Chili Cookoff, y'all!

My final artwork for the Chili Cookoff poster.  After going through the process of thumbnail sketches and the marker comp, I can safely say that this pattern was so much easier to pull off in Illustrator than by hand.  Even though it would probably look cooler with the pattern taking up the entire page, the 1 in. border all around still works.  I was going to use Arial / Arial Black, but after watching the movie in class I was inspired to use Helvetica, good grief.  I think my next design is going to use Helvetica too?  Guess I just like sans serif fonts.

Chili Cookoff

My personal favorite would have to be the third from the left. I like the juxtaposition of the bowl and spoon and how it divides the layout into two parts.  I also like the slogan you came up with (Bring Some, Eat Some).  The black background for part of the headline adds interest, but maybe the headline would be better suited at the top of your layout and have it switch places with the sponsor of the event.  Also, the empty bowl looks kind of awkward, so maybe you should include some chili in there.  I'm not sure if I like the spoon acting as a dash in "Cook-Off," I think a regular dash would suffice.  But all in all, I think this is a good layout!  Hooray!

ART 201 Midterm Portfolio

Here is the stuff that I made during ART 201 this semester~  I realize that I've posted most of these before, but I made some slight adjustments.

Photoshop

This is the earliest piece that I've included in my portfolio and the only one I didn't make any adjustments to.  I really like it as it is, but that's only probably because I think this is already perfect since I'm in all the pictures.  But I like the gridded composition and the contrast of the grey background to the vibrant pictures.

This is the second piece I have chosen from Photoshop, one of the clipping-path assignments that was integrated with InDesign.  This is another piece where I like the composition I chose.  I made some changes from the original, I tightened the text in the headline and put the second block of text on a white background instead of black (like the first block).  This assignment was particularly interesting because I could relate to bad poster design for musicians very well, since I studied guitar for a number of years and whenever I'd go for lessons, I'd have to look at those godawful posters.  Still, I think the strips for contact information are clever, so I incorporated those into my design to make it useful as well as eye-catching.  

InDesign

The 2-page magazine spread project is what I chose from InDesign.  I made some slight adjustments from my original submission.  The biggest change is that I figured out how to justify the text, so I did that under the headlines of each comedian.  Now it perfectly matches the Rolling Stone article (or at least as close as it's gonna get)!  Hooray!  I know it's the least creative of the InDesign assignments, but I still like the results too much to pick a different assignment to submit.  I think I did a pretty good job of matching the fonts to the original article.

Illustrator

I liked how I rendered the sunglasses in Illustrator, so I also chose this piece for my midterm portfolio.  I didn't make many adjustments, just some shadows and highlights I missed and making sure everything matched up.

And last but not least...  the Vespa.  I spent an obscene amount of time on this, so of course I'm going to include it in my midterm portfolio.  I missed some elements the first time I submitted it, so I reluctantly included the shadows beneath the tires, the decal, and some shadows on the Vespa that probably aren't even noticeable but you know, it's the thought that counts.

2-Page Magazine Spread

The original:

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This layout was a serious pain in the butt! It took way longer than I thought it would, and trying to align everything perfectly, but hey, I CONQUERED THIS MESS. Anyway, I took an article from Rolling Stone and reworked it in Indesign. It was pretty easy to tell that each page used 5 columns, and I measured the pages to be about 10.5in. x 11.5in. with a .25in. margin. I had actually forgotten about border around the article, so I had to copy and paste everything in a new document to make it work.