Gum Wrapper Product Shots and Questions :)

What is the feeling you wanted your gum package to portray? How did you achieve this?

The feeling this gum reveals is a sort of “coolness.” I used cool colours, instead of warm colours in order to portray an icy sort of feeling. The background consists of green and blue icy blasts that shoot out from behind the title, giving the package a frosty feel. I was going for a dark, yet attractive look, and I believe the colours worked well with the “ice” idea.

Who are you targeting your gum to? How did you achieve this?

My gum is targeted, essentially towards teenage and young adult males. There colours will probably attract more males, however other teenagers might also find this package appealing. I achieved my goal to attract teenage guys by using “boy-ish” colours and not involving too much fruity stuff. On the whole, the icy feeling catches the attention of boys and the fruity feeling attracts girls. My gum is more for males in most ways, but it could also be targeted more generally towards adolescents.

What area in your design did you use Photoshop?

I designed the background using Photoshop. I used an image from stock photography and turned it completely different to change it into an ice blast. Then I realized it would be more appealing if there are two ice blasts shooting at each other. I used two colours, one green and one blue, and created the background. After that, I used brushes to draw some things behind the name to make it stand out more.

Culminating Assignment – Gum Wrapper :)

Assignment #3 – Tattoo or Personal Logo

Logo #1

 Logo #2

a) What does your logo/tattoo represent?

Both my logo’s represent me in extremely different ways. The first one is the “grungy” more bold side of myself. It represents somewhat unsure-ness because it is rough and abstract. The second logo is more “elegant” and represents my softer self.

b) How did you design your logo/tattoo to represent this?

I designed both the logos absolutely RANDOMLY. The first one was just random lines that i drew with brushes. After I drew something that looked interesting, I changed the width to make it thicker and the brush made it look more bold and defined. The second logo was a circle when I started it. I moved around nodes to get a pretty cool-looking design.

 

 

 

 

 

Assignment #3 – Peace Poster

Bonus #10 – Peace poster Blurb

I don’t really like my poster enough for you to send it to Crime Stoppers, but I’m gonna do the bonus anyways.

When I was doing my peace poster, I began to reflect on all the things that go on in school, and outside of school. I realized that there is so much bullying, especially “girl bullying.” I believe that this sort of emotional bullying is worse than any other kind. Gossip is a big issue that causes several girls to go into depression nowadays. There are so many girls that target one person and just talk so much useless shit! Sometimes, you just wanna punch them out but as a bystander, most people don’t do anything. Gossip is a huge problem for teenage girls and it needs to stop. Many teenagers make drastic moves when they find out half these rumours that are going around. They change everything about themselves and it’s like they can’t be themselves anymore. Basically, I was thinking Trapped in a Box when I created this poster.

 

Assignment #2 – Deception of Soul

a) What were you trying to express and how did you achieve this?

The emotion I was trying to display was betrayed. Basically, I took several of my feelings, and put them into this piece of art. In life, I have never trusted anyone enough to tell them my “deep, dark secrets.” Betrayal has always been something that continuously happens in my life, and I suppose that the time in which I created this self-portrait; I was in the moment and ready to let out all my feelings. Along with betrayal comes pain, and everyone that has taken advantage of it has always looked for my weaknesses. Therefore, I think I did well in thoroughly portraying my emotions.

b) What filters did you use and where?

I used many filters to achieve the real effect that represented my emotions. The Cloud Filter on the background helped enhance the “depressed” feeling. I used the Dark Strokes Filter on the picture on the right, making the picture look unrealistic and ‘cold.’ The motion blur created some unknown effect on the other picture, but it just looks like it makes sense. J The picture on the left was changed into watercolour because it made it look scarier and more effectual.

c) What layer blending mode did you use and where?

Layer Blending Modes:

Pain: Inner Shadow, Stroke

Drippy Water: Gradient Overlay (Motion Blur)

Crosshatch 2: Outer Glow

d) What special brush did you use and where?

Special Brushes:

Left Hand Picture: Dark Blue Scattered Flowers Mums

Right Hand Picture: Crosshatch 2

Center Motion Blur: Drippy water

Behind Text: Dry brush on towel

Motion Blur on Left: Texture 6

Assignment #1 – Magazine Cover

a) What qualities of your magazine cover make it effective? (eg. What makes it eye catching?, What about it promotes curiosity?, How is it visually pleasing?, What makes it easy to understand?)

My magazine cover has a title that is reasonably large and it stands out. The text is also clear and readable. Other qualities that make this magazine cover attractive are the colourful graphics and the fact that it has catchy story titles. It is also effective because you can figure out the theme of this particular issue of the magazine without difficulty, which makes it easy to understand.

b) What was the order of hierarchy you were trying to achieve for the elements on your magazine cover?

The order of hierarchy that I was trying to achieve was to make the main image and the title of the magazine stand out. Although I succeeded in that, there was some parts of the cover that do not stand out as much as they should. One example of that is the Secondary Storyline. When the finished work was desaturated, the storyline was not as striking as it should have been. Contrast between text colours and images also made the magazine cover eye-catching.

1) Lil Wayne Theme (Image)

2) Large Magazine Title

3)Primary Storyline

4) Secondary Storyline and Image

These are the pictures which I began with before I photoshopped them: