Lyrical Collage

When we were first assigned this project, I immediately knew that I wanted to create a collage for my best friend Shawn that passed away in the summer of 2012. The quote that I based my project on is "May Angels Lead You In", a song written by the band Jimmy Eat World. I decided to create a collage taking place in heaven and showing Shawn as an angel. I used an image from google with a staircase in the clouds as the background. I then inserted an open door at the top of the staircase to represent the "door to heaven". For the wings and birds, I downloaded brushes off of the internet and adjusted them levels and color adjustments. I created a rainbow going across the image using a rainbow gradient and then adding a gaussian blur to it. I enjoyed doing this assignment but I still find photoshop to be more difficult to use than illustrator.

Reference Images

Custom Graphic

I chose to make an abstract image for this assignment. I used a pre-made image of the moon from the internet for the base of my picture. I then inserted more stars into the background using a brush that looked similar to stars to make them more noticeable. For the smoke or flame like clouds coming out of the moon, I downloaded abstract flame brushes from the internet and uploaded them as new brushes. I applied a gausian blur to the make them feel more "cloud-like".

Self Insertion

I chose to insert myself into a picture on a beach in a tropical place because my favorite place to go is the beach. I used the magnetic lasso tool to crop around my background. I then inserted myself into the picture. I adjusted the colors slightly only on my body to match the background and give it a "cooler" feel since the background consists of blue and green colors.

Rihanna Vector Illustration

I found this project to be very difficult and time consuming. Some of the objects were difficult to outline, especially the nose and the hair. The most difficult part for me was creating the shadows and highlights on the face and in her hair. Overall, I think my vector illustration is successful since it is obvious who is in the picture.

Vector Illustration

Original Photograph

Exquisite Corpse

Final Logo

 My fictional company is a bakery called Claire's Cookie Jar. This bakery is designed specifically to bake and sell a wide variety of cookies that are popular in many different countries around the world. I chose to create my logo so that the viewer can easily tell what the company is. I created a half-bitten cookie in the shape of a "C", to begin the letters of "Claire's" and "Cookie." I used the colors of a chocolate chip cookie, which I thought most people would be able to recognize. The font that I chose is very playful rather than serious, to let my audience know that my bakery has a friendly environment.

Logo Sketches