Monday, December 13, 2010

I would have a...Glacee Pop PLEASE!



So let me tell you the truth, I kind of imagined that this was a real company--I really got into it!
I really love the process of doing different products and packaging. I have my tshirt on right now as I'm typing this, that is why there is not a picture of it. But overall I really loved this project and I am happy with the outcome. I did get told that the ice-sicles on my water bottle wrap looked like shark teeth....thanks?

But anyway, this took me a while to finish because I sit by a distraction that doesn't stop talking (toast anyone?) tehe.
But anyway I am going to have Graphic Design withdrawals over Christmas Break...and Klein withdrawals...and animation 2 withdrawals.
But anyway I've got to go do...NOTHING (finals week--aka do nothing)

ta-ta for now

 

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Mood Board!


So this is my mood board, we have started our product packaging project. We had to come up with a fictional business and design packaging for their products that they sell. The business I created is called Glacee Gourmet Popsicle Shop. I chose these really chill colors because it is supposed to be relaxing and I also wanted it to have a retro and kind of a vintage feel to it, therefore I decided on the logo that imitates a retro sign but instead of arrows I placed popsicles. I chose this font because I don't want lhe shop to be some little hole in the wall, I want it to take time and be an actual hang out place that everyone can go to. I want the audience to be for all ages. I researched gourmet popsicle shops and looked at their menus and...lets just say I will not be serving chocolate and habanero popsicles--YUCK! (no offense). But anyway, I wish this business really existed because I would be completely obsessed with it. :D

Oh one more thing...Christmas break is almost here! :D :D :D

Monday, November 22, 2010

Business Card-- Hello My Name Is...

Okay so this is my business card for Extreme Elements. I decided to go with something that everyone recognizes, and it is kind of comical in a weird sort of way. It is playful, yet still professional which is a perfect combination for a graphic design business, if you ask me. I decided to flip the back to give it something different on the back instead of the same thing, something thats not repetitive. I was kind of worried about using my logo too many times, but I think that it needed to be consistent, but not overwhelming so I reached a median. This was a fun project, I really enjoyed the independence without much direction, it made my mind spin--which I LOVE.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

PATTERN


So I mad this type of pattern because I love these colors and I love the type of fairytale-ish kind of vintagey-but-not-really look, it's my favorite. I love how it kined of looks retro a little bit. I would definitely buy wall paper with this on it, but I would make the spacing smaller, I had some trouble with that, it didn't space very well--it has too much negative space. But overall I really like the way the graphic turned out.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

CATE logo--undecided.

Okay, so I had A LOT of fun with this project. At first I was just doing random stuff and then I decided to go into logos that everyone knows and just redesign it with CATE for the text. I kind of did a replica of the Seinfeld logo, a replica of the Ebay logo, a replica of The Price is Right logo (I miss Bob Barker), I also did a replica of the Bonnie Hunt Show logo which turned out to look very retro (LOVE retro!), and then I did a replica of the  M*A*S*H logo, I attempted other replicas but...obviously they didn't turn out that well because they are not posted. But anyway I did the branch and the bird because I'm weirdly obsessed with nature-ish looking things, well fake nature looking things (does that make sense?). I did the logo with the sun because its just straightforward and kind of symbolizes a brighter future, I guess? And I did the hanger thing because I thought it looked cool in my mind so I threw it onto illustrator and it turned out that it does look kind of cool. So I think that's all for now, if I think of anything else to say I will come back and continue to rant. 
kthanksbye. 


Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Logo *sigh*

So...this is my logo. First of all, let me stand up and clap for professional graphic designers--it is way harder than I had expected, not really technologically but psychologically-does that make sense? There were some points in the process that I was huffing and puffing and about to pull my hair out because I just couldn't get the effect and end result that I wanted and had envisioned. Okay now let me explain my logo, my company's name is Extreme Elements which is a design and marketing company specifically for extreme sports (snowboarding, BMX, bungee, skydiving, etc etc etc). The reason I chose a certain area to specialize in, is because I think that it would never get boring and that if I had to do a logo for a company in general that doesn't specialize in any certain area, it'd be boring. I wanted something bold, and just EXTREME, yet simple of course. Well that, and I'd get to meet REALLY hot guys--I certainly have a thing for extreme sports athletes, love them. 
Shaun White--call me! (but cut your hair first)
I made several different designs featuring several different sporting events, I chose snowboarding because it is easy to identify. I also got much needed opinions from the fabulous Animation II class--THANK YOU!
But overall, I think that I am happy with my logo--I'm just not used to simple, I want complex and gaudy but I calmed my mind for this project. :D

Thursday, October 28, 2010

MINION!

This is my Minion I made with illustrator! :D :D :D
LOVE MINIONS.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Personal Image


I chose green because I like green? And that big black blob in my hair is a flower--just making sure you know. :D and the strap on my shoulder/chest is my purse. But anyway the five fonts that I used are: Segoe Script, Prestige Elite Std Bold, Birch Std, Raavi, and Rosewood Std (MY FAVORITE!)

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Milk Bottle--With a Stubborn Label



Okay, so my milk bottle was not very nice to me. I don't know why, but I was unable to map my label onto the bottle, if it depended on my life; i'd be long gone. I googled it and asked man questions and tried to apply the mapping AT LEAST 243 times. But anyway, I added a sun to the label, because I thought it needed to be more joyful because it comes from "happy cows". Also, on the bottle cap I added cow splotch things (the black spots on cows) and then the word "MOO!". I haven't decided yet if it would freak my out or not by drinking milk out of a bottle and you look down and it's mooing at you.

Monday, October 18, 2010

Flower & Vase

On the vase I used the pen tool to draw the butterflies. But I had to make a symbol with three of them in it because on the thing to add graphics to the vase, it will only let you add one symbol.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Monsters Inc. Wall- Illustrator Remix!

First of all, I chose this because my favorite Pixar movie is Monsters Inc. Also, I love love love the different colors! The picture is of a wall in DisneyLand (California) There is a Monsters Inc. ride which is really awesome with all the set designs and staging of the characters throughout the ride, I just can't get everything in at once. But this picture is of the wall when it was under construction and not finished yet. So I guess you could say I added my imagination to the rest.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

My Quote--Remix

I changed up the colors to get my point across more. This is darker and I feel is blunt and just gets your point across. The brush under "world" emphasizes how important it is. The different type of fonts represent the diversity of everyone in the world. I chose purple because it is a great color with black and is vibrant.

Sprial Quote!

I chose this quote because it's very true and I really like it. But I used this font because life is life, it's not complicated--usually. And I made the important words different colors. I chose the colors because they stand out and are some of my favorite colors.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Thursday, September 9, 2010

My Quote :D

 I chose this quote because I think it explains how you should treat life. Never just sit around and let things pass you by, life is too short. I chose these colors and fonts because I really really love vintage looking things, although it isn't that "vintagey", I love pastel colors with chocolate browns and basically rough colors. My favorite font is the font that i used to write "WORLD" I feel that it has like a vintage western feel to it, I LOVE IT!

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Evaluating Artwork Using Design Elements

The old man in "Up" is defined with Contour Lines because it describes the shape of his body and the interior detail.The direction is mostly horizontal, suggesting he is rigid and stern, and has little emotion. The emotion of his square face suggests rigidity and uniformity, does not like change and is generally unhappy. He has positive shapes because he is a solid form in a complete design. The colors of his clothes suggests he is dark, not very colorful in spirit, and unhappy. He is placed in a world with many colors and still chooses to be dark, this gives off a rigid, cold feeling. The size of the old man seems to be petite, his stature is small which implies that he is not "proud". He does not stand up and have good posture, this suggests he just doesn't really care about anything. The visual texture of the old man is soft in his face, with wrinkles, and then his wool coat seems kind of rough, his hair seems soft, but out of place. The tone is quiet, he is wearing dark colors which suggests he is not full of life, the tone has a lot of black/dark colors, etc. Overall the old man in "UP" is a sad, lifeless character which is implied by his shape, color, texture, etc.

Minnie Mouse is defined with Gesture Lines, which shows that she is doing a courtsey gesture. Gesture Lines are energetic and catches movement. The direction of the lines in Minnie Mouse are oblique due to the movement of what she is doing, she is also smiling which shows that she is happy. Minnie has a more rounded shape, nothing is rigid or sharply defined which suggests her sensitivity and easiness. The size of Minnie is a large Mouse but has the characteristics of a person, she is suggested to be the size of maybe a petite woman. This suggests that she is fragile and has increased sensitivity to things, she is gentle. Her implied texture is smooth and shiny. She is not rigid or strictly defined with lines, she is more rounded which suggests soft texture, which goes back to the place where she looks gentile. The colors she is wearing suggests she is upbeat and fun, along with happy. Bright colors suggest the personality or the state of mind of a certain person. Minnie suggests that she is a happy person with the bright colors she is wearing she is energetic and she is also smiling which adds as backup to the colors she is wearing she is HAPPY. The tone of the picture is happy and positive, although she is colored with black, it is just her body color, not the color she chose to wear which would be different. The colors she CHOSE to wear were bright and suggests happiness all though there is black in the picture it is just her natural skin tone.

Tom & Jerry are defined by outlines. They have a black line around their silhoutte which defines their bodies of what they are doing and where things are. The lines are horizontal due to the feeling of stability and tranquility, right now they look at peace (all though that is hardly the case in the cartoon). But in this picture they suggests that they are at ease with eachother and just laying horizontally. The shape of Tom and Jerry are a mix of roundness and rectangles.  The arch made by Tom's arms suggests that he is protective of Jerry (or ready to pounce!). The difference in sizes between the two suggest the vast difference in what their personalities are. The relationship between them are mostly strained, they get on eachother's nerves which is suggested by the major differenc in size. The color of the characters are the natural colors of a cat and a mouse, which don't really suggest what their personality is like. To be able to study the personalities it could not be studied from the color due to the natural color palet they used to make the cat and the mouse. There is not a lot of black in this picture which suggests it's not a dark, boring relationship between the two, but the black outline of each character suggests they are their own person. They don't collide with likeness. Overall, they are just Cat & Mouse; Tom & Jerry.


The car is defined by sketch lines. Sketch lines capture the appearance of an object or impression of a place. In this picture, the sketch lines capture the image of a car. It seems like a rough sketch which is in the beginning stages of a final product. The direction of the lines are Horizontal because the car is at a stand still. It is not going fast or moving, it is just stable in one position. The shapes are geometric. Geometric shapes always make up the parts of a car; circles for ther wheels, rectangles for windows,etc. They are positive shapes because they create the solid forms in a design. The size of the car seems to be the normal size of a regular car due to the trees in the background. The texture is the real texture of the object, cars are smooth. But the only thing that looks different is the smoothness of the tires, they are usually not that smooth on real cars. There is no color which means there is no hue, it is just a black and white sketch. The value cannot be determined due to the blankness and roughness of the sketch, there is no color yet.



This picture of Stitch and ducks is created by implied lines. Anything that is not real (drawn) are implied lines. The direction of the lines is horizontal, due to the stillness and calmness of the picture. The shapes are natural due to the leaves and the ground, and also geometric which is creating Stitch. There are many positive shapes creating the solid forms in the design. The texture is implied to be soft, maybe furry. But not much is revealed to see what the texture really is. The colors are a big spectrum, with nothing TOO bright and nothing TOO dull, all around it is a happy feeling picture through the different colors. The tone is happy, because there is not a lot of black in the picture other than the shadows casting over Stitch and the ducks coming from the tree that is above them but that indicates that the sun is shining. Over all this is a pleasant, calm picture.


This Coca-Cola advertisement uses Calligraphic lines. The Calligraphic lines use elegant handwriting. The Coca-Cola sign is printed in calligraphy. The direction of the lines are horizontal, implying that it is calm, and stable; tranquil. The shapes of the lines are geometric. The main advertisement is a circle suggersting that it isn't rigid, or stern, it is fun. The size of the picture is of normal size along with a make belief circle next to the girl. The texture seems smooth and doesn't imply that anything is rough or off edge. The color is not too bright, but not dark. They are trangquil colors and relaxing colors with just enough red to make a statement. The tone is happy due to the lack of black used and the smile on the girls face, along with the sunshine casting down. Over all this is a happy picture advertising Coca-Cola.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Brittany Wolters-Bio

Hi! My name is Brittany, and I am a senior this year at Consol--THANK GOODNESS! I have a younger sister named Brooklyn who is a Freshman. I LOVE spending time with my family, they mean everything to me; they are my bestfriends. My Dad is a Petroleum and Civil Engineer and my Mom is a stay-at-home Mom. I have a dog named Zac and a giant goldfish named Flow. I love vintage/old looking things. I like to collect things, but it changes on a monthly basis unfortunately, I can't make up my mind. My collections go from beach towels, to mugs, all the way to pens. The one thing that I have been constantly collecting since I was younger is "I Love Lucy" memoribillia. I have the entire series on DVD and go straight to it if I had a bad day, it comforts me. I also collect Pixar stuff, I got this amazing Pixar collectors book with invitations from premiere parties, original sketches, etc. I can't get enough of it! I love to do creative/artsy things.
 I am the President of Tiger Friends which is an organization that does weekly activites with the kids in the Life Skills department, they are so wonderful and genuine. I am also part of Student Council because I love being involved in helping people and just all around working for a great cause.
When I grow up (which is like only a few years!) I really want to go into Visualization in the College of Arcitecture at Texas A&M. After my freshman year of college I want to do a summer internship with Pixar and get a feel for how things operate. I have always loved animation and I am fascinated by the creativity behind all of it. This summer I got my first official "Pixar" shirt, which made me very EXCITED! My favorite Pixar movie is "Monsters Inc.".
 I also love to read, I love to curl up with a good book on a rainy day with my blinds open in my room. My favorite television shows are "I Dream of Jeannie", "Bewitched", "The Munsters", and "I Love Lucy". I feel that television today is nothing like it used to be, it has become kind of raunchy. I have the entire series of every one of my favorite television shows, because unfortunately they were way before my time. I love old black and white movies and cartoons, when I have trouble sleeping I turn on an old black and white cartoon and the scratchiness and the sound puts me right to sleep. Church is also a major part of my life, I go to St. Thomas Aquinas. <>< Well that's about all I can thing of! :D