Individual Focus

For my individual project, I chose to make a face out of text. I found a tutorial online and made different artists. For my process, you start off tracing the image and putting it on a new layer. I then copy and paste text, and create 20-30 different layers and made them all into a smart object. Then you make another layer of the original image, and selecting a linear burn, and turning the smart object back on and it looks like this.

My Photo Composition Site

This is my Photo Composition site and in this site I stated all the rules of Photo Composition and took pictures to give an example of each rule. I really liked this project because I love photography and I got to find different spots within town that I've never come across before. I made a responsive version of this site, which is the last picture, and my Mac n' Cheese site is also responsive and I got to take another path for this tutorial then I did for my Mac n' Cheese site, which was really interesting. If I had to do anything different, I would look into different pictures for my header and spending more time on my header to make sure it matches my color scheme. What I really like about this site is the strokes on the sidebar, header, footer, and main because I think it gives a really cool effect throughout the site.

So what is responsive Web Design? Basically, having a responsive website just ensures that if you're using a tablet, mobile phone, or any other different sized screens, that your page will change to make it easier to see all your content, pictures, and other links. This is a very important process of making a website. When putting it together, you put a "media queries" in the top of your source code on all your pages so that it applies when you go to upload it to your server. Breakpoints occur when your making the page small and it gets to a certain size where your sidebar and images get small or move around your text. In my last screenshot, notice that my side bar goes to the bottom of the page.

I've also found a responsive website, and you can see that as I go smaller, the text starts getting smaller and the email request box is now stacked. I think they did a great job with keeping everything the same size so we can still see it and it's the same information.


Here's a link to my responsive Photo Composition site:
Photo Composition Site

Here's a link that goes back to my project page:
Ava's Index Page 

Business & Post Cards

Here is my inspiration for my final. I really liked how in this design, they use different fonts and put them together. I added a couple snow flakes as my own design.

UPDATE:
Here's the printed version of my business card.

10 Questions and 10 Words

1. Do you like something simple or more complex?
2. Is there any specific colors you have in mind?
3. Do you want it to be something big and noticeable or small and subtle?
4. What's your vision for your logo?
5. What is your deadline?
6. What do you want the logo to say about you and your company?
7. What's your business about?
8. Are you going for something more serious or silly?
9. How do you want to make it something to remember?
10. What audience are you trying to appeal?

Professional Blog Review - Breaking Rules

So what are the rules of graphic design? The answer is simple, there are none. As a graphic designer, your job isn't to just create a product for someone. It's about pushing your own boundaries and expectations as well as your clients. It may have to do with testing your creativity limits and challenging your self to strengthen you weakness. Why create rules, when they're just going to be broken? When dealing with clients, it's almost necessary to make rules. It's good to have a general design decision and to make certain rules to avoid things with the clients. Denise Bosler, the author of the article Creativity Anarchy at Its Very Best, stated that "Never stop learning, never stop exploring, never stop doing what you love, and always create the best design you can".