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Fulbright Program Booklet

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Program Booklet_Final

The theme for this program booklet is Adding Perspectives.  Taking into account the fact that the conference would be about different issues in our modern society, the theme connected with the different ideas of the speakers and the various perspectives that the audience would gain on these subjects by attending this conference.   This idea of different perspectives was also shown in the cover where the text is displayed at different angles inside the circles.  The bright colors were chosen to give a feeling of energy and innovation. For the graphics, the circles were chosen to give a feeling of unity. Overall, the feeling that I wished to convey on this booklet was that of new ideas and energy gained by knowledge.

Weather Report

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For this project, we had to make a weather report that included three of the four L.A.T.C.H structures and organize four different cities’ temperatures and weather conditions over a period of three days. For my video, I tried to make it look like an app created by fictitious company named Global Travel. This project allowed me to continue learning about After Effects. I also learned about the importance of sub motion in addition to the overall motion of an object when trying to emphasize it.

LATCH Exercise

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This project was about using movement to show the components of the L.A.T.C.H structure which are location, alphabet, time, category and hierarchy. In this project a learned more about the different tools in After Effects. I also learned about how movement of the object itself is an important factor when trying to emphasize a specific structure.

Personal Geography: Cognitive Map

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This is the third map for the Personal Geography Project. It’s about the decisions I take on how to spend a regular weekend. It shows the questions I ask myself and the yes or no answers that lead to various actions. Out of all the maps, this is the one I am least satisfied with in terms of design and organization. Although I tried various ways to organize the symbols and connect them, I think the end result still looks cluttered which makes it confusing to follow.

Personal Geography: Perceptual Map

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This is the second map for the Personal Geography Project created in Illustrator. This map shows a meal consisting of a tuna sandwich with a soda and Doritos and how I perceive it through the 5 senses as well as the sub senses’ different intensity levels. In my perceptual map I tried to show as many of these sub-senses as I could such as the crunchiness, the spiciness and the temperature among others so that the experience of eating this meal could be felt at its fullest. I am not entirely satisfied with the final product because I feel like I paid too much attention to making the symbols that I forgot about the big picture of how these were all displayed.

Personal Geography: Artifact Map

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The Artifact Map is the first map for the Personal Geography Project and it was done in Illustrator. My map shows the route I take from my house to the University. Since my route is basically a straight line I focused on certain stores and movie theaters that I use as landmarks. The map is pretty simple because, since I’m not the one driving, I’m not paying a lot of attention to what I’m passing by. I am not entirely satisfied with the end result because I think there could have been other types of landmarks I could have included to add more depth.

Symbol Methodology

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Phase 1: Brainstorming PhaseAfter brainstorming for the main topic, I brainstormed for the subtopics and their attributes.

Phase 1: Brainstorming Phase
After brainstorming for the main topic, I brainstormed for the subtopics and their attributes.

 

Phase 2: Creating Symbols for the Topics. Three of the symbols were photo traced, three were hand drawn and three were abstract.

Phase 2: Creating Symbols for the Topics.
Three of the symbols were photo traced, three were hand drawn and three were abstract.

 

Phase 3: Using the matrix to create symbols In this phase we used the matrix to create 12 hybrid symbols from the initial 9 symbols we had. We combined photo with hand drawn, photo with abstract, hand drawn with with abstract, and all three for each category. These were the sketches I made to help me decide which ones to combine.

Phase 3: Using the matrix to create symbols
In this phase we used the matrix to create 12 hybrid symbols from the initial 9 symbols we had. We combined photo with hand drawn, photo with abstract, hand drawn with with abstract, and all three for each category. These were the sketches I made to help me decide which ones to combine.

 

Phase 3 continued: 12 Hybrid Symbols by Using the Matrix After the sketching previously done, I drew the 12 new hybrid symbols. In class we had a critique where they provided feedback on the ones that they felt were the strongest and they recommended I simplified the strings on the guitars, the details on the dresses and the features on the face with the violin. the This helped me choose 3 out of these for the next stage.

Phase 3 continued: 12 Hybrid Symbols by Using the Matrix
After the sketching previously done, I drew the 12 new hybrid symbols. In class we had a critique where they provided feedback on the ones that they felt were the strongest and they recommended I simplified the strings on the guitars, the details on the dresses and the features on the face with the violin. the This helped me choose 3 out of these for the next stage.

Phase 4: Vectorized Artwork in Illustrator We turned the three chosen symbols from the last phase into vector artwork.We had another in class critique where we received feedback on how to make each symbol better in craft and overall design by simplifying, scaling and changing stroke weight.

Phase 4: Vectorized Artwork in Illustrator
We turned the three chosen symbols from the last phase into vector artwork.We had another in class critique where we received feedback on how to make each symbol better in craft and overall design by simplifying, scaling and changing stroke weight.

Phase 5: Iteration Process In this phase, we generated many iterations from each of the three symbols and then chose three for each symbol.

Phase 5: Iteration Process
In this phase, we generated many iterations from each of the three symbols and then chose three for each symbol.

Phase 5 continued: The 3 Iterations for Each Symbol After generating many variations, these were the three that I chose for each symbol. In the class critique, we voted on which one out of the three in each category we thought was the best. I chose one from each section to polish and use for the final.

Phase 5 continued: The 3 Iterations for Each Symbol
After generating many variations, these were the three that I chose for each symbol. In the class critique, we voted on which one out of the three in each category we thought was the best. I chose one from each section to polish and use for the final.

Final Phase: The Final Product This is the final product for this project. The final three symbols from the previous stage were polished and made into one final product.

Final Phase: The Final Product
This is the final product for this project. The final three symbols from the previous stage were polished and made into one final product.