Final Exam

So the end of the year is here and this is my final project. The task was to take a piece of art, and turn it into a graphic design. I choose to use a previous project of mine, which turned out to be my tattoo design, as it didn't really sent a clear message, so it's more of art than graphic design. I then tried to figure out how I could take that and make it send a message. I thought, what better graphic design than to make an advertisement. I choose to take my blog's name, Red Eagle, and make that the name of the company. The company being a graphic design company. Put in the name, and motto, then played around with the position of art, to work it into the advertisement. That lead me to the final draft of the advertisement, being this. Simple but gets the message across. The name of the company, the motto, then a logo to represent the style of the graphics.

Broadcaster Images

This is yet another one of the images for our schools online news paper, The Broadcaster. This image in particular is for the article about Michael Fowlin, creator of the, "Your are Beautiful", assembly he presents at schools.

Project #8: CD Redesign

    So for my next project, I figured why not do a redesign of a cd cover for one of my favorite bands. however why stop at a redesign, and why not just create an entirely new album cover for a fictional future album. I am already working on it now, and will be honoring Motley Crue.
    Basically the theme for this cover was in reference to an album called "Dr. Feelgood". The first design I wanted to implement an aspect from an old T-shirt I had, that being the "Dr.X" logo that you see below. As per the title, as its a reference to the "Dr. Feelgood" album, I named it "The Doctor Is Back". However this cover just seemed lacking and overall boring.



















    So I went back and took an aspect of the original album cover and replaced the "Dr.X" logo with the medical symbol. I put a red glow around it and then a gradient to the black background to further add to the overall design. I also looked up other album covers by them to see the kind of style they used. They had relatively simple designs, but designs that were eye catching. That what I tried to achieve with the final cover design.

Project #6 Science Academy Poster

Description: Finally this project is coming to a close. The purpose of this project was to organize imformation given to me by a Science Academy student into a professional and visually appealing science fair poster for him to use. Each science student was given 2 graphics students, ad at the end would decide which design to use. The poster underwent several changes over the course of our collaboration, so that the poster met all of his specifications. Eventually he approved the final product, and has been printed. All that is left to do is have him pick it up and everything is said and done. This project had taken almost 2 months, as he had gotten the information out late and due to several absences of mine, the overall progression was hindered on more than one occassion. The poster includes around 20 slides worth of information and 8 pictures. If he choses my design, it will be used at the science fair.  

Skills Learned: Over the course of the project I was able to develope better organizational skills along with collaboration skills. 

Self Reflection: I feel that in the time I was actually given to complete the design I was able to produce a decent representation of information being presented. I took on the responsibilies and accomplished the task at hand. Could this project been completed much sooner, yes, however set backs had well set back the project, set backs that happen and need to be taken with a grain of sand. 

Project/Participation: 9/10

Broadcaster Images

I created this image for the schools online news paper called the Broadcaster. This particular article is called,"A Reflection on the 2011 Oscars". I started work on this months ago but kinda just forgot about it, finally got around to finishing it today. This now gives me three total images ive created to hopefully make up for a missing project. Comments and opinions are appreciated.

Project #5 Band Logo

Description: This was a project my friend had commissioned me for. His band, The Dakota Badlands, needed a logo created for upcoming shows during this month. After providing him first sketches he chose a few that he liked and I then translated them on to the computer. These werethe first four, simple, got the point across and room to build upon.


That was the next step to take those four and bulid upon them. Thats when I can up with the next set. As much as Id like to post all 8 sets, Ill spare you the headache. This is a compilation of all the logos thus far. They are organized in basically the way in which the evolution of each had taken place. Some designs as you can see usually got cut, then revisited down the road. However at this point, I have lost communication with my friend in regards to the logo, clients drop off the grid sometimes, the world is not perfect. So in this case I chose my personal favorite to alteast wrap up the project within class and revisit the design when and if i hear word back. I chose the deign below because it was simple, recognizable, easy to read, and looked "cool" and "hip"as my friend would say. this was actually the final design he wanted me to continue with. Well aside from that this poject included much back and forth to achieve a final design. So hopfully in the future this will be used to represent the Dakota Badlands, as is its intention.
Skills Learned: During this project I definately learned better about the skill of development and collaboration. I have a better grasp of some of the tools in Illustrator and am better skilled in logo design.
Self Reflection: This project was by far the longest ive done so far. Took the time that usually would make two, due to the client factor introduced, could not just pick my own favorite but rather go by what he wanted the entire way. However I think I did well all in all through out. Though, I come times where I had no input or direction to go by, leading to many logos being scrapped, but thats what comes with design.
Participation/Project: 10/10