Words & Image Update

Here is the process for step 3:

I have added text and I wanted to have a couple variations. The biggest thing I wanted to play around with was the credit. This first version below has the credit at the top...

The second version below I moved the name down on the left side. I felt like before the name was too isolated and it was drawing my eye up to an awkward area.

Words and Image Update

The theme of my spread is around the fashion realm. I decided to go with a contemporary image; colorful, but cool toned and not too aggressive.

From this image, the main letter that I would incorporate with it is a 'V'. I went with going with a whole word: "Vital". 

Step 1: 

Balancing out the image and word. My technique was to add a semi-opaque bar across the image. This adds some depth and it prepares the spread for adding text. 

 

Step 2:

Adding headers/titles, placeholder text

 

Words and Images

We have started this project of words and images. I personally enjoy working with type. I think words are very powerful and when paired with the correct image, it is even more so. That is obviously the point of this assignment, though. We have to find images and then do research on the image to get a good sense of what is going on.

What is the mood?
What are the subjects?
Is it making a statement?
Is there color?

Going off of my style and interests, I started looking at historical images.








Then I decided to go with more of a trendy and vibrant/lively topic of fashion.







These images stuck with me specifically because of the magazine spread examples I found online.





I was attracted to the color and I am looking forward to the typefaces I can find to pair with some really fun photographs.

Logo Redesign

In the beginning of this project, I went in to it deciding between PlayStation and Milwaukee Bucks. I went with the Milwaukee Bucks. I decided on that because the PlayStation logo was already pretty simplified. I wasn't sure where else I could go with it, so I didn't bother with creating thumbnails.

Below is the current Bucks logo:

The Bucks have actually only gonna through three logos including the present design; however this update was the only update since 1993. 

New features:

Expanded rack             Growth/greater force than before

Basketball feature in rack

M in neckline              Milwaukee

Typeface                     Urban and rural/cut edges like steel

Green                          Good land

Cream                          Cream city

Blue                             Great lakes

For our project, there are three steps. 

Step 1: Re-create the current logo. Use the same concept, but modernize and update it. 

Step 2: Similar concept, but a different implementation. 

Step 3: Completely different from original concept.

Animal & Text

I wanted to also post the final of the bird I created with a typeface. 

Word Pairs

The pair of words I chose were shattered and united. Below are the best designs from each word.

I struggled with this assignment because I didn't spend as much time on it as I wanted to. I wasn't allowing myself enough time to really engage or get excited about creating. That will be a continual struggle for this class because I am not a designer and I definitely don't have the confidence in each creation to make it well. That is a battle I will have to push through.

Word Association/Illustration

Word: Weight
Elements Used: Heavy/thick strokes and typeface, fade in color (in this case just grey to black), a play on words, leading lines downward, composition