Danielle's Design Blog

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Pen tool project  *A random background because I didn't have any ideas*

Homework #8 Crit  Partners: David Garcia and Nyasia Viera      To start with I'm doing a critique on David's poster. The image of him with the sword immediately catches my eye. This image has the ability to catch others attention as well. The blood that he added on his face was a creative touch in my opinion. Also, the background just paints a picture for the whole movie. When I first saw it it made me visualize what the movie could possibly be about.      One thing that I feel that he should have added was more text. For example something like "in theaters Friday" or the movie credits just to make it feel like a everyday movie poster. Another thing I want to point out is that I think that he should've used a different font for the title. I say this because the font doesn't really go with the overall theme that the poster is trying to convey.        For Nyasia's poster, the title with the finger immediately grabs my focus. ...

Movie Poster Project  

Homework #7 Response  I think it's interesting to see the TED talker talk about how he creates a poster. The way he creates a poster is how most graphic designers today make posters which is by experimenting with ideas. The speaker showed 10 different posters that he submitted and by doing so I got to see how he experimented with design choices. I think that it's really cool that he experimented with design and made interesting posters that grab your focus. He also talked about explaining your design and what you did and I just want to add that it's important that you do so that people can see what your thought process was while you were designing. 

Movie Tut Poster                                                                                               A cool movie tut poster 😎

Homework #6 Response  I found this article really interesting and surprising. Something that was interesting to me is how serious actors are when they REALLY want to look good. They can have digital work done on themselves just for a 3 second close up of them. That's crazy to me. I also read that some actors have work done on a telephone that they hold in a scene. XD. I did not expect to read something like that. I mean before reading this article I knew that actors had botox and Photoshop but not digital beauty. I'm shocked to learn this, I'm not sure why but I just am. This just tells me that we really don't know what an actor/actress actually looks like. Their appearance in a movie, TV-show or even photo could all be the work of digital beauty. My only question is why tell us about this after 10 years of keeping this a secret? 

Movie Plot  The queen of IDKtown (a.k.a. me) is dying. She has three sons: Dummy, Jummy, and Stummy. She sends them on a quest to find the lost diamond of IDKtown. She tells them that whoever finds it first becomes immortal. You see, the diamond has a power in it which is immortality. She also tells her sons that they need to battle each other and the last one standing will get to have the diamond. They need to have three battles for this. Little do they know, that this is all a trick just to get them out the house because the queen is tired of them and she needed them to go outside somehow. So there is no diamond and the sons are battling for basically nothing.

Homework #5 Response     The interview with Dustin Stanton gave me some insight as to how designers go through many ideas before forming a final product. He talked about various movies that he designed teasers and posters for and how he played around with some ideas before coming to a final product. One movie that he did this with was called There Will Be Blood . At one point in the interview Dustin said that you have to surround yourself with people who push you to become a better artist. Or, at least that's basically what he implied. I bring this up because I think it's important for designers to have this type of support system to motivate them and bring out more of their creative side. So, I think it was very important that that was included in the article. Anyway, I found this article interesting and it gave me insight to what designers go through when they're in the process of designing something. 

Homework #4 Response             There are many posters for this movie so I just chose my favorite one. I chose this poster because all the elements in this poster look great together. For instance, the background doesn't interfere with the visibility of the text. It actually makes the text stand out and easy to read. Also, the way the designer curved the text Spider-man makes it pop. Furthermore, the characters against the background look really nice and it actually looks natural. The character in the middle, can make your eye wander from the text then to him and then to the others. So, this poster makes everything come together.

Non-functional Product                       *I didn't save this as a photoshop file before I made changes, that's why the text is like this

Functional Product                                                               A beginner's design of functionality

          Homework #3 Response         This article focused on an interview with a chief designer for Nike who has dyslexia. He talked about how he works with his dyslexia when designing shoes for the company. He draws sketches of the shoes that he wants to design. This is also how he navigates through the world on a day to day basis. I personally think that it is beneficial for Nike to have him as their chief designer. I say this because he designs a lot of the shoes for them and his designs are useful for the company. Also I think that it is wonderful that he is able to work with his dyslexia. It shows that he is a dedicated designer who takes his job seriously. Furthermore, this could be motivating to his 1,000 other designers.      

Perspective                   

Homework #2 Response       My take on the video was that the speaker had a mission to follow one career but ended up in something different. The speaker talked about how he had a passion for airplanes and how he used to draw airplanes. He wanted to design airplanes as a career. However, he gave up that dream to become a designer. He showed his audience a chair that he worked on for several years. He talked about all the fundamentals of his chair and also included how the human body works with it. I think that it's cool that he designed the chair and that he made it extremely functional for anyone. This way, anyone can be comfortable with the design that he worked so hard on. I also think that going through the process of going to career to career was worth it for him and for us. 

My Hybrid Animal                 lolololol                                                            

Day 1 of testing photoshop          

Homework #1 Response                    This article basically gave an emphasis on some design fails that took place and that are currently taking place.  These fails happened while trying to create "new and improved" designs, which don't actually look that way. They just look less appealing than the original. I think that when companies try to make new designs they should really take their time with them. They should try to make it more creative when designing them. When you are trying to design something new, it should be an improvement from your previous design. Not a step down. I say this because your design represent your skills and possibly your company look. The designs should be creative and appealing. While also being easy to understand. So, companies have to consider a lot of things when trying to make new designs and I think they should take their time with it to make it look their best. 

First Day Questions: 1.) My previous computer experience is working in the graphic communications program at my high school. We mostly used Adobe Indesign for projects, however there were times where we also used Adobe Photoshop.    2.) I hope to get a better understanding of Adobe programs and a better debug perspective.  3.) My experience is using it in the graphic communications program at my school for designing and working on projects.  4.) I do have a laptop at home, however it does not have Photoshop and Illustrator.  5.) At my school, we used Mac.  6.) I hope to learn more about this major.    7.) I don't have a favorite artist.  8.) I like a lot of musicians so it's hard to choose a favorite. I would go with Dua Lipa.  9.) I am an only child.  10.) I woke up at 7 a.m. It was raining outside and I had to go somewhere. I was very tired and just wanted to sleep. I slowly got dressed and...