Photo Inspiration: Campus

I borrowed this photo from a friend, but with graduation just around the corner I thought it was a fitting picture to end the semester. I have loved being on this campus (for a little too long probably) and I am sad to leave it, but it's time to start the next chapter.

Critique: Mini Portfolio Cover

It took me forever to decide on the theme that I wanted to carry throughout my mini portfolio and then I was looking at minimalist movie posters and I saw a Place Beyond the Pines poster that has the three trees on it. I really liked that and then kind of just put together an outdoor/nature theme around those trees with my own spin on it. I also had to incorporate a beard in there somewhere. I just love my beard and beards in general are great. I was told by someone whose design opinion I respect a lot that the lettering under my name might be a bit much. What do you all think? Actually any feedback would be great.

Cant Miss: Instagram Logo

I came across this while reading my class assigned blog and thought it would be an appropriate post because we have been talking about and using hand lettering in class so much lately. Instagram has decided to change their logo from a filtered font to hand lettering. I think that it looks better personally, I liked the original logo, but the hand lettering just adds a little personal touch to the logo. If you want to read more on the change check it out here.  

http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/hand_beats_filter_in_new_instagram_wordmark.php

Response: Mini-Portfolios

It was really fun to look at everyone's mini-portfolios. I liked the variety that the class presented. It really shows the different taste in the class. I think that everyone had really great minis to present. I wish we would have talked about them for a little so that everyone could have described why they chose the cover they did or why they used the small design elements they did. I had a lot of fun putting together my nature themed design. I think creating the small icons like the trees on the front and the beard and axes on the back was my favorite part of my mini-potfolio. I also really enjoyed blowing out and texturizing the dividing pages as well. It was really exciting to see everyones and I cant wait to see where everyone is in six months I know everyone will do great things.

Cant Miss: The "f" has changed

I am sure most have you have already seen this being the social media consumers that you all are being journalist and what not. If you haven't noticed or heard though Facebook has changed the design of their very recognizable "f" it is a pretty minor change, but still even little changes with such an iconic symbol can be tricky. Here is the article if you want to read more.

http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/facebooks_radically_new_f_logo.php

Photo Inspiration: Ignore the Pale Guy

So with only a few weeks left in my college career, mostly finals week I am starting to get a little stressed and worrying that it might not be my final semester (just kidding, I hope) and thought about what is waiting for me the week after finals. This is a picture of my brother and his house in Key West where I will be staying the week after finals. I think a week in the Keys will help me wash all this stress off. I just have to make it there first. Two weeks and counting.

Response: Portfolio

After a very unsuccessful weekend of trying to code my online portfolio I am considering changing site. I have talked to a few people in class and they all seem to think that Wix is a much easier site to use than cargocollective. A few people have said they will help me with the coding and once I get the hang of it it makes redesigning the site and customizing the site way easier. I just need to take the time, most likely again this weekend when I actually have a few mins of free time, and sit down and just figure out the site. I really enjoyed a lot of my classmates sites, I just need to put the time into it to make it my own.

Critique: iPad Art of Fiction Feature

This week I got to work on my iPad feature finally. I was a little worried about working on it since I have never really worked with the iPad, but it wasn't that bad and I had a lot of help from Will. I also really liked the theme of the feature this week so that might have helped move the design along well. Since it was all about fiction I thought it would be cool to make the story into a book where you would kinda flip through it to get to the next story. I also really like my table of contents. I like how each illustrated line gives you a hint at what the story could be about but in all reality it is just a tiny glimpse of what is to come much like a real TOC where you get a little blurb of the story to come. Here is the splash and the TOC you will have to look at the actual issue to see the stories.