Up on the wall...

Getting back to Graphic Design, I would like to present some posters I’ve created. I have five that I would like to share. These were all class projects from various classes I took in college and all were created with Photoshop. I will present each with a brief description about the piece.

First, for a class, we were all given a collection of Photographs to use for a project. We then had to choose a number of them to create a poster for a fictitious film. I chose five of the images to work with and pieced them together to seem like one image. Along with working with the composition of it all, I had to work with the colors. The window sill was originally Black and White so I colored it to fit with the others.


Next, we had to develop a poster to advertise a fictitious event featuring Kyle Cooper and his work. I did some research to learn about Cooper to try and figure out what would have been the best image. He has worked on the type treatment for many films and was considered to have had a dark mind by many. Considering that, I decided to create an image outlining the man himself with a list of the films he work with to symbolize how it all came from within. We were not given a venue for the event but I did mark where that information would have gone.


For a campaign assignment, we had to develop collateral concerning Snow Safety. I decided to keep it simple and used an image of a road near snowy mountains with copy that should be kept in mind. I used Illustrator to develop the slogan/logo for the campaign I created and put it all together in Photoshop.


For another compilation assignment, we had to develop a poster for two contrary music performers; a project the instructor loved to do. We were given a show that would feature Ludacris with Steve Lawrence and had to determine what would have been the best way to present it. I gathered some images of the two along with one of the venue and had to piece it all together. I had to create the title of the event along with the rest of the copy with what we were provided with for the project. Typography did play a role in this project.


For the last project I’m presenting, I am displaying a poster relating to Print Design. It was required to use the logos for the Institute I attended along with Adobe’s. Print Design has been around longer than we may realize so I wanted to display the fact. I decided to portray how it all started with typewriters. I wanted to make reference to how long they’ve been around with a brief timeline that gradually degrades over time. I also worked with Typography to showcase the transition we had with typefaces over the course of time. I had to do a photo-shoot with the typewriter I had as well to gain the right image for the poster.


Until my next post.

On the side...

Now I would like to show a project I’ve done not completely related to my field. In my spare time, I do work with Animation and this is a video I made by request. This was for an unsigned band from Portugal by the name, Girl meet Girl. It was a great project because I talked with the band online to discuss the right concept that we all felt was best for the song. I gave them a pitch on what I believed the main story should be after they gave me the main concepts to work with and they suggested what the main setting should be. The story of the video is loosely based on a true story of mine and they loved the idea. I then had to create the characters/extras, settings, accessories/props, and dialog to tell the story. I tried my best to duplicate the band the best I could for when they were on-screen and modeled the main characters after myself and a few friends of mine. Not drifting away from my field of work, I did have to do some Graphic Design work for some elements you’ll see in the video. I also had to scrub the audio for the band when they are shown and pay attention to the lip-syncing of the main characters. I also added a line of dialog myself for the opening. Overall, I used iMovie, Flash, Google SketchUp, Photoshop, and Illustrator for this video. It is based more on the story than performance, as the band requested, and they were very pleased with the final product. I do look forward to the next time I make another animation with Flash and will put in as mush work/effort, if not more, as I did with this one.

“X Flowers”
Girl meet Girl
Love.Demo.Tapes
Directed by: Paul Seavey



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Using brushstrokes...

Now I would like to display some paintings I’ve done. I currently only have a few in my possession at the moment but they seem to be able to display my skill with the brush. I have three pieces that were done in a painting class I’ve taken along with two I’ve done in my own time.

First, I would like to show a piece of a model that posed for us in class. We mainly just had to get the body structure without too much attention to the little details. We also had to create an object from our mind to add to the scene so I used a park bench for the model to sit on rather than the chair he was using. Lastly, we had to use a Monochromatic Color Scheme using a Neutral color.


Next, we had to choose an image of a recognizable celebrity to do a Black and White portrait. The main thing we had to focus on with this piece was trying to get the values correct without blending the paints. I chose a headshot of Christopher Walken for my project.


For the final class project I’m presenting, we had to do a Still Life of three objects concentrating on a dominant local color for each. I used a cup for Blue, a computer mouse for Red, and a stuffed pumpkin toy for Orange. I tried to sneak a Double-Complimentary Color Scheme for this piece using the Green patch at the top of the pumpkin with the mouse and had to pay attention to detail/values.


In my own free time, I created this image of a solo, leafless tree. I was trying to go with the concept of something alone and without decor can be something to focus on and admire. The mountains in the background seem to imply how company can appear so far away as well.


For the final painting I’ll be presenting, I would like to display this Spiral Galaxy I created for my best friend, Ash. She’s an avid lover of space and really loved this piece. I paid close attention to detail and used a mix of an Analogous Color Scheme of Warm Colors with a slight Compliment of Cool Colors for this.


Until my next post.