Discrimination Matrix

This project was about taking a topic like phones or food or anything we consume.  The goal was to rank the phones from worst to best and with criteria of price and quality.  The higher up the phone is the more expensive it is the further right it is.  So the best and most expensive phone is in the top right.  This is all opinion based with facts to back up my opinion.    What worked well for me was having knowledge of phones so I knew a lot about the criteria for a good phone.  I wanted to use a color scheme so I used different shades of blue to blend it together.  The most challenging part of this project was actually wanting to do it.  I didn't find this project interesting so it was hard for me to want to do it. Next time I would choose a different topic that is a little bit more interesting to me.  I didn't use very many tools for this.  The tools I used are the shape tool, text tool, and the move tool.  For the future I can make a discrimination matrix if I ever need to.

Gig Poster

This project was about creating a gig poster for a band or artist.  I couldn't think of anything to do so I did something for the Scorp Report.  One thing that worked well when creating this was creating a custom font like thing.  I created little boxes that were symmetrical and I live painted every "pixel" and made my own text.  The most difficult part of this project was deciding what I wanted to do and how I was going to do it.  I thought the idea of "pixel art" would be good.  Next time I would have better layer management because I had everything on one layer.  All I used for this project was the pen tool and the live paint.  I used the pen tool and the grid to make "pixels" and I used the live paint to paint each individual "pixel".  I can use what I have learned to make an advertisement for something.  

Skateboard

So this project was about creating our own design for a skateboard.  I decided to do a more complex version of the skateboard and make different colored versions.  What worked well in this project is the grid and snap to grid.  This allowed me to make the lines perfectly aligned.  The most challenging thing was to put all of the lines where I wanted them cutting them so there was no overlap.  Next time I would most of likely make it more complex and have more lines cross over eachother.  I used the live paint tool, pen tool, scissor tool, and lots of other effects.  I can use the tools that I learned from this project to create anything I need for another design.

Illustrator Projects

Advertisement Redo

 This is the original ad that is advertising a new healthy cereal from Kelloggs.  This ad is stating that this new cereal will help you have a better body.

This is my critique of the ad.  In this photo, I list all of the things that are wrong or not true about this ad.  Some of the weird things about this add are saying the cereal will help you get a better body and eating the cereal hot.

This is the final version of the re-do of the ad and how I would portray the ad if it were telling the truth.

Advertisements can appear in many different forms in todays society.  On almost every webpage there is an ad trying to show off a product or a business.  It can also come in video format. An example of this would be Youtube and there is an ad before every popular video.  They are also everywhere we look.  There are advertisements on the street for food or to buy a house.  These advertisements can also persuade people to act.  An example of this is if you are driving down a road and see an ad for pizza and that makes you hungry to eat pizza.  That ad persuaded you to think about pizza and made you hungry and made you want to act to get pizza.  It can also persuade people to do many other things like buy a product or material because it is cool or they want it.  I also believe that advertisements should not be regulated by the government.  We as Americans have the freedom of speech and advertisements are a form of speech.  The only reason the government should be able to intervene is if the ad if against the President or the United States.

Self Portrait

This was a project about making a self portrait with thanks that I am about.  For example, I play hockey so I have a goalie mask and stick as my head and arms.  Things that worked well for me was putting all the layers in one comp to work on them one by one.  That helped me analyze each layer individually.  The most challenging part of this project was trying to make the shape of a person.  I found it difficult to make a human using random objects that i enjoy.  Next time I will try to make it look more realistic and less fake.  The only tools I used are the magic wand tool, quick selection tool, crop, rotation, and a flip.  I can use this basic photoshop knowledge for almost anything.  If I need to add text to a photo or arrange more than one photo together I can do that now.  I also added a cat because I love cats and I couldn't think of any other way to incorporate him into my picture.