Graphic design 5-6

This class is really about higher level projects and assignments, and we have pretty much never had a binder check. Unlike 1-2 and 3-4 we turn our warmups in at the end of each week. Also unlike the lower level courses they are almost all digital in nature.

HOMECOMING FLYER

We were given this basically without any directions other than to make a flyer for homecoming at Millikan. We were given some basic details but the layout and composition of the flyer was completely up to us, as an assessment of what we already knew how to do. I'd say there were as many design ideas as there were students, but not all of them came out good. Some had lots to look at but were too busy and hard to read. Others were really easy to read but didn't have enough visuals for me. I felt like mine was a decent mix of both readability and compositional balance.

CAREER TRI-FOLD BROCHURE

I did my brochure on animation, and tried to include some of the various forms animation has taken over the years from hand-drawn to stop-action (also known as claymation) and the new digital type used by larger studios like Pixar and Sony. My biggest struggle was getting the columns to line up when it was printed. I finally got figured out, but it took a couple practices to get there.

Inside of Brochure

Outside of Brochure

CONCERT POSTER

It was kind of fun doing a concert poster for a band that's not together anymore because it's like they're having a reunion concert just for you! But it was also a little depressing know they'd never come into concert again. The musical act I chose was an old 80's band called Oingo Boingo and I had them playing at one of the venues they always used to play at, Irvine Meadows Amphitheater. Looking back I would have added the date and time of the concert, as well as the price and the concert's sponsor.

MINI-MAGAZINE

Because we were allowed to do a magazine on a subject we found interesting I chose one that I'd been interested in since I was a teenager: hiking. I did various articles on different places I'd hiked, including Mt. Whitney in California and Crater Lake in Oregon as well as parts of the Pacific Crest Trail (which goes all the way from Canada to Mexico). It was actually pretty fun to write the advice column as I used a few names from my past (my brother, my ex, my friend) and gave them 'problems' that I solved. I did my magazine on my own (though the instructions said we could have partners) since I didn't wand to depend on anyone and then have them flake on their part. The trickiest part was the classified ads, which I ultimately skipped in favor of another article or two. The page numbering was a little confusing, even with the worksheet provided, but I found out if I just left the papers in the order they were printed and stapled from there it worked out perfectly.

WEBSITE DESIGN: Open Design

I've provided a screenshot but also a link that should let you see the page in it's entirety. Plus if I update it there will always be a link to the most current version. We could pick the topic for this and my website was about one of the things I've come to appreciate later in life: the ability to travel. I've been fortunate to be able to get to all fifty states from my parents dragging my brother and I on car trips almost every summer as we grew up. Only been to about half a dozen other countries but my wife loves to travel even more than I do so she's always up for a new traveling adventure!

https://sites.google.com/view/mrptravel/home

zoom background

Mrs. Becker needed a background for the MIT/SEGA awards at the end of the year, and this was what I came up with. I used the current SEGA logo and did a one-off for this year's senior class using similar shapes, colors, and fonts. I originally did it in the middle of the screen, but quickly found out you couldn't see it behind whoever was using it! Oh well, live and learn!!

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