Graphic Design Manifesto

 

 

There is a reason why this document was so important for me and other Graphic Designer.  It gives us credit for what we make instead of what we are advertising.  Even at my age, I know it is important because it gives me oppertunitys as a Graphic Designer. It shows I can  create something not for money but for just a chance to show what it is I can do.

 

 

My abilitys and knowledge that I can in with when I started Graphic Design has increased since I started.  I learned that there are different areas in which graphic design is done.  For example, I didn't know what Enviromental Design was and now I have a good understanding of it.  My abilitys have grown since I started too.  I knew how to photoshop but through having Graphic Design I have learned how to create or do interesting things with photos by just following a turtoial.  I can say that this class will help with future computer classes and helps me understand what to expect in a future job.  As it is, I wished there was a adavanced Graphic Design class avaible to take.

Music on the Mind

For my final project we had to create an example of photo manipulation.  I decided to use a photo of myself and make it look like text.  I got the idea from a tutorial I found online.  I thought it turned out pretty well.  The text I used was the chorus from a song I like.  It makes it look like I was made out of words.  And overall I am happy with how it turned out.  It's a tad hard to read the words but I still like it anyway.  It may not be the best example of photo manipulation but it was one of the things that came up when I searched for it online.

Movie Poster

In this project we had to create either a graduation annoucement or a old western movie poster.  I choose to create a movie poster because I thought it would be neat to do.  I decided to make mine look like a wanted poster.   The name of my movie would be Wanted Dead or Alive.  I made a list of actors who would be playing in it under the main photo like some movies.  I thought it turned out pretty well.  And I got the idea from seeing a tutorial on making a wanted poster.

 

Shirt Design

This was the design I made for the contest.  I decided to use black for the shirt color, and decided to use yellow and blue on the pattern.  I edited the text so it had a yellow eletric wave to it using photoshop and did the same thing to the paw print.  I think changed the color of the text and the paw print themselves to blue. 

Interesting Music Facts Graph

In this project we were suppose to create a graph in an interesting way and still include information.  I did mine on interesting facts about music.  I added in information on things like amount of music sold in a year's time and how it has decreased.  I also added in how things in music has changed and what once was popular has changed.  Mine didn't have any really order, but how I made my graph was to compare the differences and changes through the years.

InfoGraphic Timeline

Our newest project was to create a timeline.  We got the information from what we were given.  The timeline was based on the change in Graphic Design over the years.  Someone of the information started from the 1860's and went clear to the 2000's.  We took what information we wrote down and put it into the format of a timeline.

Screenshot

In this project,  we had  sketched our own icons.  We had to create atleast 4.  Then we took them and put them on a screenshot of a device like you would normally see examples of.  Like a phone or computer screen.  I choose to do mine on a Iphone.  I created a icon for a website, a music player, a different version of paint, and a game called paint splatter.