Research Paper

Research Paper

This is my research paper on Charles and Ray Eames. I found this research topic was pretty interesting because I had never learned about the Eames in detail.

Concept Map

This project depicts the product life cycle of the snapback. Using a concept map, the purpose of the project was to choose a subject, object, and map out the process of that chosen subject. I chose the snapback because it is a part of my every day life. The history, purpose, and why it remains in culture today resonates in the reason why I choose to wear the snapback. The design process was very fun for me because I got to draw a characiture of myself, research and display my favorite accessory; the snapback.

Image Analysis

For our final in History of Graphic, we were told we can pick a recent medium, poster, ad, movie, etc., within the last year and analyze the medium and pick out traces of previous art moments in time. I chose the Michael Moore movie poster and traced its antecedents to cubism, new school, post modernism, and plakatstil.

Presentation

Presentation

This is my presentation on Corporate Identity, Visual Systems, and Branding. I had a really good time researching how some of todays iconic companies developed their branding. Looking back on logos and how they evolved, grid systems and how they relate to consumers and audiences was very fascinating and useful to note in my repertoire.

Activity Booklet

Activity Book

We were given content to make a children's political activity booklet. The book was to educate children to teens on the injustice brought on cocoa farmers. The child labor, and unfair treatment to the farmers are meant to be learned by 5 minutes a day activities that have been planned out by a weekly course. It was really fun learning how to piece a design with content because it is a great real world practice.

Instruction Project

The Instruction or "How To" project was a very fun experience. I chose How to talk to women, specifically for the socially inept. We were given the freedom to choose our own parameters for the project and I decided to make a flash piece. Starting with the desktop of the person searching for a date, you are directed to click on the safari browser and go to a dating website. Once on the site the "reader" will go through a series of steps to learn how to talk to a woman. This project was really my first try at drawing caricatures, the characters being a imitation of Chris Brown and Rihanna....before the incident of course.

Button Project

In the button project or identity series we were to choose an art movement, in my case was Swiss Style. We were to make buttons for the Blanton Museum of Art. We had to analyze there museum hours, admission prices, and special discounted days and come up with a system that corresponds with the number of buttons.