Week 5A

Today I worked more on my monthly wallpaper for October. Everything is mashed together and is pretty chaotic at the moment. Though, after talking to Professor Pannafino, I think I can make this head in the right direction. I am planning on moving the October down to the bottom to where the tree's extended line is. The dates are too close to the edge and he mentioned it would be better to bring that in closer. I am stuck on whether or not i want to get rid of the gradient in the corner or get rid of the blue as the sky. There is still a lot of things I need to decide on what to change or keep.

Week 3a; MindMap & MoodBoard

Today we went over our first project, the Desktop Calendar Wallpaper. We are using the month of October and our idea has to relate in some way to this month. So, to help the class, Professor Pannafino showed us a new technique called MindMapping. This method is used to broaden a central idea that you have to make something a bit more creative. Pannafino had mentioned that if it takes you more than five seconds to think of something related, you're thinking too hard. The point of this process is to make you think fast and creatively, no matter how silly it may be. Below, I have posted an example...

After making a MindMap, we then went over what a MoodBoard is. A MoodBoard is essentially a collage of ideas and concepts that you create based on a branch of the MindMap. The MoodBoard is usually the base of your project and shows others in what direction you want to head in.

Logo Recreation; Week 2b

For homework this weekend, we were assigned to recreate logos that you see everyday in Adobe Illustrator. I have had experience with Illustrator before but this was a really nice refresher on things. My two favorite ones would have probably been the Apple and FedEx logos. They were both fairly simple and colorful. The most challenging ones were the NFL and the Chili's logo. There were so many curves and both have much more detail than the others.