Since last week at this time A lot of things have happened. I got a website design and programmed for The Serve Center on campus. It’s for their “Big Event” This website actually validates as XHTML Strict,without errors and I’m excited about that. Here’s a screenshot: I also was asked to head up the Agriculture […]
Blast from the Past!
I was recently burning some old design files onto CD (all 500 mb of them). They are taking over my computer. I noticed a few website screenshots that I thought “this stuff sucks” when looking at it. One such website was the very first website redesign I did… it was for Sargent Construction Company To […]
Printmaking
So I’ve been working hard in Printmaking to learn all this new stuff. Here is my second relief print. The first one I did is framed, and hanging in Ophelia Parish… so I couldn’t get it scanned. For relief printing I basically carved from a peice of wood the white areas in the picture. Then […]
Chicago 2006!!!
The AIGA trip to Chicago was amazing. And not because there were 6 guys and 19 girls on the trip. Because I realized that I loved the atmosphere and the work environment that the design firm had, that we visited. I definitely want to live there sometime before I settle down. Here’s what trip was […]
Recent Class Projects
Here are the Rapala Fishing Lure ad and the Brochure for Society of Illustrators I mentioned in the last post. For the left half of this, I found cool frames, pictures of people holding fish and a photo of wood panelling and put them all together to come up with the “bait shop wall” This […]
Newspaper Design
Newspaper DesignLast semester I worked at the Index and did page layout and designed small information graphics. I learned a lot when it came to dealing with a lot of text. The Index put to use the idea of modular design. Modular design is where each story and things related to a story can have […]
What I’ve learned in regards to graphic design.
What I’ve learned in regards to graphic design. 1. You should stab yourself in the hand if you feel the urge to use a drop shadow, stroke or gradiant. A direct quote from my Professor. I believe that drop shadow can be used, but very faintly and only to achieve better readability 2. Large blocks […]