Matt's: The Best Mexican Food in the World

I created these signs using Adobe Illustrator and this reference: (http://megseeger1.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/elrancho.jpg). I tried to recreate the signs as well as I could, but could not find the exact fonts used. After finishing, I put two darker rectangles to the bottom and side of each sign to give the illusion that the sign is multidimensional. I also added a cloudy sky background for extra color on both works.

Fabulous Las Vegas

This is the sign I created using Adobe Illustrator and this source (http://layersmagazine.com/re-create-a-logo-in-illustrator-based-on-a-photo.html). The easiest part of creating this was finding the type and the hardest  part was following and reading through all of the instructions.

Pen Practice

This was the practice with the Pen tool. I found this tool difficult to use at first, but got used to it as time went on.

I am Thankful Roses Have Thorns

 These are my interpretations of the quote "Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses." originally spoken by French writer, Alphonse Karr. I chose the quote both because it supports keeping a positive frame of mind- which I believe is important- and because of the quote's wittiness. In the first illustration shown above, I arranged the words to represent a rose. In the quote  above however, I focused more on the flow and wording of the quote, than meaning behind it.  For color, I chose are various shades of pink and green which I chose both because the colors are commonly associated with roses, and because they represent bliss, life, and peace.

Glyph Monster- Skeleton Jack

This is the Glyph Monster I made using Adobe Illustrator. The font I used was Modern No. 20 and  the character I made was Jack from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. My biggest critique of this piece is that he does not appear as thin or willow-y as the character. My biggest struggle in the creation of this piece is that there were almost no glyphs provided that were completely filled in, thus it was difficult to create an illusion of shading.

Movie Title With Color

This is the same quote I posted earlier,  with color. For this project, I chose a palette of  deep purples, teals, and mint greens and arranged them to fall in a rainbow-like pattern. I chose these colors to give a sense of elegance and regalement to the words like "film" and "fiction". I used the light blues to bring a sense of youth and joy to the words "moods" and feelings". Toward the end of the quote, I started using more mints and light greens to brin a sense of lightness and also to give the viewer the feeling that the quote is getting lighter as it ends.

Movie Quote

I created this in Adobe Illustrator. I used some of the Elements of Design, like shape, form, and line, to emphasize some of the words and draw the viewer's attention away from others. The quote is supposed to form a thought or speech bubble, I but I focused mostly  adjusting the words to flow down the page in a way that created movement. I also used the negative space to emphasize the quote as a whole.

Fun with Typography

Here are ten things I did with Illustrator:

Elements of Design | Illastrator

 

This is an image I created using Adobe Illustrator. It demonstrates all the Elelments of Design 

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Form- The girl's profile in addition to the array of shapes featured in this work, shows form.

Space- Negative space is an important part of any piece, as it is this one. The pale pink background offers both a solid base and some breathing space for the designs in the foreground.

Texture- I used a  grittier paint brush in the swirly bits to give the work more texture.

Shape- This piece has four main shapes: the pink rhombus, the gray-lavender rectangle, the small purple rectangle, and the girl's profile.

Color- The colors in this illustration emit a relaxed and happy feeling that comes from the light pinks and purples. The black swirly lines are outside of the color scheme to attract attention to them.

Tone- The tone of the colors is very light and seeks to make a viewer experience a muted kind of joy.

Size- The size of the face in comparison to the miscellaneous shapes that surround it serve to attract attention to it.

Elements of Design | Size

Size refers to variations in the proportions of objects, lines or shapes. There is a variation of sizes in objects either real or imagined. (some sources list Proportion/Scale as a Principle of Design)
These elements are used to create the Principles of Design. Principles are the results of using the Elements. When you are working in a particular format (size and shape of the work surface) the principles are used to create interest, harmony and unity to the elements that you are using. You can use the Principles of design to check your composition to see if it has good structure.

[http://www.cherrybam.com/spring-photography-graphics.php]

Elements of Design | Tone

Value, or tone, refers to the use of light and dark, shade and highlight, in an artwork. Some people also refer the lightness and darkness in an artwork as tints(light) and shades(dark). Black-and-white photography depends entirely on value to define its subjects. Value is directly related to contrast. Value is the relative degree of lightness in the graphic work of art or painting.

[http://www.instantshift.com/2009/12/19/100-beautiful-examples-of-black-and-white-photography/]

Elements of Design | Color

Color pertains to the use of hue in artwork and design. Defined as primary colors (red, yellow, blue) which cannot be mixed in pigment from other hues, secondary colors (green, orange, violet) which are directly mixed from combinations of primary colors. Further combinations of primary and secondary colors create tertiary (and more) hues. Tint and Shade are references to adding variations in Value; other tertiary colors are derived by mixing either a primary or secondary color with a neutral color. e.g. Red + White = Pink. Color is the quality of an object or substance with respect to the one reflected by it, and usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation and brightness of the reflected light.

[http://www.worqx.com/color/shade_tint.htm]