Final Project: Logo
This is my final project. I started out by making a pear that looks half gone and use a picture off google images and photoshop it so it looked legit. It wasn't good enough. I thought it was going to look better, but I had to change my logo to make it look more creative since it wasn't good enough. I made 3 stars and I used effects on it that I haven't used before and edited the effects. It still wasn't good enough, but I liked it and I came up with the idea, and I was actually happy with it so I submitted it in. I changed the color also and I then added the name of the place it's going to.
Ad project
For my ad project, I chose to do Garden Gate. I had to make a billboard and another thing as an ad. The first one I did was the one other than a billboard. I added a 3D effect onto the Garden Gate text. I also added a 3D effect to the florist and greenhouse part also. I made sure that the ad was appropriate too. I then added the address and the contacting info because that's what a normal ad looks like. Next, I added a background that was floral and changed the opacity of it so it doesn't take up all the looking space of the ad. Then I added pictures of a flower and a gate. I also added a wooden chalkboard thing with a call to action. After I finished that ad, I made the billboard. I knew I had to make things big because people don't have much time at all to read and look at a billboard so I kept it big and simple. I added pictures of flowers and I made the text big. I used the text box tool, I used Photoshop, and the magic wand tool.
Logo's
I had to choose three drawing looking things to make a logo out of. I chose a thumbs up, a fish, and a person with their arms up in the air. The first logo i made was the thumbs down one. I first made it as thumbs up and down and tried to make it look 3D. I didn't like it and neither did the teacher and it wasn't creative enough I guess. So, I redid it into basically a dating website and the title is "Hot or Not". It is supposed to look like an app that you download from the app store. The next logo I made was the person with their arms and hands in the air. I first made it as almost like a cheer group. I didn't like it and also got told it wasn't creative enough. So, I had to change that one also. I turned into an awards show and named it a "Humanitarian World Awards" and added a red cross and leaves. The red cross symbolizes health and hospitals. The leaves symbolize peace and humanity. The last logo I did was the fish one. I didn't know what to do for that one but I had to come up with one that was creative. I came up with a dude who owns a fish market and sells the fish he catches. I put two fishes in it and chose a font that made it look kid friendly. For the color I made the colors look realistic and something that would be noticeable and something that would make people remember my logo.
Typography
This is typography. I chose 3 words that I thought I could make pictures out of, but it didn't go as planned. I tried to show what each word meant so other people would understand them. My favorite one is the build one because it shows buildings out of the word built. I chose one of each out of 3 drawings I did for each word. For multiplied, I made a multiplication sign.
Photoshop Clipping Mask Tool
Using Photoshop isn't that bad. My favorite tool while using Photoshop is the magnetic lasso tool. It's easy for me to use. I tried to use the other ones, but they didn't work as well for me as that one did. The first thing I made was the 6IX clipping mask using a font. I used a picture of the Toronto skyline for my picture. The meaning behind 6IX is that my favorite artist, music wise, calls Toronto the "6IX'. It's his hometown also. The second picture is the one that I had to delete something and add two things to the picture that makes it look realistic. I got rid of the rocks in the middle of the ocean and added a seashell and dolphins. The third picture is a picture of a dog flying in the air with wings. My favorite one was the 6IX.
Apple gradient mesh
The gradient mesh tool is a cool tool. At first I wasn't sure about how it worked, but then I got used to it and it was easy. I think this drawing turned out good. You can see the dent on the top to show the tip and I think the stem turned out good also. The flower tool and another tool also helped too.
Pen tool personal drawing
This was more practice with the pen tool. All it was, was taking my own drawing and transforming it into an actual almost drawing. There is still more to improve on, but it is getting better.
Mickey Practice
I learned that the pen tool is not easy. I used Adobe Illustrator for the pen tool also. This is just a practice of what I will be able to do. I used Mickey as an example because he is random and sort of easy to draw around. In the end, it was hard at first but then it got easier as I progressed.