Bright Lights

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Bright LightsThis assignment was to create a poster for the Bright Lights AIGA Awards. We received all the information necessary to be on the poster and from there were given the freedom to go our own route regarding the design aspect. At first we were asked to make 15 or so practice layouts of our own choosing. We then critiqued the top 5 in class and from there gradually cut them down to the final one. During this process I found myself pushing all the text to the ends and trying to fill up as much white space as possible in all of my layouts. There were issues with not having the information be too overwhelming yet still trying to keep my own flare with it. I just figured its an award for design I should create a unique attention grabbing layout. So I kept up with my idea to fill up the entire page. I like the idea of lots of lines, I always have. I like to cut parts of the information up with lines and colors yet keep whats important important and in the forefront. The other final design I had (which I personally preferred) was all in blacks, whites, and greys. I attempted to put color to it but I ruined the design aspect I loved about it. Therefore I had to go with my second choice because color was a must.

Onomatopoeia

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Typ1_OnomonopoeiaThe assignment was to choose a dynamic onomatopoeia word and then create a piece of work of that word within a representation of the meaning of the word itself. I chose the word “drip”. I first created 15 different ways to represent the word “drip” by hand. I decided on the top strongest and then created all of them on Illustrator. The top 5 were very different from one another, some were more abstract and others were fairly obvious. In the end, I decided to choose the one that was easiest to grasp. I did fulfill the requirements. At the time I didn’t know much about Illustrator, therefore this piece of work would not represent the kind of work I would do now. Therefore I believe the design is very simple, which follows along the route I decided to go when I took an obvious approach instead of more abstract.