There Are No Brakes In The Car of Life

There is so much to tell you! But before I do I just want to say something in addition to the title that you read above. Even though there may be no brakes in the car of life, as long as you hold your head high, the road will continue on so you will never crash and burn. Enough with the motivational speech and time to catch you up. Where have I been since mid-September you may be asking? Well, I have been attached at the hip with my laptop because I decided at the last minute that I was going to build my Graphic Design portfolio for this semester rather than in the spring. I finally completed it on Monday and turned it in on Tuesday which was only one day before the deadline. I have been so busy that I haven't even had time to manage my fantasy football team. I feel like I'm letting those guys down! All kidding aside, it really has been crunch time lately between the projects, exams, homework, quizzes, and a majority of the time devoted to building my portfolio.

The contents required for my Graphic Design portfolio for the Central Michigan University Graphic Design program:

*A written form showing the grades I had in a few Art classes and included my signature

*One page essay of the reason why I wanted to become a Graphic Designer

*10 projects

*10 descriptions

Brownie Points (hopefully):

*Added a cover on the front of my portfolio that matched that basic design for the descriptions

*Laminated every page to give it a professional look

* For some of the designs I provided thumbnails for an easier viewing and to make my project flow more smoothly

Below is my portfolio from cover to finish:

That completes my portfolio! I hope you like it! I had to leave a couple parts of it out, but it shows all ten of my designs that I submitted for the program. Wish me luck!

This next piece below is one from my typography class. I decided to design the Ray Ban wayfarer sunglasses out of type. All of the type inside the image is about the history of the Ray Ban company and how it has been a significant part of our society's style for many years.

This piece below was created for my Art 117 (Intro to Contemporary Issues) class. It was created to match the similar style of David Hockney. It displays the style use of time and motion to represent what the human eye experiences in an event over a period of time. This particular project was created to represent a night of fun between college friends and capture the energy throughout the night. 

Below are a few logos that I am working on for my personal logo. These are for my Logo & Identity course where I have to create a business card, letterhead and envelop. If you have any suggestions I'm open to hearing any of them.

Well there you have it! These project are what I have been devoting the first portion of my semester to. Feel free to comment and share your knowledge with me to help me in the process of becoming a Graphic Designer. That also goes both ways, I'd be happy to help you if you are need of any advice on project ideas too.

Good Morning! Check out the New Touch Apps from Adobe!

I just watched an awesome video this morning about the new touch apps coming out in November from Adobe. I'm most excited for Adobe Photoshop Touch! That is going to be the hottest app on the market coming in November. You will be able to view your layers in 3-D, use the camera on your tablet to load pictures directly to the touch application, have the basic functions of an OS Photoshop program, and most importantly this can all be done by touch.

Photoshop Touch would be great for my intro to Photography class as an alternative way to edit your pictures from a tablet versus a PC/Mac

Adobe Kuler will be an awesome touch app for my Color and Composition because you can create all sorts of color themes using complementary, analogous, split complementary, etc. color combinations.

Adobe Creative Cloud could be used for classes as well so student can upload all of their work to a class folder from any location rather than just uploading their work only from the classroom.

So there are some really cool things coming into the market next school year. I still have a lot to learn from the programs I currently have, but I'll definitely look into these touch apps once I have the extra cash to get an iPad.





The Adobe "Creativity Unleashed" video is an hour and a half long, but its definitely worth your time. 





This video explains the process and inspirations of this small design studio.