveTo(375, 35, 395, 60);
context.quadraticCurveTo(407, 80, 406, 80);
context.quadraticCurveTo(445, 46, 480, 45);
context.quadraticCurveTo(520, 48, 542, 80);
context.quadraticCurveTo(560, 100, 570, 130);
context.quadraticCurveTo(600, 176, 645, 200);
context.lineWidth = 1;
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(255, 0, 0)';
context.fill();

//small corner
context.quadraticCurveTo(655, 210, 648, 230);
context.quadraticCurveTo(600, 268, 575, 300);
context.quadraticCurveTo(540, 350, 515, 400);
context.quadraticCurveTo(478, 472, 450, 485);
context.quadraticCurveTo(435, 496, 400, 498);

//bottom half
context.quadraticCurveTo(300, 410, 245, 370);
context.quadraticCurveTo(200, 282, 182, 247);
context.quadraticCurveTo(168, 230, 157, 220);
context.quadraticCurveTo(150, 210, 155, 200);
//150, 205);
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(255, 0, 0)';
context.fill();
context.stroke();

//tongue
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(324, 200);
context.quadraticCurveTo(300, 203, 255, 225);
context.quadraticCurveTo(225, 250, 198, 279);
context.quadraticCurveTo(168, 318, 151, 350);
context.quadraticCurveTo(141, 375, 138, 400);
context.quadraticCurveTo(130, 445, 151, 500);
context.quadraticCurveTo(148, 499, 174, 525);
context.quadraticCurveTo(200, 548, 245, 555);
context.quadraticCurveTo(285, 560, 324, 552);
context.quadraticCurveTo(347, 550, 370, 532);
context.quadraticCurveTo(395, 515, 405, 496);
//line gets thicker//
context.quadraticCurveTo(420, 465, 430, 422);
context.quadraticCurveTo(440, 398, 460, 350);
context.quadraticCurveTo(470, 325, 495, 301);
context.quadraticCurveTo(514, 277, 553, 250);
context.quadraticCurveTo(575, 229, 550, 218);
context.quadraticCurveTo(530, 205, 510, 207);
context.quadraticCurveTo(475, 203, 450, 219);
context.quadraticCurveTo(425, 225, 400, 229);
context.quadraticCurveTo(350, 248, 325, 275);
context.quadraticCurveTo(285, 325, 258, 403);
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(255, 0, 0)';
context.fill();
context.stroke();

context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(258, 403);
context.quadraticCurveTo(265, 350, 280, 310);
context.quadraticCurveTo(300, 274, 326, 249);
context.quadraticCurveTo(365, 225, 335, 203);
context.quadraticCurveTo(335, 203, 324, 200);
context.fillStyle = 'rgb(255, 0, 0)';
context.fill();
context.stroke();

//teeth
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(265, 165, 297, 135);
context.quadraticCurveTo(325, 135, 348, 149);
context.quadraticCurveTo(375, 165, 400, 157);
context.quadraticCurveTo(425, 150, 450, 148);
context.quadraticCurveTo(476, 150, 500, 168);
context.quadraticCurveTo(532, 205, 515, 220);
context.quadraticCurveTo(500, 225, 473, 205);
context.quadraticCurveTo(465, 213, 430, 215);
context.quadraticCurveTo(404, 208, 395, 198);
context.quadraticCurveTo(373, 203, 348, 208);
context.quadraticCurveTo(325, 202, 310, 172);
context.quadraticCurveTo(277, 182, 265, 165);
context.fillStyle = '#FFFFFF';
context.fill();
context.stroke();

//white circle 1
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(315, 95);
context.quadraticCurveTo(312,73, 330, 58);
context.quadraticCurveTo(348, 46, 376, 59);
context.quadraticCurveTo(395, 75, 387, 88);
context.quadraticCurveTo(374, 109, 352, 98);
context.quadraticCurveTo(348, 95, 350, 95)
context.quadraticCurveTo(330, 105, 315, 95)
context.fillStyle = '#FFFFFF';
context.fill();
context.stroke();

//white circle 2
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(450, 85);
context.quadraticCurveTo(440, 65, 470, 59);
context.quadraticCurveTo(495, 56, 515, 70);
context.quadraticCurveTo(528, 82, 522, 99);
context.quadraticCurveTo(510, 108, 498, 105);
context.quadraticCurveTo(484, 100, 477, 90);
context.quadraticCurveTo(454, 98, 450, 85);
context.fillStyle = '#FFFFFF';
context.fill();
context.stroke();

//tongue oval 1
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(301, 250);
context.quadraticCurveTo(278, 252, 256, 275);
context.quadraticCurveTo(232, 300, 218, 321);
context.quadraticCurveTo(200, 349, 190, 375);
context.quadraticCurveTo(180, 400, 182, 400);
context.quadraticCurveTo(176, 420, 184, 430);
context.quadraticCurveTo(212, 423, 217, 400);
context.quadraticCurveTo(225, 375, 236, 350);
context.quadraticCurveTo(245, 325, 262, 300);
context.quadraticCurveTo(287, 253, 278, 292);
context.quadraticCurveTo(280, 289, 301, 250);
context.fillStyle = '#FFFFFF';
context.fill();
context.stroke();

//tongue oval 2
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(476, 252);
context.quadraticCurveTo(470, 253, 450, 270);
context.quadraticCurveTo(420, 296, 415, 305);
context.quadraticCurveTo(400, 325, 387, 350);
context.quadraticCurveTo(372, 375, 360, 399);
context.quadraticCurveTo(345, 425, 335, 450);
context.quadraticCurveTo(326, 467, 328, 478);
context.quadraticCurveTo(343, 500, 363, 479);
context.quadraticCurveTo(373, 467, 378, 450);
context.quadraticCurveTo(387, 424, 400, 400);
context.quadraticCurveTo(414, 368, 425, 350);
context.quadraticCurveTo(434, 325, 445, 310);
context.quadraticCurveTo(455, 290, 476, 252);
context.fillStyle = '#FFFFFF';
context.fill();
context.stroke();

//inside mouth
context.beginPath();
context.moveTo(266, 166);
context.quadraticCurveTo(248, 179, 236, 188);
context.quadraticCurveTo(215, 198, 200, 205);
context.quadraticCurveTo(210, 210, 216, 215);
context.quadraticCurveTo(238, 240, 240, 240);
//context.fillStyle = '#000000';
//context.fill();
context.stroke();

////////////////////////////////////// end above this line ˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆˆ

};

</script>
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="myCanvas" width="800" height="600"></canvas>
</body>
</html>

////////COMMENTS///////////

This project turned out to be a lot harder than I thought it would be but it really just took more time than anything. I simplified the Rolling Stones logo a little because the bold lines around the tongue just didn't seem to look well with coding as it was difficult to generate the flow like the original. I also took out the black back in the mouth area but only because i felt like it looked better this way. I used quadratic curves the entire time which was also difficult but once I realized that all I needed to do was plot the points closer, it manipulated the image more easily. I attached some of the graph photos too to show how many little points I had to graph. I tried to keep up with the numbers on the graph and in the coding but not all of them match up because it was hard to keep up with. Too many number started to make my head hurt. This project was interesting to say the least, I like my end result a lot more than I thought I would but now I know that coding is not my specialty.

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Exquisite Corpse

The exquisite corpse project was really cute and a lot of fun to make! I thought it was cool because it was my first time really creating something on Illustrator. I tried to make the "arena" look like a circus one with people watching but that was a little hard to make a silhouette audience as my first time using illustrator. The only issues i really ran into were on the legs when the shapes would run into each other and stop me from completely filling the rest in. It took some re-doind and some trial and error but there weren't too many other difficult tasks for this project.

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Completed Logo

The idea for this logo comes from the company that stands for cruelty free make up. I thought the name Fauna and then the logo as a deer would work because it is non animal tested and a baby deer is a fawn so that makes the most sense. Although the logo does not include anything really to do with make up, the eyelashes are a little long and full looking to make them look pretty. I chose this dark teal because it seemed more natural and easier to look at than a normal green color. Since the company stands for all natural kind of products, the font has the handwritten look to it. Overall, the design should look inviting and give off the look of something natural and to do with animal friendly. Other make up company's choose to advertise models and have very feminine looks but this just stands as a friendly invite to the products. I included a few of my sketches that i started with for my logo. Although I ended up using one of them on this, you can see my process through the different style of deer.

Monday, February 8, 2016

Caligramme

For this assignment, I chose a microphone and then added different genres of music. Some of the areas required me to use the warp tool (like where the mic folds in on the top due to the wires to create that rounded and uneven look). I have the word microphone written there in the center just to be sure and also music is tucked away in in there. I now feel pretty confident that I can use the text to create something interesting with my logo.

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

5 Ideas

I want to make a logo for a company that will sell cruelty free make up products. Something that sells beauty products such as mascara, eyeliner, foundation, etc. This could involve something to do with a basic outline of a woman's eye but then put something in there to let them know that it is all natural and does not animal test. Possibly name on the logo- Fauna
A travel agency that specializes in off-road style vacations instead of the normal resort style packages. I want the logo to go off of that idea so something that is a little bit less simplistic than others. Most travel logos just have the world or the swoosh but I want this one to stand out more and symbolize the idea of a more interesting vacation than just a resort.
Tutoring center: a small elephant holding onto larger ones tail and the larger one holding a book on its tusks. Or another animal but with a lightbulb.
Clothing line: a beachside, surf kind of style so maybe implement some waves or a sun. I would want to do a mermaid but Starbucks already went there and I think that would not be a good idea.
Birthday candles that can actually make your wishes come true. This could include a candle and the smoke turns into a genie lamp. To play on with the whole wish thing and the genie lamp in the logo the candles can be named "As You Wish."

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Just a Small Summary

I grew up in the south Miami area in a small-ish city called Homestead. Like most little kids, I enjoyed dance and music, but art was especially one of those hobbies that I cherished the most. After graduating from high school and completing AP and regular art classes, I was kind of torn on what exactly I should study in college. When I got to the University of Tampa, I started out as pre-vet because my love for animals was insanely strong (like crazy cat lady level but dogs instead) and I thought becoming a veterinarian would be just about the coolest thing ever. Well, two failed chemistry classes later and a way lower GPA I realized that as much as I love animals, I was just going to have to settle on something else. My advisor convinced me to pursue Advertising and Public Relations because I could get the best of both worlds and continue to get a little bit of art in while also seeing if I liked PR enough to where I could one day work for a non-profit involving animals. It sounded good enough to me and now here I am. I have always wanted to learn about designing and all of the computer aspects of art so even though I am unsure where my concentration will stand, I know this class will be enjoyable considering it is my first advertising class. Other than that, I enjoy other countries and especially traveling to them (my background is a photo I took while in Monaco) Pretty fancy, huh? I also always believe that there is more room on my plate for alfredo pasta and to reiterate on the animal thing- dogs are definitely people too.

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